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The Games of EAG Expo 2013 Via The Stinger Report
Its a week after EAG Expo 2013 opened its doors to show off the latest in coin-op/out-of-home entertainment for the European sector and thanks to The Stinger Report here are some pictures from the event. Commentary below is my own. Stay tuned for a full show report from AH writer HeavyElectricity – he has »
BBC Takes Notice Of Pinball Resurgance With Another New Pinball Manufacturer, Heighway Pinball
(Thanks to everyone that sent this in!; pictures below via The Stinger Report and were taken at the EAG2013 show last week) Thanks to the EAG Expo that took place last week, arcade and pinball games are getting some mainstream media attention. BBC News has an article up called “Flipping heck: Is pinball about »
New Arcade Open Tomorrow In Houston, TX: The Game Preserve
Through 2012 we saw an uptick in stories about classic arcades opening their doors around the US and judging by the news today, 2013 is starting off on a similar foot. If you are in or around Houston, TX tomorrow then a new arcade with a focus on the classics is opening it’s doors »
Press Releases: Dark Escape 4D, Dream Raiders, UNIS USA
Here are some quick updates on the latest arcade titles to reach the market, thanks to some press releases that have been making their way out into the inter-ether lately. First off is Namco’s Dark Escape 4D, which I have heard is available at a few different venues already. A press release about that »
Editorial: No Everyone Doesn’t Agree On The Death Of The Arcade
It’s been a while since we’ve seen an article that directly looks into what they call the “death” of arcades but there is a pretty popular article that was published on The Verge today that does just that. You can read it here. There is also a video which has a different tone than »
Weekend Reads: Pokemon Game, Music video, Light-Gun Game Ban, DNA Seminar
UPDATE: Rebuttal piece to The Boston Globe on the violent arcade games issue added below It’s been a really slow news week but overall its seemed slow in other areas too, at my own arcade its a far cry from where it was just a month ago. That is normal as the post-Christmas doldrums »
Stern Pinball Makes An Appearance At CES 2013
[Thanks to for the tip] When I hear of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, I think of the line from TRON: “If you’ve seen one consumer electronics show, you’ve seen them all”. I am sure that they can be fun or fascinating if you know what to look for but it always helps when »
Arcade Releases for 2013
Wanting to know what brand new arcade games are hitting the market? Stay up-to-date with this comprehensive list of arcade releases for the 2013 calendar year. This includes games already released starting in January 2013 and those which have been hinted at a release by their parent companies. Note that the arcade industry behaves »
The Top 10 Posts At Arcade Heroes For 2012
Last year I took a look at the top 10 posts that we ran as a way to recap the news of the year and it doesn’t hurt to do it again – its one of the few times I can get behind a “Top 10” type list since there is a way to »
Spacewar! Exhibit Opens At The Museum of the Moving Image In Astoria, NY
(Image above by Daniel Love, from the Exhibit website) As the year comes down to its final days, news in this sector tends to slow down as companies tend to close their doors for the last week of the year. But there is occasionally some things that do come up, like the news of »
Arcade Heroes Players Choice Game Of The Year Poll 2012
It’s that time of year again, where as it comes to a close we want to know what you the players found to be the arcade Game Of The Year for 2012. There was an increase in “videmption” type content this year, where it all can be set to work without dispensing tickets so »
Weekend Newsblast: Battle of the Arcades, Fix It Felix cab, Real Life KOF
Not much has gone on in the arcade world this past week, which is often the case in the post-IAAPA month since all the new game announcements come along at that time. But enough can accumulate to talk about, such as today. First off, the website Aurcade.com just hit a couple of milestones in »