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Orbit Games Debuts At Pinball Expo 2025 With Whirl-O-Ball

Orbit Games Debuts At Pinball Expo 2025 With Whirl-O-Ball

Arcadian October 14, 2025 0

For some time now, there has been quite a bit of ‘loose talk’ on the scene surrounding the state of American Pinball and their rumored releases. Following several personnel departures and a few absences

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Barrels of Fun Launches Winchester Mystery House Pinball

Barrels of Fun Launches Winchester Mystery House Pinball

Arcadian October 13, 2025 0

This week sees the return of Pinball Expo, and with that, we get some new game announcements. One company that has certainly been behind some interesting designs (and the only pinball manufacturer who doesn’t

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Alan-1 Unveils Dr Pepper Soda Slam!

Alan-1 Unveils Dr Pepper Soda Slam!

Arcadian October 13, 2025 0

After months of rumors and teases, Alan-1 has officially announced that they have created a variation to their Soda Slam! arcade game that was released earlier this year, called Dr PepperTM SODA SLAM! Let’s

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Asia Game Festival 2025: Arcades At China’s CICF Expo

Asia Game Festival 2025: Arcades At China’s CICF Expo

Arcadian October 11, 2025 0

Though arcade news has been on the slower side out West as things still gear up for IAAPA next month, over in Asia there was recently a major gaming event that had some arcade

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New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting

New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting

Arcadian October 10, 2025 0

It has been a slow start to October, but as the month moves on, we will start getting more IAAPA news. We’ll break some of the first of that fast with several new arcade

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Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More

Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More

Arcadian October 4, 2025 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that collects various recent pieces of news from around the arcade and pinball worlds into one digestible article. It’s been a little while

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Bandai Namco Officially Announces Penlalive – New Arcade Rhythm Game

Bandai Namco Officially Announces Penlalive – New Arcade Rhythm Game

Arcadian October 2, 2025 0

Back in late January, one of the first surprise location tests of the year to pop up was for a mysterious new arcade rhythm game by the name of “Penda Beats” from Bandai Namco.

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IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Round-Up: New Arcade Games In Europe

IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Round-Up: New Arcade Games In Europe

Arcadian October 1, 2025 0

Welcome to our coverage of IAAPA Expo Europe 2025, which was held in Barcelona, Spain this past week. Note that we ourselves did not attend the Expo, but as usual, we have consulted with

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New On Test: Super Punch Mania (Konami), Putt It! Par-Tee (Sega Amusements)

New On Test: Super Punch Mania (Konami), Putt It! Par-Tee (Sega Amusements)

Arcadian September 28, 2025 0

As the trade show season heats up, it’s not unusual for more and more new arcade games to show up on location test, and today we have two examples that recently appeared: Super Punch

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Bandai Namco Officially Announces Biohazard RE:2 Arcade/Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot – Testing This Winter In The US

Bandai Namco Officially Announces Biohazard RE:2 Arcade/Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot – Testing This Winter In The US

Arcadian September 27, 2025 0

This Summer, one of the biggest pieces of arcade news to emerge was the surprise appearance of a Resident Evil 2 arcade lightgun game from Bandai Namco that quietly showed up on test in

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