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Stern Pinball @ Comic-Con 2010
Via the Stern Facebook fan page. One of the biggest geek events for the year is now underway, Comic-Con 2010 and while console games are showing a strong presence at the show, arcade games aren’t really there to be seen. Granted, that is because there isn’t anything new out there involving comic books (yes »
Namco's Tank! Tank! Tank! update adds new enemies, NamCam avatars
Namco America has announced a new software update for Tank! Tank! Tank!, and with it comes new content that gives players more to look for when they play the game. The update will give the game the software update which we first saw at Amusement Expo 2010. This includes the Bee-Bots(pictured above) and Octo-Giant »
Guest Post: A review of Planet Fun, Inngoldmels, UK by Kieran May
It’s been a while since we had an arcade location review, as well as a guest post but Arcade Heroes reader (and frequent tipster) Kieran May sent us his review of an FEC in the UK known as Planet Fun. He gets into what they offer as well as the customer service aspect and »
Flynn's Arcade Returning to Comic-Con next week
Last year the TRON Legacy viral marketing campaign started off with a bang as they recreated (to an extent) the arcade from the movie TRON, Flynn’s Arcade, at Comic-Con 2009. In addition to a number of classic games being on hand for show attendees to revisit, they also featured Space Paranoids in an arcade »
Coin-op amusement industry predicted to exceed earnings of $10.5 billion in the US by 2015; $1.6 billion in Germany
Newsfeed 861 via While obtaining earnings reports as well as earning expectations reports in the console and PC sides of the video game industry can be fairly easy, finding similar documents for coin-op amusement always proves to be a difficult task. Fortunately we have Global Industry Analysts, Inc. weighing in on coin-op for the »
Seen on location test: GRID Arcade by Sega Amusements Europe/Codemasters
There is a new racing game set to enter the arcade market this year and this one is coming from Sega Amusements Europe and Codemasters. It’s one console gamers may already be familiar with, GRID (or as it’s called on consoles Race Driver GRID). Thanks to a tipster who only calls himself Bill, we »
Arcade Heroes Podcast #15
Another month, another podcast. Here is the podcast for June where Kevin and I talk about E3, 3D applications in arcades, Open Day event, arcades opening and closing and more.I had to cut it short a little earlier than normal as towards the end I received a text and had to run off to »
Looking for work in the arcade game development field?
It has been a while since we have seen an arcade company post listings for new jobs (at least as far as I know) but one company has done just that today as they gear up on some unspecified new project. Raw Thrills’ (based out of Skokie, IL) is looking for both an Electronics »
Dave and Busters Announces the "Extreme Speed Sweepstakes"
Arcade/restaurant chain Dave and Busters has announced a new sweepstakes which can land you free D&B Power Card or even a chance to win a “three-day, two-night trip for two to either the NASCAR AAA Texas 500 or the Red Bull Motocross of Nations!” Even if you don’t care for the trip, the chance »
Fliperama Brasil! (my look into a little part of the arcade scene in Brazil)
I was in Brazil recently and while there I didn’t waste the opportunity to check out some arcades while I was visiting. The best places to look are malls, although you might find some machines hiding out in other places on occasion, such as a bar or strip mall but that is rare in »
Catching up a little more
It’s still a couple more days before I will be home but I figure it’s better to still play catch up now where I have a chance. Thanks to The Stinger Report for the links, with the connection I have available it’s much more difficult to scour the net for news like I normally »
Kotaku, convenience and laser tag
With the continually growing popularity of home consoles, it’s often easy for the consumer gaming media to marginalise other types of gaming – be they tabletop games for the home or larger experiences, such as arcade gaming. Occasionally however, someone will speak up in defence of these other games. Recently, just such an incident »
