EAG Expo 2025 Preview
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Newsbytes Rhythm Game Special: Maimai DX Testing In Chicago, Bubble Bobble In Music Diver, Headlines & Much More
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Arcade Prototype Discovered: Dropzone Arcade
It has been quite a long time since we last reported on a new arcade »
Stern Pinball Unveils Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye
It’s the first week of January, which aside from it being a new year, means »
Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review 2024: Business, New Games, History & More
Welcome to the Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review of 2024. Let’s take a look back at the »
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PUTT Championship Edition gets an update; a little more on Galactix
I saw PUTT Championship Edition at Betson’s IAAPA booth but what I didn’t realize at the time was that they were showcasing an updated version of the game there. Thanks to a press release
Read More »H2Overdrive headed to SpikeTV's Video Game Awards; Specular website update + more
Raw Thrills’/Specular Interactive’s H2Overdrive is making headlines again, first with news that Universal Space (UNIS) will be exclusively carrying the game in China. I know that the game has been seen in Japan already
Read More »Panel discussion with ex-Atari alumni at California Extreme 09
One thing I don’t think that I will ever tire of is getting into the history of the game industry, particularly that involving the arcade side of things. On one side I think it’s
Read More »BlazBlue: Continuum Shift landing in some US arcades
There are plenty of fighters to choose from these days and one fighter that has been turning heads all year long is BlazBlue. Released to arcades last year, the game soon saw a console
Read More »The Arcade Heroes Game of the Decade poll
As we are seeing a close to the decade, it’s only logical that we see what people think was the best game of the decade. I have compiled a list of games that are
Read More »Bones takes on the King of Kong
I have never really watched the Fox TV show “Bones” but here is one episode I would probably check out as naturally, it deals with arcades and the rivalries that can happen with them.
Read More »Changes come to Stern Pinball as a new investor develops a new plan for the company
We all know that Stern Pinball is the only manufacturer of new pinball games on the market but a question for everyone for sometime now is where is the company headed? To be honest,
Read More »An investor report from Sega Sammy
Whether you are an investor in companies like Sega or not, sometimes the reports they put together for said investors are interesting to look at anyways. In a report just release by Sega Sammy
Read More »The Arcade Heroes Pinball Game of the Year 2009 poll
In conjunction with our coin-op video arcade GOTY poll, we also like to see how people are feeling about pinball games. Obviously the number of games is far lower than the coin-op poll but
Read More »The Arcade Heroes "Arcade Game of the Year 2009" poll
It’s that wonderful time of year again where we see what you the readers consider to be the Arcade Game of the Year in 2009. We have had some excellent games come to arcades
Read More »Looking back at General Computer Corp.
When you think of influential companies in the arcade industry from the 80’s, you might not have GCC come to mind right at first, unless you are a classic game buff. But whether you
Read More »Arcade Heroes Podcast #10 – IAAPA!
I’m not sure whether to count this as an “official” podcast or not as it’s technically unfinished but it is what it is and it’s the first time Kevin Williams and I had a
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