February Trade Shows: NJAA Expo (New Jersey); FEExpo (Italy); DEAL (Dubai)
Though the main arcade trade shows of the first quarter of the year happen with »
LAI Games Begins Shipping Phantom Vanguard In North America
Another arcade exclusive is now available in North America, as Gameloft/IGS/Wahlap’s Phantom Vanguard is now »
New Games Available Now: Perfect Pour Pabst Blue Ribbon Edition (DSM Arcade); Dragon Kingdom (Ace/ASI), More From TouchMagix
Arcade news has mostly slowed to a crawl post-Pokémon pinball reveal, with numerous stories developing »
Newsbytes: Atari PONG Arcade Table Is Back; Pop’n Music US; Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade1Up, More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized »
Gotta Catch ‘Em All? Stern Pinball Officially Unveils Pokémon
The internet went all ablaze last week when Stern Pinball finally teased that their next »
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Newsbytes: Mortal Kombat Reunion, Japan Arcade Games On Test
It’s hard to believe we are pretty much at July already. Speaking of the date, yesterday was Atari’s anniversary which I think we could consider National Video Arcade Day. So Happy Belated Video Arcade
Read More »The Big Buck Hunter World Championship 2014 To Take Place In Minneapolis, MN
For the past few years, Play Mechanix & Raw Thrills have held an annual world championship for their headlining arcade title Big Buck Hunter. It has become the tournament with the biggest prizes at
Read More »Vonnie D Pinball Announces Pinball Gremlins, Seeks Funding
A short time ago we ran a story about a new upstart that was looking to jump into the pinball game, VonnieD Pinball. They want to “bring pinball back” using innovative ideas, designs and
Read More »Primal Rage II Prototype Finds A Home At Galloping Ghost Arcade
(Thanks to those that sent this in) We’ve mentioned a few times when prototypes have found their way to a location but it isn’t the kind of news that we hear about all of
Read More »Newsbytes: Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted; New Atari Arcade Prototype: Time Bomb
Welcome to another Newsbytes rounding up a couple of interesting pieces of arcade news. Neither of these concern fresh product on the market but should be cool to read about… Oakland Pinball Ban Lifted
Read More »The Strange, The Unusual And The Surprising Arcade Cabinets of Huataibaishun Ltd.
(Sent in by Kevin Williams of ) The arcade market of China never ceases to amaze and today you will get a look at some arcade cabinets that should fulfill that amazing requirement – for
Read More »Arcades Are So Dead That They Are Packed With Customers…Wait, What?
(Thanks to Nik Thorpe of Retro Gamer Magazine and formerly a writer of Arcade Heroes for sending this my way) This morning I was sent a video on Facebook that is another in the
Read More »The TRON Joystick Shifter
Normally when you think of TRON and vehicles, motorcycles come to mind first but here is a new product that shows both a TRON and arcade element for your car – the TRON Arcade
Read More »New Indie Arcade Game Coming Soon: Flytrap
It was mentioned on the blog previously (I can’t remember exactly where) that 2014 was shaping up to be a good year for independent/small developments in the arcade sector. Today, Coate Games has shared
Read More »Jersey Jack Pinball Unveils Playfield Art For The Hobbit Pinball
With E3 week we usually don’t get a lot of arcade news but Jersey Jack Pinball has something for us – a look at the artwork which will grace the playfield on their upcoming
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