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Touch Magix To Launch MagixPool At Bowl Expo 2023

arcadehero June 26, 2023 1

Bowl Expo is this week (technically it started yesterday in Orlando but it was just meetings – the trade show proper starts on Wednesday) and with that comenew products from the arcade industry. I’ll

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Inowize To Launch QBIX At IAAPA 2022

Inowize To Launch QBIX At IAAPA 2022

arcadehero October 12, 2022 0

Inowize has announced that they are expanding their product portfolio with a new concept called QBIX. Debuting at IAAPA 2022, the QBIX system takes a step away from VR and dives instead into AR/MXR

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Game Updates: Nitro Trucks; Heavy Metal & Hot Wheels Pinball; ValoClimb; Fozzy Football; Voxel; Monopoly

Game Updates: Nitro Trucks; Heavy Metal & Hot Wheels Pinball; ValoClimb; Fozzy Football; Voxel; Monopoly

arcadehero June 15, 2020 2

We haven’t had many updates on game content to discuss as of late, as most titles have been stuck in development hiatus hell thanks to the pandemic. Today seems to be showing a shift

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Stern Pinball Officially Reveals Stranger Things

Stern Pinball Officially Reveals Stranger Things

arcadehero December 23, 2019 2

This weekend, a trailer popped up online to showcase a surprise release from Stern Pinball, given that it’s unusual to reveal a new pinball table on the week of Christmas. This morning, the company

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Next From Stern Pinball: Stranger Things

Next From Stern Pinball: Stranger Things

arcadehero December 20, 2019 2

The chatter about the next pinball table from Stern has been hinting that it would involve the hit Netflix TV show Stranger Things, and as you already know from the headline to this post,

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Newsbytes: Xeno Crisis For Neo Geo; Mixed Reality Pinball; Mortalmania & More

Newsbytes: Xeno Crisis For Neo Geo; Mixed Reality Pinball; Mortalmania & More

arcadehero February 2, 2019 1

Welcome to another exciting edition of Newsbytes, where I curate some of the quick pieces of arcade news to showcase for this weekend. Let’s get to it! Xeno Crisis For The Neo Geo MVS

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IAAPA 2018 Preview: Augmented/Mixed/Virtual Reality

IAAPA 2018 Preview: Augmented/Mixed/Virtual Reality

arcadehero November 9, 2018 1

For our arcade preview of IAAPA, click here. Ever since the Oculus Rift VR headset began making headlines around 2012, the amusement industry has had a little bit of an obsession with the tech.

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Touch Magix To Release MXR Game Mystery Island At IAAPA 2018

Touch Magix To Release MXR Game Mystery Island At IAAPA 2018

arcadehero October 5, 2018 2

If you can recall our coverage of Amusement Expo 2018, then you might remember a game by the name of Mystery Island by Touch Magix (who recently became advertisers here on the site at

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Knowing Your Rs: SR, VR, AR and MXR

Knowing Your Rs: SR, VR, AR and MXR

arcadehero July 20, 2016 1

With the return of VR onto the scene, we’ve begun to cover the subject on the blog recently as “VR Arcades” and other out-of-home applications of the technology find their way into amusement. The

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New Games Spotted At The IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo

New Games Spotted At The IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo

arcadehero June 23, 2016 4

Recently the IAAPA organization held the Asian Attractions Expo 2016 event in Shanghai, China and we’ve received a little bit of info about some new arcade content shown there. The event saw record breaking

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Scale-1 Portal Launches Immersive Coach Exer-Game Content

Scale-1 Portal Launches Immersive Coach Exer-Game Content

arcadehero May 26, 2016 0

Variations on out-of-home VR style technology are growing in number out there although not everyone is a newcomer to the scene. Such is the case with French based company Scale-1 Portal, who has been

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The Void Bringing Ghostbusters:Dimensions to Out-Of-Home VR

The Void Bringing Ghostbusters:Dimensions to Out-Of-Home VR

arcadehero May 9, 2016 0

(Thanks to everyone that sent this in) Here’s a story that is spreading like wildfire across the internet, which seems to be the case with anything VR related lately. As I’ve told people, don’t

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