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Sega Amusements & 501 Entertainment Bring Interactive Mini Golf To Market

Sega Amusements & 501 Entertainment Bring Interactive Mini Golf To Market

Shaggy July 15, 2025 0

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

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Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores

Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores

Shaggy July 1, 2025 0

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

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On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label

On Test: Star Wars Death Star Assault, Beatmania IIDX 33 Sparkle Shower, Earthion EXA Label

Shaggy June 29, 2025 0

Though usually light on big announcements or releases, Summer often brings with it a good chance for companies to try out upcoming titles or concepts, so it is time once again to round up

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exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order

exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order

Shaggy June 21, 2025 0

While Summer often means a slowdown in new arcade game announcements and releases, that hasn’t been an exclusive phenomenon in recent years, thanks to companies whose business model allows them to release content at

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exA-Arcadia Announces Five New Titles At ShooterFes 2025

exA-Arcadia Announces Five New Titles At ShooterFes 2025

Shaggy June 15, 2025 0

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),

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Konami Testing Out Dance Dance Revolution Stomp Arrows At Round1USA

Konami Testing Out Dance Dance Revolution Stomp Arrows At Round1USA

Shaggy June 13, 2025 0

The slow, quiet return of Konami into the US arcade market continues with another game on test, this one carrying the highest name profile of anything that the company has done in the US

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Food Fight Frenzy By Retro Arcade Remakes Is Available Now

Food Fight Frenzy By Retro Arcade Remakes Is Available Now

Shaggy June 10, 2025 0

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Retro Arcade Remakes, the creators of the Taito Ice Cold Beer Remake that has been on the market for a while now. Last year, they unveiled

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Jersey Jack Pinball Unleashes The Magic of Harry Potter To Arcades

Jersey Jack Pinball Unleashes The Magic of Harry Potter To Arcades

Shaggy June 5, 2025 0

After months of teasing, the wait is finally over, as Jersey Jack Pinball has launched their latest game to the market, Harry Potter. Based more upon the movies, players become a student at Hogwarts

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Raw Thrills Launches Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR Ultimate; Top Gun: Maverick

Raw Thrills Launches Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR Ultimate; Top Gun: Maverick

Shaggy June 3, 2025 0

The wait is officially over, as the complete and “ultimate” version of Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR by Raw Thrills is now available for existing locations to grab for their machines. Let’s see what this

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Location Watch May 2025: The Latest Arcade Businesses To Open Their Doors Around The World

Location Watch May 2025: The Latest Arcade Businesses To Open Their Doors Around The World

Shaggy May 31, 2025 0

Welcome to the latest edition of Location Watch, a regular series here on Arcade Heroes that covers the news of brand new arcade locations which have opened anywhere on the planet. That has the

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LAI Games Begins Testing Ubisoft All-Star VR

LAI Games Begins Testing Ubisoft All-Star VR

Shaggy May 31, 2025 0

Much has been said in recent months about arcade virtual reality (and VR in general) declining from the heights of its second boom period. That doesn’t stop new pieces from appearing altogether, however, as

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Newsbytes: PlayX4 In South Korea, Raw Thrills Update, Konami Reshuffles & More

Newsbytes: PlayX4 In South Korea, Raw Thrills Update, Konami Reshuffles & More

Shaggy May 30, 2025 0

Welcome to Newsbytes, a regular series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that runs through recent “bytes” of news around the wonderful world of arcade and pinball games. We usually try and launch these

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