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Newsbytes: Namco’s Reflair Cab; Japan Arcade Releases; Zero Latency Next-Gen VR; Final Fight 30th Mod & More
It’s been a busy week, especially for new arcade releases. As you’ll gather from today’s Newsbytes, there’s even more of that action going on, but we’ll cover some other quick pieces of news. Let’s
Read More »JAEPO 2019: Konami, Sega, Taito, Bandai Namco & More
The Japan Amusement Expo 2019 (JAEPO 2019) has begun, and with it is a flurry of news. I have already posted a thread dedicated to the many announcements that will be coming about from
Read More »JAEPO 2019: Pinball In Japan; Bandai Namco Unveils Pac-Man Panic
While Japanese industry has long embraced video games, pinball’s journey in the country has been a struggle. With JAEPO 2019, it looks like that might be about to turn around as Stern Pinball, Jersey
Read More »Bandai Namco Begins Testing Super Panic Ball In Japan
A few weeks ago, some big news came along that Taito was testing out a new head-to-head pinball concept by the name of Space Invaders Pinball Jam. Readers were so interested in this story,
Read More »The Arcade Heroes 2018 Year-In-Review
2019 is upon us, which means that it is time to take a look back at the arcade, pinball and other amusement news of 2018. The State Of The Industry 2018 2018 has been
Read More »Newsbytes: 2019 Releases; D&B Unveils Dragonfrost VR; Arcade/Christmas Parody & More
Welcome to the holiday weekend! Today’s newsbytes was a little bit delayed, in part due to WordPress completely revamping how posts work. As usual when a website makes fundamental changes to how creating posts
Read More »Namco USA Arcade Operations Expanding & Re-branding As Pac-Man Entertainment
(Thanks to everyone who sent this in! h/t to The Stinger Report for sending it my way first) Among the news items that I overlooked at or following IAAPA, was this press release from
Read More »Pac-Man’s Pixel Bash Promos
It’s been quiet on the site here this week, but I’ve been busy editing videos from IAAPA, among other things (like spending an evening picking up a classic game). I will try and have
Read More »IAAPA 2018 Preview: Arcades
It’s that time of year again, not when we come together as families to give thanks and feast (that’s the week after), but to see what the latest, greatest and newest products that will
Read More »Newsbytes: Mario Kart VR In the USA; EAS 2018 & Race Craft; More Japanese Game News
Happy weekend readers, here are some items to share for the weekend. As a note, I am getting close to producing a print copy of the Arcade Heroes Arcade Almanac, but it has been
Read More »Newsbytes: House Of The Dead Prototype; CART; Beat Saber; Star Trek Day & More
As you can tell, arcade news has continued to be slow for September, which is pretty normal. As school starts up, there are many projects in the works that will be headed to IAAPA,
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