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February Trade Shows: NJAA Expo (New Jersey); FEExpo (Italy); DEAL (Dubai)
Though the main arcade trade shows of the first quarter of the year happen with EAG in January and Amusement Expo International in March, in-between them there tend to be a few smaller events
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Newsbytes: Atari Relief Pitcher Prototype; New Owners For American Pinball; Ski Hero & More
Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2026. This is a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcades and pinball. The year
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The Arcade Anniversaries of 2026
It’s a new year, which means new anniversaries for many of your favorite arcade games from the past. So as a stop-gap for when our EAG 2026 review comes out (the show has now
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Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review 2025: Business, New Games, Top 10 Posts & More
Welcome to the Arcade Heroes Year-In-Review of 2025, our annual rundown of arcade happenings across various bases. As well as the usual top 10 posts and content at the end of the post, here
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Location Watch December 2025: New Arcades Open In Time For 2026
Welcome to the last 2025 edition of Location Watch, a regular series here on Arcade Heroes that covers brand new arcade locations which have opened all over the planet. That has the caveat of
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Introducing Arcade Heroes’ Arcade Hall Of Fame
Most gamers should be aware of the World Video Game Hall of Fame, the Strong Museum of Play’s official collection of video games deemed culturally and artistically important. Plenty of games that either released
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exA-Arcadia Announces Hunter X Hunter: Nen X Impact For Arcades
While exA-Arcadia usually waits for trade shows and video game-related events to announce brand new games, that isn’t always the case. Today, the company has revealed a major anime license is coming to arcades,
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Barrels of Fun Launches Winchester Mystery House Pinball
This week sees the return of Pinball Expo, and with that, we get some new game announcements. One company that has certainly been behind some interesting designs (and the only pinball manufacturer who doesn’t
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IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 Round-Up: New Arcade Games In Europe
Welcome to our coverage of IAAPA Expo Europe 2025, which was held in Barcelona, Spain this past week. Note that we ourselves did not attend the Expo, but as usual, we have consulted with
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exA-Arcadia Opens Pre-Orders For Axel City 2: The Final Storm; Tests Chaos Code Next
exA-Arcadia has been busy lately, and as we’ll discuss today, they aren’t slowing down any time soon. We recently reported on their test for Vanguard Princess R (which is performing well), and now they
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