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GENDA Gains Ground In US With Pac-Man Entertainment Acquisition

GENDA Gains Ground In US With Pac-Man Entertainment Acquisition

arcadehero May 13, 2021 0

Arcade operation acquisitions have become a bit more frequent in recent times, with one of the most talked about being GENDA’s acquisition of Sega Japan’s operations last year. There was also a bit of

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Coming In 2021 From LAI Games: Angry Birds Coin Crash

Coming In 2021 From LAI Games: Angry Birds Coin Crash

arcadehero December 16, 2020 2

While we don’t cover a lot of redemption pieces here, we have done so every once in a while. I haven’t really heard about any new ones this year, which is odd in that

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Stern Pinball Announces Led Zeppelin

Stern Pinball Announces Led Zeppelin

arcadehero December 15, 2020 0

The battle of bands continues in the pinball space, as Stern Pinball has announced their first title for 2021, and the theme hearkens back to another influential rock band from ages past. While I’m

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Insert Coin Documentary About Midway Launches On Virtual Limited Release

Insert Coin Documentary About Midway Launches On Virtual Limited Release

arcadehero November 30, 2020 0

Meant to launch this past Spring, the documentary by Joshua Tsui about the glory days of Midway and their arcade developments (mainly during the 1990s) is now seeing a limited release through “Alamo On-Demand

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UNIS Releases Crazy Ride, Space Invaders Counter Attack & Pogo Jump In North America

UNIS Releases Crazy Ride, Space Invaders Counter Attack & Pogo Jump In North America

arcadehero November 19, 2020 0

This would have been a week full of new game announcements and videos were taken at IAAPA 2020. Since that was canceled, I wasn’t really expecting anything to discuss such games right now (although

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Kevin Williams: The SEGA Situation

Kevin Williams: The SEGA Situation

arcadehero November 16, 2020 0

Let’s start the week with an opinion piece, where site friend and industry specialist Kevin Williams weighs in on what’s been happening with SEGA over in Japan. Take it away, Kevin: Opinion Piece: The

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ICE Launches New Home-Focused Arcade Product Line, ARCADE PRO

arcadehero September 18, 2020 3

[I meant to post this much earlier, but working on my second location got a bit ahead of me today] It’s an age of change and adaptation, which has been a concern for companies

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The AAMA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Gets Underway

The AAMA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Gets Underway

arcadehero September 16, 2020 0

We’re in the age of non-physical, totally virtual tradeshow events – whether or not that will continue on into 2021 remains to be seen, but it’s the reality for most events right now. Normally

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The IAAPA 2020 Physical Event Has Been Canceled

The IAAPA 2020 Physical Event Has Been Canceled

arcadehero September 4, 2020 0

When the IAAPA organization announced that they would be holding their physical trade show event in Orlando this November, there was plenty of skepticism that it would actually take place. While many vendors did

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Will Chuck E. Cheeses Survive?

Will Chuck E. Cheeses Survive?

arcadehero June 25, 2020 2

I’m not leading this story with the headline “Chuck E. Cheeses files for bankruptcy,” as it seems to be taken incorrectly by some. Unfortunately, I’ve found that many “readers” on both Facebook and Twitter

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Newsbytes: Billy Mitchell Victory; Pac-Man Collection; Delta Mission; WB Games Sale? & More

Newsbytes: Billy Mitchell Victory; Pac-Man Collection; Delta Mission; WB Games Sale? & More

arcadehero June 20, 2020 2

Welcome to Newsbytes, a curation of arcade content from around the web that is generally run on the weekends. While a lot of general news in 2020 has been terrible, to say the least,

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Game Updates: Nitro Trucks; Heavy Metal & Hot Wheels Pinball; ValoClimb; Fozzy Football; Voxel; Monopoly

Game Updates: Nitro Trucks; Heavy Metal & Hot Wheels Pinball; ValoClimb; Fozzy Football; Voxel; Monopoly

arcadehero June 15, 2020 2

We haven’t had many updates on game content to discuss as of late, as most titles have been stuck in development hiatus hell thanks to the pandemic. Today seems to be showing a shift

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