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New Arcade Releases: Avian Knights (Alan-1); Sailor’s Quest 2 VR (UNIS); Super Drill (Ace)

New Arcade Releases: Avian Knights (Alan-1); Sailor’s Quest 2 VR (UNIS); Super Drill (Ace)

January 23, 2025, No Comments on New Arcade Releases: Avian Knights (Alan-1); Sailor’s Quest 2 VR (UNIS); Super Drill (Ace)

It’s time to catch up on new arcade releases for North America, with three games that are available now to order from Alan-1, Ace Amusement/Amusement Source International, and UNIS/IGS. Also as a quick note, Jamjam’n Jelly EXA LENTE just finished its test in Japan. As of this publication, it is not up for pre-order, »

EAG 2025 Recap – New Arcade Games In Europe

EAG 2025 Recap – New Arcade Games In Europe

January 22, 2025, No Comments on EAG 2025 Recap – New Arcade Games In Europe

The earliest major amusement trade expo of the year, EAG 2025 (Entertainment Attractions & Gaming Expo), has now long come and gone at London’s ExCel venue, so it’s high time we looked at all of the new arcade games that will be hitting the UK and Europe in the coming weeks and months. As »

EAG Expo 2025 Preview

EAG Expo 2025 Preview

January 13, 2025, No Comments on EAG Expo 2025 Preview

The first major amusement-focused trade show of this year is now just around the corner, as EAG Expo 2025 is about to start up at London’s ExCel venue for three days from tomorrow. In case there are any new readers viewing this, the EAG Expo serves the Entertainment, Attractions and Gaming industries of the »

Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review 2024: Business, New Games, History & More

Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review 2024: Business, New Games, History & More

December 31, 2024, No Comments on Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review 2024: Business, New Games, History & More

Welcome to the Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review of 2024. Let’s take a look back at the last twelve months and provide a “State of the Industry” report for you to consider. We have done these most years on the site; our last for 2023 unfortunately ended on a slightly sour note, but that’s not always »

Location Watch December 2024: New Arcades Open For 2025

Location Watch December 2024: New Arcades Open For 2025

December 29, 2024, No Comments on Location Watch December 2024: New Arcades Open For 2025

Welcome to Location Watch, a series here on Arcade Heroes that endeavors to track and report on new arcade location openings from all around the world. This will be our final look at new locations for 2024, while also giving us a preview of some locations that are new and fresh for 2025. Our »

Newsbytes: New Virtua Fighter, Stern Pinball Cup, 35 Years Of Wahlap, More

Newsbytes: New Virtua Fighter, Stern Pinball Cup, 35 Years Of Wahlap, More

December 22, 2024, No Comments on Newsbytes: New Virtua Fighter, Stern Pinball Cup, 35 Years Of Wahlap, More

Welcome to another edition of Newsbytes, the series of posts at AH that brings together the latest news from around the arcade and pinball worlds. It’s been a little quiet this month, with the IAAPA buzz dying down and a lot of people in the industry seemingly either too busy behind the scenes or »

IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 5: Redemption, Simulators & VR

IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 5: Redemption, Simulators & VR

December 21, 2024, No Comments on IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 5: Redemption, Simulators & VR

Welcome to the fifth and final part of our IAAPA 2024 coverage, this time tackling redemption, simulator machines, and VR. Though the latter two can demonstrate more innovation, redemption and prize machines continue to be a major revenue driver for most locations out there, thus many companies (if not all of them) tend to »

IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 4: exA-Arcadia, Indies, & More

IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 4: exA-Arcadia, Indies, & More

December 16, 2024, No Comments on IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 4: exA-Arcadia, Indies, & More

Continuing with our IAAPA 2024 wrap-up, which will soon be completed once and for all, let’s take a look at more of the players within the industry that fit the video game side of amusement more so than the redemption one. We’ve already covered our advertisers and big names like Raw Thrills, Bandai Namco, »

Alan-1 Begins Shipping Asteroids Recharged Arcade; Celebrates IAAPA Brass Ring Win

Alan-1 Begins Shipping Asteroids Recharged Arcade; Celebrates IAAPA Brass Ring Win

December 13, 2024, No Comments on Alan-1 Begins Shipping Asteroids Recharged Arcade; Celebrates IAAPA Brass Ring Win

Following a successful showing at IAAPA 2024 that saw it awarded a coveted Brass Ring Award, Utah based Alan-1 has begun shipping both the Pro and Deluxe models of their Asteroids Recharged arcade game that first debuted at Amusement Expo 2024 earlier this year. The units actually began shipping right before the show, but »

Perfect Pour by DSM Arcade Preps To Launch In Early 2025

Perfect Pour by DSM Arcade Preps To Launch In Early 2025

December 11, 2024, No Comments on Perfect Pour by DSM Arcade Preps To Launch In Early 2025

Not everything in the arcade world took place at IAAPA, although hang tight, we’re still working on compiling news for that to wrap it all up. Until then, let’s look at a game that wasn’t there in-person called Perfect Pour by DSM Arcade. We’ve covered this game before, but now it is approaching it’s »

IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 3: Pinball

IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 3: Pinball

December 8, 2024, No Comments on IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 3: Pinball

In our continuing coverage from IAAPA 2024, let’s take the opportunity to discuss pinball! Specifically the three pinball companies that went there – Stern Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, and American Pinball. For previous coverage: Part #1: Raw Thrills; TouchMagix; Amusement Source; Wahlap; Alan-1; Night Heron  Part #2: Bandai Namco Amusement; Sega Amusements; LAI Games; »

IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 2: Bandai Namco Amusement; Sega Amusements; LAI Games; UNIS

IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 2: Bandai Namco Amusement; Sega Amusements; LAI Games; UNIS

December 6, 2024, No Comments on IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 2: Bandai Namco Amusement; Sega Amusements; LAI Games; UNIS

It’s finally time to continue our after-show coverage of IAAPA 2024 with its second part, now tackling the likes of Bandai Namco Amusement, Sega Amusements, LAI Games and UNIS. This does not complete everyone, but will continue to get you caught up on all of the biggest news and announcements on the new games »