IAAPA 2025 Wrap-Up Part 1: Raw Thrills, TouchMagix, Wahlap, Alan-1, Blue Motion Games
Welcome to the first part of our in-depth wrap-up coverage of IAAPA 2025, in which »
Newsbytes: IAAPA 2025 Post-Show Catch Up, Beetlejuice Pinball, Fishing Rod Games Return & More
Welcome to another Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that goes over »
Japan Amusement Expo 2025: The Recap
The biggest amusement trade show of November is now only hours away, but before another »
The Great IAAPA Expo 2025 Preview
Welcome to our IAAPA 2025 preview! In these annual posts before the event, we meticulously »
exA-Arcadia Launches New Games, To Show Baki Hanma & Toxic Crusaders At IAAPA 2025
Among our final entries in previews for the IAAPA 2025 tradeshow is exA-Arcadia. They often »
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LAI Games Releases Cyberpunk 2077: Turf Wars To All Arcades
As we run through the dog days of summer, it’s time for another big arcade game to start shipping, and for today that would be the release version of LAI Games and CD Projekt
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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 that covers the news of brand new arcade locations which have opened anywhere on the planet. That has the
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Earthion EXA LABEL Blasts Its Way Into Arcades
Yuzo Koshiro’s latest piece of gaming art is now available for players to enjoy, but not just as a game on home platforms – an enhanced version is available for arcades known as Earthion
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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 that always comes with the new games shown at events like it is whether they will come out West.
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Indie Arcade Focus: Speglar
While indie developed arcade games have reduced in numbers since 2020, they haven’t gone away, and today we’re excited to share that a new title called Speglar, which has been available for venues to
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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 out a brand new Resident Evil 2 Remake-based arcade shooter, Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot. At that time, all
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Sega Amusements Ships Alpha Ops VR Strike
Arcade virtual reality is getting a shot in the arm again, as Sega Amusements have begun shipping their latest major release to use the technology – Alpha Ops VR Strike. We have the full
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Newsbytes: Bowl Expo Updates; Buckfest; JAWS 50th; Headlines & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a regular series of posts which focus on quick news pieces from around the wonderful world of arcades & pinball. We generally aim to publish these on the weekend so that
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Alan-1 Launches Missile Command: Recharged Arcade
It’s been 45 years since Atari originally released the iconic Missile Command to arcades (released in June 1980) and in all of that time, it’s the only iteration of the game to have graced
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Location Test Mania: Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot (Capcom/Bandai Namco); Pop’n Music (Konami); Forklift Frenzy (Bay Tek)
While it’s been a slow news period for the summer, that doesn’t mean nothing is happening behind-the-scenes within the arcade world. We have three games on test to discuss today, known as “location tests”
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