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What Is In Store For DSM Arcade In 2024?
Before we end 2023, I wanted to take this opportunity to look at an arcade developer who are moving up from an indie developer to bigger player in the amusement business. I spoke with Dan Fessler, founder of DSM Arcade and we’ve got some information on what his plans are going into 2024. DSM »
Location Watch December 2023: New Arcades For The Holidays
Welcome to Location Watch, an occasional series of posts that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world, splitting the news up between different world regions. It has been quite some time now since the last one in September… but the »
Arcana Heart 3 Xtend Now Shipping In Japan; Western Pre-Orders Open
exA-Arcadia has released Team Arcana’s Arcade Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars Xtend in Japan, with Western pre-orders now up. Let’s look into the details: What Is Arcana Heart? The Arcana Heart series is a fighting game where all of the characters are female, drawn in anime style. While on the surface the cute »
New Games Aplenty For 2024: Wrapping Up IAAPA 2023
It’s been a few weeks since IAAPA 2023 took place and in that time, I’ve slowly been working through the many companies and games that made their grand debut at the show. This post is intended to wrap it all up, helping you navigate what was there and what is coming to the arcade »
Newsbytes: Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade; Men In Black; Headlines
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates quick news from around the world of arcades and pinball machines. There isn’t a ton of news to chew on this time, but just enough to have some fun, including a fairly big announcement for Street Fighter 6 upfront. Let’s get to it: Street Fighter 6 Type »
Next Up From Spooky Pinball: Looney Tunes & Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Spooky Pinball has announced their next two games which will lead them into 2024: Looney Tunes and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. As pinball companies often do, the information was released in a staggered way, making this post a little bit of a hodge-podge at first – but it is now focused on the products after »
IAAPA 2023: The UNIS Round-Up
Next up for our IAAPA recap is UNIS. Based out of China with offices in Canada and the US, they tend to have a large booth space with a strong focus on redemption. That has been expanding into cranes in recent years as crane interest has exploded, particularly in Asia. They still do some »
IAAPA 2023: Coastal Amusements Recap
Next up for our IAAPA recap is Coastal Amusements. Based in New Jersey, Coastal has long supported a mix of cranes, redemption, and videmption pieces in their line-ups. They’ve been increasing in the latter, and those games can operate without tickets if the location desires. In case you missed/overlooked previous recaps: IAAPA 2023 – »
IAAPA 2023: The LAI Games Round-Up
Next up in our focused posts from the IAAPA 2023 trade show is LAI Games. They’ve long had a strong presence at Western trade shows like IAAPA and Amusement Expo, and this time they had a few brand new games to show off, along with some popular titles that have been around for a »
Japan Amusement Expo Recap
Changes have greatly affected the Japanese amusement scene since the pandemic, which includes the changing up of dates and formats to amusement trade events. The Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO for short) has generally taken place in February since 2013; and has always been covered as such on here. However, after all of the disarray »
IAAPA 2023: The Sega Amusements Round-Up
New arcade games have been announced via the IAAPA 2023 trade show, so it’s time to digest what is headed to venues for you to play. As mentioned previously, instead of lumping all of the companies and news together over the course of a few posts, I’m going to keep most IAAPA coverage focused »
IAAPA 2023 – The Overview
The IAAPA 2023 trade show is sunsetting today but there is a ton of news to digest. Hang in there exhibitors – I know how tough it is doing all that standing/walking/talking for so many days (plus setup/breakdown). This year instead of overwhelming you, the reader, with a smorgasbord of random stuff, I’m going »
