Location Watch July 2025: New Arcades Open For Business Across The World
Welcome to the latest edition of Location Watch, a regular series here on Arcade Heroes »
Earthion EXA LABEL Blasts Its Way Into Arcades
Yuzo Koshiro’s latest piece of gaming art is now available for players to enjoy, but »
New Arcade Releases From East To West – UNIS, Ace, Superwing & More
We’re a little ways past the Chinese amusement trade show AAA 2025, and the question »
Indie Arcade Focus: Speglar
While indie developed arcade games have reduced in numbers since 2020, they haven’t gone away, »
Taking A Close Look At Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot On Test
Last week, we were the first to break the news that Bandai Namco were testing »
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Cowabunga Dudes: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Stern Pinball
It seems that almost every pinball release is “the worst kept secret” up until the final reveal, with the latest talk of Stern’s next game as being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Now the rumors
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Newsbytes: Golden Tee Go; Insert Coin Review; Pac-Man Book; Elite Basketball & More
Welcome to this edition of Newsbytes, a quick collection of arcade news from around the world to share with you. There hasn’t been a lot to share lately, thus I haven’t done a Newsbytes
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Canceled But Not Forgotten – Star Trek Battleground by Raw Thrills
Not every game that we discuss on the blog boldly goes into production, and such is the case with a videmption arcade piece developed by Raw Thrills that we talked about last year by
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Over-The-Hill – Pac-Man Turns 40 Today
Back during the “Console Wars” of the ’80s & ’90s, big game consoles were known for their “mascots,” a game with a protagonist that served as the face of a particular console and brand.
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Pandemic Shutdown Updates: The Slow Act Of Re-Opening
It’s been a little bit since we had an update on the happenings within the industry since the pandemic made chaos a daily part of life, so let’s get you up to speed on
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Tokyo Joypolis Rides In First Person
In lieu of hard arcade news right now, let’s highlight something that would normally go into a Newsbytes post. Last week, the Tokyo Joypolis YouTube account posted some videos of their rides in first
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Exa-Arcadia Updates: Chaos Code, Lightning Knights, Axel City 2, Vritra Hexa
We’ve got more Exa-Arcadia news for you today, as the company has been able to continue work on various titles that are headed to arcades this year. Let’s get you up-to-speed! Chaos Code -Exact
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Game Updates: StepManiaX & Exa-Arcadia
Sorry for the lack of news here this week – while I want to dedicate some time to writing arcade interest articles, there is a big project related to the site that has been
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BumbleBear Games Announces ABS vs THE BLOOD QUEEN
While this story is primarily about a home game, there is an arcade element to it, so it counts 😉 You know BumbleBear Games through their efforts on Killer Queen Arcade and Black Emperor,
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Newsbytes: TMNT Pinball Tease; Motion Sphere 2.0; Vritria Hexa; Virus Updates & More
It’s been a couple of weeks since the last Newsbytes, but this has allowed for the curation of a little more material so that this post isn’t just doom & gloom from the pandemic.
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Arcade Flyers Worth Admiring
I just realized that I haven’t had a post run for a few days on the blog, and while there isn’t much news that isn’t related to The Thing Which Shall Not Be Named,
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Exa-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Chaos Code -Exact Xeno Attack-
Despite the worldwide shut down, Exa-Arcadia has been keeping arcade news alive, and we’ve got another announcement to share. This comes on the heels of the latest story, that there are 200 Exa units
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