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Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

Friction debuting at IAAPA next week

Shaggy November 9, 2010 6

We have been following the development of the independently made arcade title Friction for a couple of years now and I’m happy to pass along the latest information about the game, coming to us

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Some Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in action

Some Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in action

Adam November 8, 2010 3

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is still months away from an arcade release but while you wait it can’t hurt to see the game in action as it was shown this past weekend at a

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Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

Weekend news: RoadFighters Impressions, CEC earnings report, Namco game quiz

Adam November 6, 2010 1

To start off our weekend, a few items to “cleanse the palette” with, especially if you are bored to death over the plethora of Microsoft Kinect coverage many game blogs are getting into right

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EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes – the making of GRID

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes – the making of GRID

HeavyElectricity November 5, 2010 4

Arcade Heroes is proud to bring you an exclusive behind the scenes report on the development of GRID! Please note that the video and many of the shots in this article are from the

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Mark your calendars: Arcade Heroes TV Live from IAAPA 2010

Mark your calendars: Arcade Heroes TV Live from IAAPA 2010

Adam November 5, 2010 0

The biggest amusement show of the year, IAAPA, is less than two weeks away and in addition to our usual in-depth coverage of the show we are going to be webcasting live straight from

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How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

How Konami’s new Reflec Beat works

Adam November 4, 2010 2

Konami has a couple of music games they are launching today – first is one more people are already familiar with, a Microsoft Kinect launch title called Dance Masters and the other is a

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Promo video released for Stern’s AVATAR pinball

Promo video released for Stern’s AVATAR pinball

Shaggy November 4, 2010 2

It’s not news that Stern’s AVATAR pinball machine is available to buy now but in case you haven’t seen it yet, here’s another video to enjoy, this time in promotional style with a narrator

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Ground Kontrol’s 8-bit Calavera art show

Ground Kontrol’s 8-bit Calavera art show

Adam November 4, 2010 1

When you run an arcade, sometimes it helps to hold events to help bring new customers in or some old customers back and Ground Kontrol in Oregon, USA is doing something along those lines

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Two Let’s Go Island cabinets coming to IAAPA

Two Let’s Go Island cabinets coming to IAAPA

Adam November 1, 2010 1

Sega Amusements hasn’t kept Let’s Go Island as a big secret lately although  they have kept one of the cabinet designs under wraps until now. We knew that they had at least two versions

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Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Halloween special: Zombies at the arcade!

Adam October 31, 2010 3

(Updated: I ran this story back in 2010 but have given it some brushing up in 2013) If you are into video games at all, then you have likely noticed the big fad these

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Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

Universal Space to introduce Waterpark Splash at IAAPA

Adam October 30, 2010 1

Thanks to for the information While we tend not to get into ticket redemption titles here on Arcade Heroes, the surge in video redemption games over the past couple of years has blurred the

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DJ Max Technika 2 coming to IAAPA, US

DJ Max Technika 2 coming to IAAPA, US

Shaggy October 29, 2010 5

We have known about the existence of Pentavision Global’s DJ Max Technika 2 game for some time now but it wasn’t 100% clear as to whether the game would be getting a US release

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