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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Midwest Gaming Classic 2012 Coming in Two Weeks
Next week we will be keeping an eye on Amusement Expo in Las Vegas but the week after that is another event certainly worth checking out, the annual Midwest Gaming Classic show, which takes
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Newsbag: Real Steel Arcade; Sinistar Vacuum; Konami Game Engine
Time for another random general interest post, mixing in small pieces of news that probably aren’t worth a whole post to themselves. Amusement Expo is just a week away. Unfortunately as things have worked
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New Trailer For Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited; Western release for Sega’s MaiMai?
Namco America has uploaded a new trailer to Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited, which in a way confirms what I reported on just a few days ago that this is coming to arcades in
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First Look At Big Buck HD
(UPDATE: See pictures of the game cabinet and read about features from the Las Vegas Reveal!) It’s no secret that that latest Big Buck Hunter game is just about to hit the scene and
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Sweet new details on Ben Heck’s Zombie Adventureland Pinball in 3D
Some time ago I ran a story about a new pinball machine project by John Popadiuk and Ben Heckendorn – two men who have made quite a name for themselves in their respective fields,
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New arcade opens in Holladay, UT – Atomic Arcade
Here’s a new location story from my neck of the woods – Holladay, UT which is essentially SLC. The new business is called Atomic Arcade and they are offering a great selection of classic
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Two Books About Atari’s Arcade Days Coming In June
Ever since I was a kid, I have had a little infatuation for Atari, starting with the discovery of the Atari 2600 and later on their many other systems and arcade games. So if
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited Coming to US Arcades
Just a couple of weeks ago at the AOU Expo in Japan, it was unveiled that Namco already had a major update on the way for their latest fighter, Tekken Tag Tournament 2. We
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Pinball Legend Steve Kordek Passes Away; New Images for Wizard of Oz Pinball
I meant to get to this earlier this week as I caught a mention of it, but this past Sunday, legendary pinball designer Steve Kordek passed away at the age of 100. To get
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Thinking Of Arcade Game Tie-Ins To Various 2012 Films
It’s still a relatively new year and that means that in the entertainment realm, there is still a lot of new movies and games headed our way. Movies and games have always had a
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