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Kevin Williams: London’s Amusement Renaissance
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes, industry specialist Kevin Williams is back and checking out the explosion of innovation and installation in a very crowded London entertainment and hospitality scene,
Read More »Jersey Jack Pinball Reveals & Begins Shipping Toy Story 4
It’s been 20 months since Jersey Jack Pinball last released a new game, and the drought has come to an end with the announcement of their latest release, Toy Story 4. Toy Story as
Read More »Motion Sphere Reveals The Star Wars Sphere
A little over a week ago, a Brazilian simulator company by the name of Motion Sphere posted a video showcasing a new product that they are launching this summer by the name of the
Read More »Team Play Inc. Reveals Carnival Wheel
Today’s bit of news that breaks our dry spell comes to us from the world of redemption/videmption – something that we don’t always focus on here but will dabble with every now and then.
Read More »Newsbytes: New Crazy Taxi; Zapcom 8.2; & More
Arcade news has come to a standstill, which seems to be a thing in April. In part that’s due to it being a post-tradeshow period, although everything I’ve come across for the past week
Read More »Amusement Expo 2022 Round-up #2 Final Edition
Let’s finish this – almost a month later! If you are already subscribed to the Arcade Heroes YouTube channel then you should have seen these, but if not, here you go, plus some additional
Read More »Newsbytes: Heavyweight Champ Footage; Pac-Mom; The PolyRetro; New Raw Thrills Mobile Game; Spinal Tap Pinball & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a semi-regular collection of arcade & pinball news items from around the world. This week has quite a few interesting stories, particularly when it comes to arcade history, so I hope
Read More »Dave & Busters Purchases Main Event
Several years back, well before the pandemic, Chuck E. Cheeses had bought Peter Piper Pizza, further bolstering their position as the largest chain of arcade entertainment in the world. While today’s news won’t make
Read More »New Games Coming To exA-Arcadia: Cambria Sword AC; Jamjam’n Jelly Exa Lente; Shinorubi Pink Label
Shooters Fes began in Japan yesterday, loaded with game announcements to please shoot ’em up fans across the board. Since we’re into arcades here, naturally I’m going to cover what has been announced for
Read More »Touch Magix To Unveil Whacky Tracks At DEAL 2022
Fresh off of one arcade tradeshow we’ve got another taking place this next week, but interestingly enough, it is sounding like there will be more brand new content at this one than we saw
Read More »New Trailer & Art For Shadow Gangs X
We’ve got another bit of news for a game that will be launching soon to arcades via the exA-Arcadia, one that I’ve spend a bit of time with when at IAAPA by the name
Read More »Amusement Expo 2022 Recap #1 – The Latest In Arcade Games
Another amusement/arcade tradeshow has come and gone, and I was there to check it out. As always it’s great to see and talk with many in the business face-to-face, and play the games instead
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