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LAI Games Ships Kaiju Rampage: The World of Monster Eye

LAI Games Ships Kaiju Rampage: The World of Monster Eye

arcadehero March 1, 2025 0

February is now officially over, but the shortest month off the year didn’t leave us hanging dry when it came to arcade news. One surprise that hit the wires yesterday is that LAI Games

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Location Watch February 2025: New Arcades All Around The World

Location Watch February 2025: New Arcades All Around The World

arcadehero February 28, 2025 0

Welcome to Location Watch, an occasional series of posts on Arcade Heroes that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world,

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Raw Thrills Unveils Wizard of Oz Videmption Game For Arcades

Raw Thrills Unveils Wizard of Oz Videmption Game For Arcades

arcadehero February 28, 2025 0

While licenses are nothing new in the industry, one that has been extremely popular among a variety of manufacturers has been The Wizard of Oz. It’s been used for pinball and coin pushers, and

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February Trade Shows: IAAPI Expo (India); Rimini Amusement Show, Family Entertainment Expo (Italy)

February Trade Shows: IAAPI Expo (India); Rimini Amusement Show, Family Entertainment Expo (Italy)

arcadehero February 27, 2025 0

Next month sees arcade trade show action heat up again in the States with Amusement Expo, but between that and IAAPA there are always a few more events on the international stage to speak

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Raw Thrills Reveals Top Gun Maverick For Arcades

Raw Thrills Reveals Top Gun Maverick For Arcades

arcadehero February 27, 2025 0

Top Gun Maverick is one of the biggest movies to come along in the past few years, and given the action-packed premise, what better film to turn into an arcade game than this? That’s

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Sega Amusements Offer An Update On Alpha Ops VR Strike

Sega Amusements Offer An Update On Alpha Ops VR Strike

arcadehero February 26, 2025 0

While a lot of interest in recent Sega arcade news has been focused on the upcoming Western release of Maimai DX and House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn’s new theater cabinet design, those aren’t

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Bandai Namco Tests New Magic Wand Shooter “Magi Blast”

Bandai Namco Tests New Magic Wand Shooter “Magi Blast”

arcadehero February 26, 2025 0

Big arcade news has just kept on coming with Bandai Namco of late, be it their overseas launches of Taiko No Tatsujin and GoldStorm Pirates or tests for their next music game and Wangan

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Pop-A-Shot Returns To Arcades With The Pop-A-Shot Elite

Pop-A-Shot Returns To Arcades With The Pop-A-Shot Elite

arcadehero February 22, 2025 0

When I started selling arcade machines back in 2011, I would often get requests for arcade basketball machines – not just from businesses, but often from residential customers. They would almost always call the

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Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam Are Now Available From Blue Motion Games

Desert Chase & Cannonball Jam Are Now Available From Blue Motion Games

arcadehero February 19, 2025 0

Previously on Arcade Heroes, we mentioned the arrival of a new company to the industry fray by the name of Blue Motion Games. Spearheaded by industry veteran Salim Sabbagha, the company was at IAAPA

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New Theater Model For House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn From Sega Amusements

New Theater Model For House Of The Dead Scarlet Dawn From Sega Amusements

arcadehero February 13, 2025 0

In our industry, arcade games don’t always get a shot at being sold for much longer than five years, let alone receive new models. There are exceptions with popular titles however, and today we

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exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More

exA-Arcadia Updates: Airgallet EXA Label; Daemon Bride exAgain; More

arcadehero February 12, 2025 0

Time for some more news on exA-Arcadia, as they have just held an “exALive” streaming event in Japan. The focus was on showcasing some previously announced titles that will be available very soon, so

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Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More

Newsbytes: Arcades at MAGFest 2025, Japan Game Updates, Headlines & More

arcadehero February 10, 2025 0

Welcome back to Newsbytes, the series of posts at Arcade Heroes covering bite-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcade and pinball. It’s been a little while since we had a regular

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