Location Watch January 2026: New Arcades Opening Across The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts here at Arcade Heroes that shares new »
Speed Rider 4DX & Mini World Are Now Available Through Bandai Namco
January is finally coming to a close and with that, we have some game release »
Kaiju Rampage Unite Now Available From LAI Games
We have a new arcade cabinet model release to talk about today, as Kaiju Rampage »
Newsbytes: Atari Relief Pitcher Prototype; New Owners For American Pinball; Ski Hero & More
Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2026. This is a series of posts here on »
Angry Birds Boom! 2026 Update Is Now Live
Before the IAAPA show last year, it was mentioned that Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix’s »
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Location Updates: RESET Coming To Toledo, OH; Insert Coin(s) May Return To Vegas
(Thanks to Michael Louie for digging up all of this info) Here are a couple of updates for some arcade (or to be more specific, bar/arcade) locations out there, let’s start with… RESET Coming
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Japan Update: New BlazBlue and Sega’s Chunithm
Before getting started into this update from the arcade scene in Japan, I just wanted to express condolences over the passing of Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. He may not have any direct work in
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Newsbytes: Super Arcade; Cytus Arcade; ColorDMD; Insert Coins LV Closes
Let’s jump into this mid-July weekend with a packed news post, shall we? Super Arcade Petition – Just a reminder that there is still time to sign the petition to the City of Azusa,
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Broadway Bar and Arcade Opens Near Pittsburgh, PA
Right before I get to the location news, my thanks to Darktetsuya for this link to a tweet by Harada, head honcho of Tekken 7. It points out that the game will be showing
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Star Wars Battle Pod Unboxing
It was recently mentioned on an Arcade Heroes podcast that I was going to be getting my hands on a Star Wars Battle Pod. As with many of these new big games, it wasn’t
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Mario Kart Arcade GP DX USA/Europe Version Gets It’s First Major Update
When it was first announced, a unique aspect of Bandai Namco’s Mario Kart Arcade GP DX compared to previous entries in the series was the promise of ‘annual updates offered over the online network.’
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Walt Disney World’s Disney Quest Closing To Make Way For the “NBA Experience”
(Thanks to everyone that sent this in; Michael Louie for the particular link below; Nick Lombardo of the Arcade Hunters for filling in some info) Well there isn’t really any positive way to spin
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Newsbytes: AH Podcast#4 w/ Spooky Pinball Interview; KISS Pinball Doc; PIXELS
The last weekend of June is already upon us and with that, your collection of arcade and pinball news for the weekend! Arcade Heroes Podcast #4 – Click the player below for a listen
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UNIS Unveils Their 8-Player Shooting Ride: Galactic Force
Multiplayer interactive motion theaters (sometimes called 5D, 7D or “shooting rides”) have increased in popularity in recent years and we have covered a few of them that have come along. These first came to
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Tekken 7 and DDR 2015 Getting Location Tests At Round1USA
In case it wasn’t apparent already, Round1USA in Puente Hills, CA has become the go-to place for Japanese game location tests in the US. While I have not heard how the games fared on
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