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Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!

Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!

May 24, 2025, No Comments on Alan-1 Launches Soda Slam!

Alan-1 has announced that they have begun shipping their third title, the enhanced version of DSM Arcade’s Perfect Pour, known as Soda Slam! Let’s take a look at what this is as units may start showing up soon at an FEC near you this summer. Soda Slam! – The Game Retro gamers will likely »

Adrenaline’s Hot Wheels: Victory Lap Lands At Dave & Busters

Adrenaline’s Hot Wheels: Victory Lap Lands At Dave & Busters

May 23, 2025, No Comments on Adrenaline’s Hot Wheels: Victory Lap Lands At Dave & Busters

Just over a month back, we ran a story on a brand new Hot Wheels arcade racer by Adrenaline Amusements that suddenly had a manual listed on their website folder link. Besides some reports of Dave & Busters locations receiving cabinets and them not being up and running yet (apparently the software wasn’t delivered »

AAA 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up China’s New Arcade Games

AAA 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up China’s New Arcade Games

May 14, 2025, No Comments on AAA 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up China’s New Arcade Games

Day 3 means the home stretch for our coverage of the AAA 2025 trade show in China, but it is going to be a long one, rounding up all the other, smaller names who attended the show. Those that had more major new titles on offer can all be found up top, with the »

AAA 2025 Day 2: More Arcade Games Debuting In China

AAA 2025 Day 2: More Arcade Games Debuting In China

May 13, 2025, No Comments on AAA 2025 Day 2: More Arcade Games Debuting In China

Though the trade show may have ended, things are far from done here on Arcade Heroes with AAA 2025. This post is the second in three days’ worth of coverage for the expo; as their main new titles mostly have photo sharing bans, UNIS and Ace Amusement are being brought together here, both also »

AAA 2025 Day 1: Arcade Games Showcased In China

AAA 2025 Day 1: Arcade Games Showcased In China

May 12, 2025, No Comments on AAA 2025 Day 1: Arcade Games Showcased In China

Our next big event for the month of May takes us from Tokyo to the other side of Asia, namely Guangzhou, China, for a considerably larger show than EVO Japan – AAA 2025. This edition of the Asia Amusement & Attractions Expo got underway on the 10th, and has just finished up as this »

exA-Arcadia Announces Data East’s Tattoo Assassins

exA-Arcadia Announces Data East’s Tattoo Assassins

May 11, 2025, No Comments on exA-Arcadia Announces Data East’s Tattoo Assassins

Out of all the brand new arcade-exclusive fighting game announcements to be coming out of exA-Arcadia, all being made as part of the company’s appearance and exALive video streams from EVO Japan 2025, one was teased behind the scenes that seemed to likely hold the most interest for Western audiences. On its last day, »

EVO Japan 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up The Rest Of The Show

EVO Japan 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up The Rest Of The Show

May 11, 2025, No Comments on EVO Japan 2025 Day 3: Rounding Up The Rest Of The Show

Welcome to the third and final day of coverage for EVO Japan 2025. Like last year’s, this post rounds up all the other companies’ arcade-adjacent happenings that were going on at the event (and have yet another reveal to mention here); whilst exA-Arcadia once again had the most new arcade game reveals, that doesn’t »

EVO Japan 2025 Day 2: exA-Arcadia Revives Fallen Angels & Rabbit; Announces Blazing Strike AC

EVO Japan 2025 Day 2: exA-Arcadia Revives Fallen Angels & Rabbit; Announces Blazing Strike AC

May 10, 2025, No Comments on EVO Japan 2025 Day 2: exA-Arcadia Revives Fallen Angels & Rabbit; Announces Blazing Strike AC

It’s time to look at the announcements made on day two of EVO Japan 2025 by exA-Arcadia, following the unveiling of The Rumble Fish 2 Nexus and Spectral Vs. Generation Chaos yesterday. Today, we have four fairly obscure fighters to chew on, ranging from never fully released rarities getting a second chance, to newer »

EVO Japan 2025 Day 1: The Rumble Fish & Spectral Vs. Generation Back In Arcades Via exA-Arcadia

EVO Japan 2025 Day 1: The Rumble Fish & Spectral Vs. Generation Back In Arcades Via exA-Arcadia

May 9, 2025, No Comments on EVO Japan 2025 Day 1: The Rumble Fish & Spectral Vs. Generation Back In Arcades Via exA-Arcadia

If you have been regularly reading the blog and watching some of the YouTube channel’s videos, it should come as no surprise that exA-Arcadia have been teasing several new game reveals for EVO Japan 2025, the latest edition of Asia’s largest gathering of fighting game competitors and culture. That event’s first day is now »

Wahlap Previews Their AAA Expo 2025 Line-Up

Wahlap Previews Their AAA Expo 2025 Line-Up

May 8, 2025, No Comments on Wahlap Previews Their AAA Expo 2025 Line-Up

This year’s AAA Expo (Asia Amusement & Attractions Expo) out of Guangzhou, China is coming in just a matter of days time, and one of the biggest companies to be gracing that will be Arcade Heroes advertiser Wahlap. We’ll have full coverage of their presence at the show up right after day one like »

Newsbytes: ARE Expo, exA-Arcadia Updates, Sonic Wings Reunion & More

Newsbytes: ARE Expo, exA-Arcadia Updates, Sonic Wings Reunion & More

May 3, 2025, No Comments on Newsbytes: ARE Expo, exA-Arcadia Updates, Sonic Wings Reunion & More

Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that runs through recent bytes of news around the arcade and pinball worlds. There are a couple major Asian events coming up soon (AAA Expo in China and EVO Japan) that will likely require coverage across several days, as well as »

Arcade Recap: Soda Slam! (Alan-1)

Arcade Recap: Soda Slam! (Alan-1)

May 2, 2025, No Comments on Arcade Recap: Soda Slam! (Alan-1)

Welcome back to Arcade Recap, where we will take a look at recently revealed games at tradeshows like Amusement Expo 2025 and give one or two games a highlight at a time. The purpose of this is because it is very easy for a game to get lost in the amount of news that »