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Location Watch March 2026: The Latest Arcade Openings Across The World
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Amusement Expo 2026: The Full Rundown
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IAAPA 2021: Bandai Namco Amusement To Release Maximum Tune 5DX+ Updates To North America
It’s IAAPA week, which means news for arcade games! Apart from what I talked about in yesterday’s preview, this will be the first “surprise” from the show, which you already know from the headline
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The IAAPA 2021 Pre-Game Show
Greetings readers, this is Adam the Arcadehero, and in lieu of Newsbytes this weekend, here is a preview of IAAPA 2021, a large tradeshow event focused on the arcade/amusement/theme park industry that takes place
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More Details Unveiled About Touch Magix’s Mega Blaster
The next little while should be a little busy for the site thanks to IAAPA 2021, a tradeshow that begins next week in Orlando, where many new arcade pieces will be unveiled. While some
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Kevin Williams: Is The Sun Setting On Japanese Amusement?
In one of his occasional features for Arcade Heroes, immersive amusement and attraction entertainment specialist Kevin Williams (KWP) looks at the major issues impacting the international amusement sector, particularly in regards to Japan and
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Newsbytes: Pinball Expo 2021; ZOMBEEZ & Spooky Smashers; Rhythm Game News & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a blog post that curates various bits ‘n bytes of news from around the wonderful world of arcade & pinball games. Pinball Expo 2021 By all accounts I’ve heard, it sounds
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Sega Releases Details On Men In Black For Arcades
I can remember going to see Men In Black in the theaters back when the film launched in the 1990s, and it became a movie that I think rewatched several times over the years.
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Location Watch: Arcade Grand Openings In The UK, USA (CA, IN, OH, NY, KY), & Japan
It’s time to highlight a number of recently opened arcades, with this exciting edition of Location Watch. If you put “location watch” into the search bar, you’ll find a bunch of such posts covering
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Cosmotrons Now Available As A Kit Purchase For Commercial Or Home Use
It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned the indie game Cosmotrons on the blog, but today there’s some news about it to share with you. Having launched in 2018, Cosmotrons takes the idea of
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Sega Amusements Reveals Standard Versions Of ATV Slam, Mission: Impossible And More On VR Agent
While I discussed some of Sega Amusements’ revelations for IAAPA 2021 in a post last week, today Sega posted a surprise that we’ll dig into here. Now, where I got my information on Sega’s
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Pinball Updates: Elvira 40th Anniversary (Stern); Legends of Valhalla DX Increase
We’ve got a couple of quick pinball updates for you this morning, so let’s jump into it. Stern Announces Elvira House of Horrors 40th Anniversary Edition Just in time for Halloween, Stern is producing
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