video games »

Location Watch August 2025: New Arcade Game Rooms Open Up Around The World

Location Watch August 2025: New Arcade Game Rooms Open Up Around The World

Shaggy August 31, 2025 0

Welcome to the latest edition of Location Watch, a regular series here on Arcade Heroes that covers the news of brand new arcade locations which have opened from all over the planet. That has

Read More »
Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Now Available; GameMill Brings Fast & Furious Arcade To Consoles

Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Now Available; GameMill Brings Fast & Furious Arcade To Consoles

Shaggy August 14, 2025 0

We’ve got a couple of items to discuss today, stuff that I meant to get to earlier in the week, but a failed monitor on my Galaga Assault (and several other tech problems) have

Read More »
Location Watch July 2025: New Arcades Open For Business Across The World

Location Watch July 2025: New Arcades Open For Business Across The World

Shaggy July 31, 2025 0

Welcome to the latest edition of Location Watch, a regular series here on Arcade Heroes that covers the news of brand new arcade locations which have opened anywhere on the planet. That has the

Read More »
Earthion EXA LABEL Blasts Its Way Into Arcades

Earthion EXA LABEL Blasts Its Way Into Arcades

Shaggy July 30, 2025 0

Yuzo Koshiro’s latest piece of gaming art is now available for players to enjoy, but not just as a game on home platforms – an enhanced version is available for arcades known as Earthion

Read More »
Indie Arcade Focus: Speglar

Indie Arcade Focus: Speglar

Shaggy July 24, 2025 0

While indie developed arcade games have reduced in numbers since 2020, they haven’t gone away, and today we’re excited to share that a new title called Speglar, which has been available for venues to

Read More »
Sega Amusements Ships Alpha Ops VR Strike

Sega Amusements Ships Alpha Ops VR Strike

Shaggy July 21, 2025 0

Arcade virtual reality is getting a shot in the arm again, as Sega Amusements have begun shipping their latest major release to use the technology – Alpha Ops VR Strike. We have the full

Read More »
Alan-1 Launches Missile Command: Recharged Arcade

Alan-1 Launches Missile Command: Recharged Arcade

Shaggy July 18, 2025 0

It’s been 45 years since Atari originally released the iconic Missile Command to arcades (released in June 1980) and in all of that time, it’s the only iteration of the game to have graced

Read More »
Location Test Mania: Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot (Capcom/Bandai Namco); Pop’n Music (Konami); Forklift Frenzy (Bay Tek)

Location Test Mania: Resident Evil 2: Dead Shot (Capcom/Bandai Namco); Pop’n Music (Konami); Forklift Frenzy (Bay Tek)

Shaggy July 16, 2025 0

While it’s been a slow news period for the summer, that doesn’t mean nothing is happening behind-the-scenes within the arcade world. We have three games on test to discuss today, known as “location tests”

Read More »
Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores

Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates Disembarks Into Western Shores

Shaggy July 1, 2025 0

After its initial release in Japan and overseas launch at IAAPA 2024 late last year, Bandai Namco have now finally confirmed that their latest pirate themed game, GoldStorm Pirates, is about to ship out

Read More »
exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order

exA-Arcadia Puts Daemon Bride exAGAIN & Jamjam’n Jelly EXALENTE Up For Pre-Order

Shaggy June 21, 2025 0

While Summer often means a slowdown in new arcade game announcements and releases, that hasn’t been an exclusive phenomenon in recent years, thanks to companies whose business model allows them to release content at

Read More »