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Arcade Heroes Turns 18 – Let’s Look Back At Our Biggest Stories
This is a bit last minute, but as we write this, it is December 3rd. This means that it’s time to celebrate a milestone for the site, as Arcade Heroes has entered its eighteenth
Read More »IAAPA 2024 Wrap-Up Part 1: Raw Thrills; TouchMagix; Amusement Source; Wahlap; Alan-1; Night Heron
Things have been quiet on the site, but that doesn’t mean that we haven’t been busy. IAAPA 2024 was a successful trade show by all accounts (including mine), and the amount of video that
Read More »IAAPA 2024 – The Preview Of Previews
IAAPA is here again, which means it is high time to see the new arcade games that will be hitting the scene in 2025. The sheer size of the show and its amount of
Read More »Raw Thrills Update: Halo: Fireteam Raven 2P Tethered Launch & IAAPA 2024 Preview
A week from today, the industry will be bustling as the trade show floor will open for IAAPA Expo 2024. As is customary in the week running up to that show, various companies peel
Read More »Raw Thrills Launches Halo: Fireteam Raven 2-Player Upright To Arcades
Released in the Spring of 2018, Halo: Fireteam Raven was a buzz-generating release by Raw Thrills. Many players have come across the game out there and today, the chances of finding the game will
Read More »Raw Thrills Bringing New Chapters To Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR to IAAPA 2024?
We don’t often ask questions in the post headlines, that usually is clickbait, but I promise that my quest to avoid the curse of baiting continues apace here. That’s because I checked with Raw
Read More »The IAAPA Expo Europe 2024 Round-Up
The biggest IAAPA Expo Europe event to date has now wrapped up, and thanks to our sources that have been out there in Amsterdam this week (and some official social media channels), we can
Read More »Angry Birds Boom To Debut At IAAPA Expo Europe 2024
Happy Monday, fellow Arcaders – let’s start a new week, as well as a season of the year, with a brand new game launch. Raw Thrills & Play Mechanix have officially announced Angry Birds
Read More »Trade Show Season Fall 2024 – The Preview (Feat. New Games On Test)
In the arcade business, there has always been a slightly busier time for industry expos and arcade trade show events, traditionally spanning from Fall to around late Winter/early Spring with the Summer lull in
Read More »Raw Thrills’ NBA Superstars Is Now Shipping To Arcades
Raw Thrills’ NBA Superstars is one of the highest profile arcade releases of 2024. Already having been given a limited release to Dave & Busters, I can confirm today that the game is now
Read More »Bowl Expo 2024 – The Wrap-up
Bowl Expo 2024 is now over and done with, although my plan to be there and check it all out in person unexpectedly fell through thanks to me missing my flight. Fortunately, Brandon Willey
Read More »Marvel: Contest Of Champions Is Now Available For All Arcades
Arcade news has slowed down a little bit as it often does when we approach the Summer time – but don’t worry, as we have some news on Raw Thrills’ Marvel: Contest of Champions,
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