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Arcana Heart 3 Xtend Now Shipping In Japan; Western Pre-Orders Open
exA-Arcadia has released Team Arcana’s Arcade Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars Xtend in Japan, with Western pre-orders now up. Let’s look into the details: What Is Arcana Heart? The Arcana Heart series is
Read More »Newsbytes: Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade; Men In Black; Headlines
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates quick news from around the world of arcades and pinball machines. There isn’t a ton of news to chew on this time, but just enough to have
Read More »IAAPA 2023: The UNIS Round-up
Next up for our IAAPA recap is UNIS. Based out of China with offices in Canada and the US, they tend to have a large booth space with a strong focus on redemption. That
Read More »Arcade Heroes Turns 17
Seventeen years ago today, an intrepid creator in the arcade industry known as “PointyThing” created this site, Arcade Heroes. He did so as at the time, there was very little reporting being done to
Read More »Newsbytes: Nova Blast City; Big Buck Update; Goldstorm Pirates & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, an occasional post that curates quick bytes of news from around the arcade, pinball, and amusement world. Due to the deluge of news coming out of IAAPA 2023, this series has
Read More »IAAPA 2023: New games From Wahlap & Amusement Source International
The next company to receive our IAAPA 2023 focus is on Wahlap and Amusement Source International. Wahlap is based in Guangzhou, China, while ASI is setup in Texas. I need to stress that they
Read More »IAAPA 2023: Andamiro USA’s Game Line-up
Welcome to the next piece of IAAPA 2023 coverage, now focusing on Andamiro USA. As the US division of the South Korean arcade developer, they are fairly autonomous in the products that they can
Read More »IAAPA 2023: The JET Games Recap
Next up for our IAAPA recap is JET Games (aka Jennison Entertainment). Based out of Florida, they used to be exclusively focused on redemption games and kiddie rides. After they purchased Family Fun Companies,
Read More »IAAPA 2023: The LAI Games Round-Up
Next up in our focused posts from the IAAPA 2023 trade show is LAI Games. They’ve long had a strong presence at Western trade shows like IAAPA and Amusement Expo, and this time they
Read More »Japan Amusement Expo Recap
Changes have greatly affected the Japanese amusement scene since the pandemic, which includes the changing up of dates and formats to amusement trade events. The Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO for short) has generally taken
Read More »IAAPA 2023: Pinball (Stern, Jersey Jack, American, Chicago Gaming)
It’s been a week since I left IAAPA 2023 and almost a week since the show closed but don’t worry, I have plenty to cover from the event. It just takes a bit to
Read More »IAAPA 2023: The Sega Amusements Round-Up
New arcade games have been announced via the IAAPA 2023 trade show, so it’s time to digest what is headed to venues for you to play. As mentioned previously, instead of lumping all of
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