Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More
Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that collects various recent »
Bandai Namco Officially Announces Penlalive – New Arcade Rhythm Game
Back in late January, one of the first surprise location tests of the year to »
IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Round-Up: New Arcade Games In Europe
Welcome to our coverage of IAAPA Expo Europe 2025, which was held in Barcelona, Spain »
New On Test: Super Punch Mania (Konami), Putt It! Par-Tee (Sega Amusements)
As the trade show season heats up, it’s not unusual for more and more new »
Bandai Namco Officially Announces Biohazard RE:2 Arcade/Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot – Testing This Winter In The US
This Summer, one of the biggest pieces of arcade news to emerge was the surprise »
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UNIS’s Strike Pro Fishing Shipping Soon; Bandit Express Doing Well
Chinese arcade game manufacturer Universal Space (UNIS) had a strong showing of product at last year’s IAAPA and they’ve sent along some information about a couple of those games to promote how well they
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Arcade Expansions: Ground Kontrol (OR); Robot City Games (NY); Boss Battle Games (IN)
Stories about new arcade openings are more common to find on the blog here but occasionally a location undertakes a major expansion, which is just as important to any business as opening their doors.
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JAEPO 2016 #1: The Japanese Arcade Market Struts Their Stuff
That time of year has arrived where Japanese arcade game makers gather together at the JAEPO event (JAEPO 2016 to be precise) to show off to their market and the world what it is
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Ask Arcade Heroes: How Come All These New Arcade Games Aren’t On Home Consoles?
Not long ago, a question popped up on our Facebook page asking a question that I have read often on the interwebs: why not sega and others make them on the pc and consoles? –
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UPDATE: Bandai Namco NOT Halting Arcade Development
We’ve all heard the phrase: “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Unfortunately exaggerated death reports of the arcade industry have existed in some form or another since the industry crash back in
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Star Wars Battle Pod Adding An Episode VII Stage This Summer
We’ve been speculating for a while now about additional content coming to Bandai Namco’s Star Wars Battle Pod. Given the success of the latest film installment, it only makes sense that the big new
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Game Review and Updates: Ghostbusters Videmption Arcade Game by Ice
Over the past few months I have been playing the Ghostbusters Videmption arcade game by Ice at my local Dave & Busters located at the Walden Galleria Mall in Cheektowaga, NY. We have had
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Newsbytes: Sega Theme Park News; Photobooth Nabs Thief; Ballspark
This Valentine’s Day weekend post is approved for 1-2 players: Sega Looks To Expand on Their Theme Park Business – (Thanks to Stingray Travel for the tip) – News has come along that Sega is very
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New Releases: The Hobbit Pinball; Galaga Assault
February generally isn’t a time where a lot of new releases take place in our business but that doesn’t keep them from ever happening. New Games For The Modern Arcade Market The Hobbit Pinball
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Main Event Entertainment Adds 2nd FEC In AZ; Plans More US Locations In 2016
While most of our arcade expansion stories have revolved around companies like Dave & Busters or Round1USA, another Family Entertainment Center chain has shown that they are up to the task. That company is
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