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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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GTI Asia China Expo 2023 Review
The first major amusement-related trade show since the International Bowl Expo has just wrapped up, and while I was not able to attend the GTI Asia China Expo, we’re able to gather some info
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Wahlap To Debut Asphalt Moto Blitz DX At GTI Asia China Expo 2023
Trade show season is here, and with the sector in China taking the first step with the GTI Asia China Expo 2023 on September 11th-13th, we have a new game to discuss. The first
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Axel City 2 (exA-Arcadia) Pre-Orders Now Open
It’s been five years in the making although four since we first heard about Axel City 2, a sequel to a doujin fighting game released to Windows PC back in the early 00s. Among
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Arcade Updates: Golden Tee PGA Tour 2023/2024; Jurassic Park 30th Pin; Raccoon Rampage; DDR A3 & More
It’s the dog days of summer and that means its been slow around here, but as we inch our way towards Fall, new games will start popping up – and as you’ll see here,
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Kevin Williams: When Video Ruled The Land
In another of his occasional guest features for Arcade Heroes – industry specialist Kevin Williams takes time to look back at the amusement scene of 1983, and understand how far the trade has come
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Newsbytes: Scaled Down Edition
Welcome to Newsbytes, a post that curates news from around the world of arcade games and pinball. This edition is a bit brief as news is still a little sluggish in this regard but
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Pump It Up 2023 Phoenix Officially Launching In The USA August 14th
Everyone in the rhythm gaming community likely knows that the next iteration of Pump It Up is about to drop, although some of the details on the US release have been…fuzzy. That’s why we’re
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exA-Arcadia Is Headed To EVO 2023
We don’t discuss EVO here very often, the reason being that it’s more “arcade adjacent” then “arcade focused”. That’s just the nature of things as fighters have taken the far back seat in interest
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Location Watch July 2023 – New Arcades Open Around The World
Welcome to Location Watch, a series of posts that focus on brand new arcade businesses that have opened their doors recently. We cover them from any part of the world, splitting the news up
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Drakons: Realm Keepers On Test In NJ
Note: This post is discussing a game seen on location test, the arcade industry equivalent of a beta test. That means that the game could change significantly in it’s final release, or not see
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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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