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ExA-Arcadia Is Headed To EVO 2023
We don’t discuss EVO here very often, the reason being that it’s more “arcade adjacent” then “arcade focused.” That’s just the nature of things as fighters have taken the far back seat in interest
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Arcade Unboxing & Review: Enter The Gungeon – House of the Gundead
It’s been a little over a year since I did an “unboxing” of an arcade machine – although that wasn’t of any new game, but a pair of oldies. Business just hasn’t been conducive
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Location Watch July 2023 – New Arcades Open Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a 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
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The Last Starfighter Celebrates 39 Years – Should It Get A Remake?
Today is the 39th anniversary to another 80s film that had a little involvement with arcades: The Last Starfighter by Lorimar and Universal. If you’ve never seen this one, it’s a tale about one
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Drakons: Realm Keepers On Test In NJ
Note: This post is discussing a game seen on location test, the arcade industry equivalent of a beta test. That means that the game could change significantly in it’s final release, or not see
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MotoGP VR Is Now Shipping To Arcades Worldwide
Back in September of last year, a new VR game from Raw Thrills was spotted on test by the name of MotoGP VR. We saw the game at shows like IAAPA 2022, EAG 2023,
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Andamiro Launches Pump It Up Phoenix 2023 In Korea; Haggis Pinball Announces Centaur Revisited
We have a few bits of game news to share today, but I am splitting it up into two posts. Let’s start with Pump It Up Phoenix, the highly anticipated rhythm game release in
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Location Tests: Taiko No Tatsujin At Anime Expo’23; Axel City 2 Testing In Japan
There are a couple of new games spotted on test out there that some of you might be interested in, so let’s take a quick look! As a note, every game on test could
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2D Arcade Exclusive Fighter Dynamite Bomb!! Now Available For Pre-Order
Pre-orders have opened today for Dynamite Bomb!!, a new fighter that is launching just for arcades. Designed by Light Green Games (some of the staff were involved with Dragon Ball Fighter Z) along with
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Remembering Batsugun – One Of The Subgenre-Defining Danmaku Games
The following is a guest post submitted by Ted Haydon for you readers to drink in; It’s good timing given the recent release of Batsugun EXA Label, Saturn Tribute Boosted, and Kumagumi’s official merchandise
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Bowl Expo 2023 Wrap-Up
Bowl Expo has come and gone once again, but with many having checked out the preview I did, I want to follow-up on anything that the preview might have missed. Do note that I
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Bowl Expo’23 Preview: New Arcade Games For The Summer
This week is the International Bowl Expo event and it’s an opportunity for arcade game makers to show off their latest product lines. While this will entail titles that were previously seen at the
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