Newsbytes: Golden Tee 2026; Genda Americas; Rhythm Game Updates & Much More
Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that collects various recent »
Bandai Namco Officially Announces Penlalive – New Arcade Rhythm Game
Back in late January, one of the first surprise location tests of the year to »
IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Round-Up: New Arcade Games In Europe
Welcome to our coverage of IAAPA Expo Europe 2025, which was held in Barcelona, Spain »
New On Test: Super Punch Mania (Konami), Putt It! Par-Tee (Sega Amusements)
As the trade show season heats up, it’s not unusual for more and more new »
Bandai Namco Officially Announces Biohazard RE:2 Arcade/Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot – Testing This Winter In The US
This Summer, one of the biggest pieces of arcade news to emerge was the surprise »
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Arcana Heart 3, Tetris Dekaris(Giant Tetris) released in Japan; Tetris at D&B in Illinois
Arcana Heart fans can rejoice as today Examu released the latest version of AH to arcades in Japan, Arcana Heart 3. The game features new characters, new arcana (elemental alignments that determine special moves
Read More »ASCAP looking for licensing fees from an arcade operator for Guitar Hero Arcade
Here’s a little bit of a strange news story – nine months after Raw Thrills’/Activision/Konami released Guitar Hero Arcade, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (or ASCAP for short – good thing
Read More »Namco's Dead Storm Pirates now testing in Illinois
(Thanks to Sam for the tip!) If you didn’t have the chance to make it to IAAPA to check out games like Namco’s Dead Storm Pirates and you live anywhere near Addison, IL then
Read More »An Arcade Heroes Persona for Firefox
If you’re a Firefox user, this might be of interest to you, otherwise, nothing to see here! I have designed a simple “Persona” for Arcade Heroes that can be used in Firefox browsers. You
Read More »Missing in Action: On the defense (tower defense and otherwise)
It has been a while since I last wrote a “Missing In Action” article, where I cover a style of game that at one point in history was popular or common to find in
Read More »Namco already rolling out updates for Tank! Tank! Tank!
When I was at IAAPA, I had the chance to talk a little bit with the designers of the game including Makoto Ishii (thanks to Sam for filling me in on that) and I
Read More »Biz news: amusement operations up at Dave & Busters; Namco expanding in China
We’ve got a couple of arcade business related items to briefly discuss today, first off in the US, arcade/restaurant chain Dave And Busters has released it’s 3rd quarter earnings report and unfortunately for them,
Read More »Lord of the Rings Limited Edition Pinball pictures
While looking around the rec.games.pinball forums on Google, I caught a link to a photobucket account of some pictures showing off the new Lord of the Rings Limited Edition pinball machine. It’s been a
Read More »The 2009 Dance Dance Revolution Nationals get a recap; Ongaku Paradise tests in Japan
(thanks to Aaron Auzins for the tips) Ever since it was first announced a few months ago, we have kept tabs here and there on Konami’s National DDR Championships that were held in different
Read More »Live out your Ghost Hunter fantasies with Total Immersion's "Paranormal Activity" augmented reality game
The one problem with IAAPA is that it’s such a large show that you are bound to miss out on something cool, and this is one of those things. A company called Total Immersion
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