Japan Amusement Expo 2025: The Recap
The biggest amusement trade show of November is now only hours away, but before another »
The Great IAAPA Expo 2025 Preview
Welcome to our IAAPA 2025 preview! In these annual posts before the event, we meticulously »
exA-Arcadia Launches New Games, To Show Baki Hanma & Toxic Crusaders At IAAPA 2025
Among our final entries in previews for the IAAPA 2025 tradeshow is exA-Arcadia. They often »
Japan Amusement Expo 2025: The Preview
IAAPA 2025 isn’t the only major arcade event happening this month, with Japan’s Amusement Expo »
Bandai Namco IAAPA 2025 Preview: Speed Rider 4DX; The Future; Mini World; Pac-Man & More
One company that usually unveils their lineups for Western shows pretty close to the wire »
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AVATAR Pinball machine coming to arcades and game rooms this fall UPDATED
Stern Pinball revealed their next pinball game for this fall this morning and once again it is based upon a movie license. This time however, Stern got on board with the highest grossing film
Read More »Namco patents reveal work on new stereoscopic and motion-sensing technologies
AM Net this morning has linked to a document discussing some new patents that Namco has won and as always, with new patents comes the speculation as we ponder about new content which they
Read More »Little change in the Twitter feed
For those that use Twitter, I have made a minor adjustment to the feed on the right hand side of the front page here. Previously it was a feed I was using for promoting
Read More »CAVE tests new shmup "Red Sword" in Japan
CAVE has a new shmup they are testing in Japan, called Red Sword (or Red Katana if you want to make it sound cool). It’s not surprising news that Cave has a new shooter
Read More »Gamepro does a podcast on California Extreme
Newsfeed 860 via When I was a kid, I enjoyed reading the game magazine Gamepro. In the days before the internet was in everyone’s home, it was the only place I got news on
Read More »Experience a top-of-the-line race simulator at the Weston–Super–Mare Grand Pier, UK
Newsfeed 868 via If you aren’t happy with the driving experience that a run o’ the mill arcade driver gives you then there are companies which address that, with crazy setups like we see
Read More »Want to chat with pinball designers?
(Thanks to IcePagoda on the forums for the tip) If you have ever wanted to have a chat with some of the people involved in creating some legendary pinball games, then the website VPForums.org
Read More »Guest Post: A review of Planet Fun, Inngoldmels, UK by Kieran May
It’s been a while since we had an arcade location review, as well as a guest post but Arcade Heroes reader (and frequent tipster) Kieran May sent us his review of an FEC in
Read More »Ideas for TRON arcade games in modern times
I’ve not made it a secret that I am very excited for the upcoming Disney movie TRON Legacy. Even though the original was not a perfect film, it has always been a favorite of
Read More »An update to the Galloping Ghost Arcade, with an opening date and video
(Thanks to Shane Muir and Aaron Auzins for the info) A short time ago we revealed that a new arcade location was in the works in Brookfield, IL USA. You can read that initial
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