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State of the Industry & Arcade Year-In-Review 2023
It is time to look back at the year and see where we’re at as an industry, with this Arcade Year-In-Review 2023 and ‘State of the Industry’ report. I’m harkening back to Play Meter
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Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade Appearing At Round1USA’s Across The Land
Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade has begun to appear in the United States but only at Round1USA locations. It is going to replace existing Street Fighter V Type Arcade setups, so any R1
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Location Watch December 2023: New Arcades For The Holidays
Welcome to Location Watch, an occasional series of posts that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world, splitting the news
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VR 360 Action Launches Crazy Racing
For locations in the market for a new motion racing simulator, VR 360 Action has a solution called Crazy Racing. This is a multi-game, race-focused simulator. Let’s see what it is all about: Crazy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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