New On Test: Super Punch Mania (Konami), Putt It! Par-Tee (Sega Amusements)
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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 »
exA-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Axel City 2: The Final Storm; Tests Chaos Code Next
exA-Arcadia has been busy lately, and as we’ll discuss today, they aren’t slowing down any »
Sega’s Maimai DX Starts Shipping Out Across The USA
The wait has lasted for more than a decade, but for US fans of Sega’s »
IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Preview
The next major amusement industry trade show is in sight, as IAAPA Expo Europe is »
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Newsbytes: Taiko No Tatsujin USA Updates, Golden Tee 2025, Naruto Details, More
Welcome to Newsbytes, our regular series of posts at Arcade Heroes that rounds up quick bites of news from around the world of arcades and pinball. As ever, Summer can be a slow season
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Atari Announces Asteroids Recharged Arcade Orders
The return of Atari and Asteroids to arcades is upon us, as the former revealed today in a press release about orders opening for Asteroids Recharged Arcade on their website. Note that Adam has
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Confirmed: Taiko No Tatsujin Is Launching In US Arcades This November
You may remember in our last post about Marvelous’ two new kids card game launches, it was said that they would possibly be the biggest arcade news for this month. Well, less than two
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Two New From Marvelous: Naruto Emblem Battle (NA), Pokemon Frienda (JP)
The dog days of summer have been dragging on as usual, and arcade news has been fairly quiet in more ways than one of late. Part of that is down to this very site
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Stern Pinball Unleashes The Godzilla 70th Anniversary Premium Table
The King of Monsters is turning 70 this year, and to celebrate, we’ve already received a VR arcade title from Raw Thrills. Now, Stern Pinball has launched a new Premium edition of their Godzilla
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Bowl Expo 2024 – The Wrap-Up
Bowl Expo 2024 is now over and done with, although my plan to be there and check it all out in person unexpectedly fell through thanks to me missing my flight. Fortunately, Brandon Willey
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International Bowl Expo 2024 Preview
It’s time for your middle-of-the-year arcade event known as Bowl Expo, although this one is meant to focus on bowling. Since most bowling centers happen to have an arcade on-site, their annual get-together now
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Phantom Breaker Omnia Now Available To Order For Arcades
A new 2.5D fighting game is now available for arcades to grab, thanks to exA-Arcadia’s latest release, Phantom Breaker Omnia. Based upon the fighting title of the same name, exA has made some upgrades
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Monster Eye 3 Launches In China; Heads Stateside In August
June is about over, but we’ve got a new game to discuss that should satisfy fans of mounted gun arcade games. Let’s take a look at Monster Eye 3, by IGS & Wahlap. Monster
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Happy National Video Arcade Day 2024!
Today is June 27th and that means its National Video Arcade Day! Why today? Because it’s Atari’s birthday, and that’s as good a mark as any to denote when video arcades and our favorite
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