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IAAPA 2023 – The Grand Preview
It’s IAAPA season, which means it is time for tons of new games. The sheer size of the show and its amount of exhibitors is a little overwhelming, but hopefully this preview and guide
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Raw Thrills To Launch Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR At IAAPA 2023
Raw Thrills has a packed IAAPA 2023 line-up and the headliner for their arcade releases going into 2024 is Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR. An evolution of their VR platform that was first established with
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IAAPA 2023: King Kong of Skull Island II Announced
Months ago, we spotted an update to Raw Thrills’ King Kong of Skull Island on test. Since then, we’ve heard nary a word about it, nor another sighting. That changes today as the update
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The Walking Dead Is Coming To Big Buck Hunter Reloaded Machines
The Big Buck Hunter World Championship XVI event has come and gone, with over $100k in cash prizes given away throughout. During the event, Play Mechanix & Raw Thrills showed off new content for
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Raw Thrills To Launch Fast & Furious Arcade Standard Edition At IAAPA 2023
Have you been interested in the recent Fast & Furious Arcade by Raw Thrills, but didn’t have the space or the budget to make it work? Well, now you might be able to fix
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IAAPA Expo Europe 2023 Preview
IAAPA is here, although it’s not “the” IAAPA that is implied in most of my posts. IAAPA themselves are an amusement industry related trade organization and they put together various shows throughout each year.
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Newsbytes: AAMA Gala; T-Rex Adventure Sighting; QBIX Update; Pinball & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post for the weekend that curates news from around the arcade & pinball world to for your reading pleasure. For today’s episode: The AAMA Holds Their Annual Gala The AAMA
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Newsbytes: Taito 70th; NBA BOX; Phoenix Monitor Troubles; Zooom Studios & More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates news from around the world of arcade games and pinball. Taito Turns 70 August 24th was Taito’s 70th anniversary, one that they’ve been keen to celebrate over
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MotoGP VR Is Now Shipping To Arcades Worldwide
Back in September of last year, a new VR game from Raw Thrills was spotted on test by the name of MotoGP VR. We saw the game at shows like IAAPA 2022, EAG 2023,
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Arcade Releases May 2023: Gungeon – House of the Gundead; Donut Dodo Do!; Halo: Fireteam Raven Tethered
It’s the last day of May, so it is time to give a shout out to the arcade games released this month! I’ll also be making a video to highlight these games; Please share
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Spotted on Test: T-Rex Adventure VR & King Kong Of Skull Island II
Disclaimer: The games discussed in this article are prototypes which have been seen on location test but have not been officially announced. This means that the final production models will likely change OR they
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Super Sizing Amusement! – Part 1
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams (KWP), takes a look at the history of the “Deluxe” and “Super Deluxe” categories of arcade cabinet hardware. These
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