Happy National Arcade Day!
Today, April 8th, has been declared to be National Arcade Day. According to this page, »
Stranger Things Arcade Is Coming Soon Via Raw Thrills
We’re past April Fools Day now (where this year we had a fuzzy bobcat-inspired joke »
Bubsy Paws Into Pinball (Updated!)
Atari has been on a retro kick lately, grabbing the rights to all sorts of »
Location Watch March 2026: The Latest Arcade Openings Across The World
Welcome to Location Watch, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that compiles the most »
Amusement Expo 2026: The Full Rundown
Welcome to Arcade Heroes’ full rundown of Amusement Expo 2026. This was the most recent »
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New Trailer & Art For Arcade-Only Fighting Game, Dynamite Bomb
I know many are looking for news on Amusement Expo and I’ll get to it (stay tuned to the AH YouTube channel for much of the latest), but this is quick and since it
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Amusement Expo 2022 Preview
This week will see the arrival of Amusement Expo International 2022, a tradeshow that typically takes place every March in Las Vegas. Every once in a while it is held elsewhere, such as New
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Newsbytes: Japan Arcades Update; Deeproot Pinball Auction; Street Fighter 6 & House of the Dead Remake; More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a collection of news from around the arcade & pinball world. Stay tuned next week for Amusement Expo 2022 – while I don’t expect a deluge of new-new games appearing there,
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Touch Magix To Debut Street Versions Of Dicey Jump and Hop ‘N’ Stack
It’s been a slow arcade news week, but not to worry, Amusement Expo 2022 is just around the corner and that means we’ll have some things to talk about again. Unfortunately we can’t still
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EAG 2022 Wrap-Up
I was going to cover the EAG 2022 show for a Newsbytes, but I really couldn’t find much else to talk about for that post, so I figure it’s better to separate that out
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Want To Make An Arcade Game? Check Out The #NoticeMe Game Jam & The Arcade Jam Contests
When a video game becomes a proper arcade game (being put into a cabinet that can take payment of some kind to play it), we give it a highlight on this site, regardless it
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Astro Ninja Man Exa Coming To Arcades This Year
It’s been a spell since we last received an announcement for a new title coming to the exA-Arcadia platform, and today’s addition should be welcome for NES fans. The exA already has two titles
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Trailer & Details For Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity
Most new pinball machines seem to follow a distinct reveal pattern: Get a quick tease, then a full video trailer+photos, then production comes along a short time later. For the latest pinball machine that
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Pinball Designer & Legend Barry Oursler Passes Away At 70
Sad news hit the wires today that we’ve lost another legend in pinball, this time it is Barry Oursler. He had been battling cancer for the past 9 years; He was 70. Barry started
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Pinball News: Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity Announced (P3); Cactus Canyon Remake Now Shipping
We’ve got two items for you on pinball today, one of which is a nice surprise. Let’s start with that one. Weird Al’s Museum of Natural Hilarity Coming Soon While I have covered the
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