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Arcade Unboxing & Review: Enter The Gungeon – House of the Gundead
It’s been a little over a year since I did an “unboxing” of an arcade machine – although that wasn’t of any new game, but a pair of oldies. Business just hasn’t been conducive
Read More »Location Watch July 2023 – New Arcades Open Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world, splitting the news up
Read More »Stern Pinball Launches VENOM For Collectors & Arcades
Stern Pinball is doing a slow-cook rollout of info on their newest game VENOM, although today brings a bit more info to chew on, including a quick game trailer. Designed by Brian Eddy with
Read More »Newsbytes: Maximum Tune 20th; Space Hunt Pinball; Big Shot Flyer; Tons Of Headlines
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates arcade & pinball news from around the web (that may not work for a full post of its own) and posts it on a weekend – not
Read More »The Last Starfighter Celebrates 39 Years – Should It Get A Remake?
Today is the 39th anniversary to another 80s film that had a little involvement with arcades: The Last Starfighter by Lorimar and Universal. If you’ve never seen this one, it’s a tale about one
Read More »Next Up From Stern Pinball: Venom
Stern Pinball released their latest “Stern of the Union” address, and right at the top was a teaser for their next game release: Venom. This is the same Vemon from the Spider-Man comic books
Read More »Drakons: Realm Keepers On Test In NJ
Note: This post is discussing a game seen on location test, the arcade industry equivalent of a beta test. That means that the game could change significantly in it’s final release, or not see
Read More »MotoGP VR Is Now Shipping To Arcades Worldwide
Back in September of last year, a new VR game from Raw Thrills was spotted on test by the name of MotoGP VR. We saw the game at shows like IAAPA 2022, EAG 2023,
Read More »Andamiro Launches Pump It Up Phoenix 2023 In Korea; Haggis Pinball Announces Centaur Revisited
We have a few bits of game news to share today, but I am splitting it up into two posts. Let’s start with Pump It Up Phoenix, the highly anticipated rhythm game release in
Read More »Location Tests: Taiko No Tatsujin At Anime Expo’23; Axel City 2 Testing In Japan
There are a couple of new games spotted on test out there that some of you might be interested in, so let’s take a quick look! As a note, every game on test could
Read More »2D Arcade Exclusive Fighter Dynamite Bomb!! Now Available For Pre-Order
Pre-orders have opened today for Dynamite Bomb!!, a new fighter that is launching just for arcades. Designed by Light Green Games (some of the staff were involved with Dragon Ball Fighter Z) along with
Read More »Remembering Batsugun – One Of The Subgenre-Defining Danmaku Games
The following is a guest post submitted by Ted Haydon for you readers to drink in; It’s good timing given the recent release of Batsugun EXA Label, Saturn Tribute Boosted, and Kumagumi’s official merchandise
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