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Q&A: Bandai Namco’s Steve Ignarski And Josh Hurst On GoldStorm Pirates
IAAPA Expo 2024 is less than a week away, making it the perfect time to cover certain games that will make their grand debut at the show – as we have been doing for
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GTI Asia China Expo 2024 Day 1: Arcade Games In China
Trade show season 2024 is officially underway now, as the three-day GTI Asia China Expo 2024 held in Guangzhou, China kicked off on the 11th. With it comes a number of new arcade games
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Happy National Video Arcade Day 2024!
Today is June 27th and that means its National Video Arcade Day! Why today? Because it’s Atari’s birthday, and that’s as good a mark as any to denote when video arcades and our favorite
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AAA 2024 Day 1: New Arcade Games Shown Off In China
Trade shows may be dormant in the States right now, but AAA 2024 (the Asia Amusement & Attractions Expo 2024) has just begun over in China. From it, we can get a look at
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Bandai Namco Begins Testing Bike Dash Delivery In Japan
This post is discussing a game that has been seen on location test, the arcade equivalent of a beta test. This game might not be released at all or if it does reach production,
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Bandai Namco Amusements Is Testing A Sequel To DeadStorm Pirates In Japan
The following post is discussing a game that has been seen on location test, which is the arcade industry equivalent of a beta test. This means that there is not much info to go
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Pac-Man Gets The Spotlight With Update To Bandai Namco Amusements’ Site
If you love Namco’s Pac-Man then the latest updates to their site definitely highlights the character. Let’s bring you up to speed: Pac-Man Battle Royale Chompionship The Deluxe version of PMBRC now has a
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Amusement Goes To The Olympics
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams, marks the celebration of the Tokyo Olympics 2020, and charts the influences that the video amusement industry has taken
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PAC-MAN Going Strong at Forty-One
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes, entertainment industry specialist Kevin Williams, turns his gaze, after Mario, to the other leading video amusement gaming character: the iconic legend that is PAC-MAN.
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Newsbytes: James Games Arcade Closes; 2020 Pinball GOTY; Mini R360 & More
This is Newsbytes, a curated collection of news from around the world of arcade & pinball that I run every weekend. Once again there isn’t a ton for this edition of the post James
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Namco USA Arcade Operations Sold Off As Covid Fallout Continues
It is no surprise – and probably won’t be for a while – that the effects of the covid-19 pandemic will have changed a lot about the arcade industry, along with pretty much every
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New For The Prop Cycle Genre: Sky Riders by Ace Amusement
A few months back when UNIS held their 2020 Virtual Showcase, they unveiled a game that falls into the genre, if we want to classify it as such, of Namco’s somewhat obscure Prop Cycle.
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