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February Trade Shows: NJAA Expo (New Jersey); FEExpo (Italy); DEAL (Dubai)
Though the main arcade trade shows of the first quarter of the year happen with EAG in January and Amusement Expo International in March, in-between them there tend to be a few smaller events
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LAI Games Begins Shipping Phantom Vanguard In North America
Another arcade exclusive is now available in North America, as Gameloft/IGS/Wahlap’s Phantom Vanguard is now available in North America through LAI Games. Let’s see what this one is all about. Modern Combat – A
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New Games Available Now: Perfect Pour Pabst Blue Ribbon Edition (DSM Arcade); Dragon Kingdom (Ace/ASI), More From TouchMagix
Arcade news has mostly slowed to a crawl post-Pokémon pinball reveal, with numerous stories developing in the background but still being kept quiet until closer to Amusement Expo next month (and a upcoming special
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Newsbytes: Atari PONG Arcade Table Is Back; Pop’n Music US; Sonic The Hedgehog Arcade1Up, More
Welcome to Newsbytes, a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcades and pinball. We don’t have a ton on pinball since
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UNIS Releases Turbo Nova & Jump Master
UNIS is keeping busy with some new arcade games, giving us a little bit of a possible preview for Amusement Expo. There are times where they release something and it doesn’t make an expo
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Wahlap Scores Top Honors While Launching Storm Racer 2 Worldwide
Today we have a sponsored post & press release from Wahlap, a continued advertiser here on the site. With Storm Racer 2 now shipping worldwide (with two sources having imported the game here in
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Location Watch January 2026: New Arcades Opening Across The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts here at Arcade Heroes that shares new arcades which have opened their doors all around the world. January is usually a pretty quiet month for new
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Speed Rider 4DX & Mini World Are Now Available Through Bandai Namco
January is finally coming to a close and with that, we have some game release news to share with you. As stated in the headline, Bandai Namco has begun shipping out two games that
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Newsbytes: Atari Relief Pitcher Prototype; New Owners For American Pinball; Ski Hero & More
Welcome to the first Newsbytes of 2026. This is a series of posts here on Arcade Heroes that rounds up byte-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcades and pinball. The year
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Angry Birds Boom! 2026 Update Is Now Live
Before the IAAPA show last year, it was mentioned that Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix’s Angry Birds Boom videmption game would be getting a content update. This did appear at the expo, but it
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