Asia Game Festival 2025: Arcades At China’s CICF Expo
Though arcade news has been on the slower side out West as things still gear »
New Arcade Game Updates: Gravitar: Recharged; Dino Dash; Balloon Fest; Wild Hunting
It has been a slow start to October, but as the month moves on, we »
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 »
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Pinball and the Sea-side arcade are alive and well in Bournemouth
For those of you who are into your pinball, you are probably more than aware of a great site called Pinball News. One of thier writers was fortunate enough to be able to go and check out the
Read More »Space Invaders Piggy Bank
There’s a certain irony of a Space Invaders cocktail cabinet piggy bank. So much money put in to them back in the day, but now you get to save the coins this time around!
Read More »A tale of two cities
It’s another one of those days, as contrasting stories emerge about the health of arcade gaming. Badness abounds as New Orleans CityBusiness is reporting that the original Fun Arcade in New Orleans is closing
Read More »The Arcade Heroes GOTY 2008 winners were…
Before we start to get hit with all the news out of ATEI I figured it would be good to ‘finalize’ the results of our GOTY 2008 polls. The polls remain open but I
Read More »The Battle For California
(Photo credit: James Glover II, Ventura County Star) For those who say that arcades have died off because they can’t match competing online with people you don’t see or have never met, I don’t
Read More »DDR:X making an appearance at ATEI 09
The ATEI 09 news continues to trickle in, now with news on Konami’s DDR:X machine. According to the press release, the game is slated for a world-wide release in “Spring/Summer 2009” and include the
Read More »Justice League to be unveiled at ATEI 09
Global VR has announced that they will be showcasing their latest title, Justice League: Heroes United at the upcoming ATEI 2009 show. With the press release they also have included some pictures of the
Read More »Adventureland premiering at the Sundance Film Festival
The one of the several things I can enjoy about the Sundance Film Festival currently going on in Park City Utah is that it’s close by to me. Unfortunately, I missed the last arcade
Read More »City thinks taxing arcades is good idea for their local economy
Kotaku ran a story today discussing a small shop in Hampshire Illinois called Name Your Game where they sold items like clothes and candy and they had a small collection of arcades there which brought in
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