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The Day Before The Storm – IAAPA 2024 Day 0
The educational day of IAAPA 2024 has come and gone, which means that tomorrow the big trade show portion begins (although there are still plenty of seminars to attend). As I was spending most
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Japan Amusement Expo 2024: The Full Recap
We are well and truly in the thick of trade show season now, with IAAPA coming up in a few days and the Japan Amusement Expo just wrapping up. The former will inevitably have
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Japan Amusement Expo 2024: The Full Preview
In Japan, last year saw both the final edition of JAEPO, the country’s main arcade show that had been held each February since 2013, and their new Amusement Expo – a reworked and reformatted
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Q&A: Bandai Namco’s Steve Ignarski And Josh Hurst On GoldStorm Pirates
IAAPA Expo 2024 is less than a week away, making it the perfect time to cover certain games that will make their grand debut at the show – as we have been doing for
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GoldStorm Pirates Goes Back On Test In The USA
Bandai Namco Amusement’s long-awaited sequel to their 2009 swashbuckling skeleton shooter, GoldStorm Pirates, has been on location test and in the works for a while by this point. Having first appeared here in the
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GTI Asia China Expo 2024 Day 1: Arcade Games In China
Trade show season 2024 is officially underway now, as the three-day GTI Asia China Expo 2024 held in Guangzhou, China kicked off on the 11th. With it comes a number of new arcade games
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Trade Show Season Fall 2024 – The Preview (Feat. New Games On Test)
In the arcade business, there has always been a slightly busier time for industry expos and arcade trade show events, traditionally spanning from Fall to around late Winter/early Spring with the Summer lull in
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Newsbytes: Taiko No Tatsujin USA Updates, Golden Tee 2025, Naruto Details, More
Welcome to Newsbytes, our regular series of posts at Arcade Heroes that rounds up quick bites of news from around the world of arcades and pinball. As ever, Summer can be a slow season
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Confirmed: Taiko No Tatsujin Is Launching In US Arcades This November
You may remember in our last post about Marvelous’ two new kids card game launches, it was said that they would possibly be the biggest arcade news for this month. Well, less than two
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Newsbytes: DDR World Vs PIU 2024, May Trade Shows, New Card Games
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates quick news from around the world of arcades, pinball, and other out-of-home entertainment spaces. As we crawl towards Summer, some interesting developments are afoot, perhaps more than
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AAA 2024 Day 1: New Arcade Games Shown Off In China
Trade shows may be dormant in the States right now, but AAA 2024 (the Asia Amusement & Attractions Expo 2024) has just begun over in China. From it, we can get a look at
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Bandai Namco Amusements Is Testing ‘Jump Racer’ In Japan
It barely feels like five minutes since we were last talking about a new location test game here on Arcade Heroes. But today, we have yet another to exclusively reveal. Not that this is
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