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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. As it turns out, quite a few should be doing just that, although as a disclaimer, some of these remain »
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 details for this new VR on rails shooter below. Alpha Ops VR Strike – Background First unveiled as a prototype »
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 you have something to read about them. As mentioned before news has been slow in the dog days of Summer, »
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 arcade game rooms – until now. Alan-1 Inc., one of our sponsors here and local to me, have released the »
Sega Amusements & 501 Entertainment Bring Interactive Mini Golf To Market
A few years ago, Sega Amusements broadened their horizons into social entertainment by partnering with another UK-based company by the name of 501 Entertainment, inking a deal to bring out their augmented reality-incorporating SMARTS Interactive Darts system. Now, the next fruits of that relationship are coming to the market: Interactive Mini Golf. Though not »
July Trade Shows: Bowl Expo & IAAPA Expo Asia 2025
With July fully underway, it’s time to take a look at a couple more trade shows that recently showcased arcade games. These are perhaps the most effective way for new products to get intra-industry attention these days, giving manufacturers the best opportunity to present their games in a hands-on way to potential buyers. While »
Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores
After its initial release in Japan and overseas launch at IAAPA 2024 late last year, Bandai Namco have now finally confirmed that their latest pirate themed game, GoldStorm Pirates, is about to ship out to Western locations across America and Europe. This one has been long anticipated by many of you, not least because »
Newsbytes: Bowl Expo 2025 Preview, Dave & Buster’s Leaderboard, Headlines & More
Welcome once again to Newsbytes, the series of posts on Arcade Heroes that goes over byte-sized pieces of news from around the arcade and pinball worlds. There is a lot to get through from over the course of June, so let’s jump straight into it all with a preview for Bowl Expo 2025: Bowl »
Pinball Brothers Bring PREDATOR Out Of The Jungle
Since it was first teased by the failed outfit Skit-B Pinball back in 2012, plenty of fans have wanted to see a Predator pinball machine gracing their game rooms. What Skit-B teased looked really cool, but where they never got a license from Fox (while taking customer pre-oreder cash), it ended up as one »
exA-Arcadia Announces Five New Titles At ShooterFes 2025
The 2025 edition of ShooterFes, a yearly Japanese event that is specially focused on the “shoot ’em up” genre of games (also known as “shmup” or “STG;” I’ll use the latter in this article), has wrapped up and as usual, exA-Arcadia was there to offer up some gaming goodness and make some announcements. While »
