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Attending Expos: California Extreme 2024 & Utah Retro GameXpo 2024
Things have been a little bit quiet for the blog lately, but I’ve been super busy. Big nod to Ted for helping out on many stories and drafts during this time. In the meantime,
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Maimai DX Hops Over To Dave & Busters For Testing
Here’s a unexpected surprise for our dog days of summer news cycle – Maimai DX is expanding its location test reach by now appearing at Dave & Busters Dallas. Let’s take a look: Maimai
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Breakers Revenge Chicago Is Now Available For Arcades
It’s a new month and that means at least one new arcade release. July was a slow month for new arcade titles, but thanks to exA-Arcadia, Breakers Revenge Chicago is now available for anyone
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BumbleBear Games Offers ZOMBEEZ: A Killer Queen Remix for Pre-Order
I’m back from CAX (click here to watch a tour – I will likely do a post about the event here soon) and that means its time to catch up on a little news
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On Test: Godzilla Kaiju Drop; Beatmania IIDX 32 Pinky Crush; Kung Fu Panda The Warriors Gauntlet
I’m leaving for California Extreme (CAX) tomorrow but before I go, let’s get to some location test news – one game testing in Japan, one from Japan that’s testing in the US, then another
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Atari Announces Asteroids Recharged Arcade Orders
The return of Atari and Asteroids to arcades is upon us, as the former revealed today in a press release about orders opening for Asteroids Recharged Arcade on their website. Note that Adam has
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Confirmed: Taiko No Tatsujin Is Launching In US Arcades This November
You may remember in our last post about Marvelous’ two new kids card game launches, it was said that they would possibly be the biggest arcade news for this month. Well, less than two
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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
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International Bowl Expo 2024 Preview
It’s time for your middle-of-the-year arcade event known as Bowl Expo, although this one is meant to focus on bowling. Since most bowling centers happen to have an arcade on-site, their annual get-together now
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Phantom Breaker Omnia Now Available To Order For Arcades
A new 2.5D fighting game is now available for arcades to grab, thanks to exA-Arcadia’s latest release, Phantom Breaker Omnia. Based upon the fighting title of the same name, exA has made some upgrades
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Happy National Video Arcade Day 2024!
Today is June 27th and that means its National Video Arcade Day! Why today? Because it’s Atari’s birthday, and that’s as good a mark as any to denote when video arcades and our favorite
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Newsbytes: Bowl Expo Updates; DPVR; Asteroids Test; Headlines
Welcome to Newsbytes, our regular series of posts at Arcade Heroes that rounds up quick bites of news from around the world of arcades and pinball. As ever, Summer can be a slow season
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