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1 06, 2026

Location Watch May 2026: New Arcades To Visit All Over The World

By |2026-06-01T23:06:27+01:00June 1st, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Location Watch May 2026: New Arcades To Visit All Over The World

Welcome to another edition of Location Watch, Arcade Heroes’ regular series of posts that collect the newest arcades that have opened their doors across the world. So far we have only done these every two months this year, with our last being from the end of March, but that means there is always plenty of [...]

30 05, 2026

exA-Arcadia At ShootersFes 2026: Dragon Blaze, Wild Guns Rawhide, Truxton & More

By |2026-05-30T22:47:49+01:00May 30th, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on exA-Arcadia At ShootersFes 2026: Dragon Blaze, Wild Guns Rawhide, Truxton & More

It’s been a little while since we last heard anything about upcoming shooting games (STGs/shoot ’em ups/shmups) from exA-Arcadia, as they have recently focused more on their fighting game repertoire, but that all changes today. As part of this year’s ShootersFes 2026 event focused on the genre in Japan, they have now provided updates on [...]

23 05, 2026

Newsbytes: PlayX4 2026; Pump It Up Phoenix 2; Dance Dance Revolution Stomp; More

By |2026-05-24T21:52:43+01:00May 23rd, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Newsbytes: PlayX4 2026; Pump It Up Phoenix 2; Dance Dance Revolution Stomp; More

Welcome to this month’s edition of Newsbytes, the series of posts here at Arcade Heroes that covers byte-sized pieces of news from around the worlds of arcades and pinball. We have a raft of stories on rhythm games in particular today (centered on South Korea’s PlayX4 2026 show), as well as a bit on the [...]

20 05, 2026

Stern Pinball Launches Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

By |2026-05-20T21:15:49+01:00May 20th, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Stern Pinball Launches Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

It seems like it was just yesterday that we were discussing Stern Pinball’s latest release, Pokémon, but time flies when you’re having fun I suppose. After a little teasing, Stern has unveiled their next major release of 2026, Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye. Let’s take a look: A New Transformers Pinball If you’ve been [...]

15 05, 2026

LAI Games To Bring Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade DX Plus To North America

By |2026-05-15T20:28:40+01:00May 15th, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on LAI Games To Bring Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade DX Plus To North America

Earlier this week at the AAA Expo 2026 event in China, Wahlap had Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade DX Plus on display for attendees to check out. Now, LAI Games has confirmed that they are bringing this game to North America. Since we’ll be able to enjoy this one here soon, let’s give it another gander. [...]

13 05, 2026

AAA 2026 Day 2: China Unveils More New Arcade Games

By |2026-05-13T20:10:42+01:00May 13th, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on AAA 2026 Day 2: China Unveils More New Arcade Games

Welcome to the second day of Arcade Heroes’ coverage on AAA 2026, the first major Chinese amusement trade show of the year. Today brings us two of the other biggest companies on the Chinese scene: UNIS, then Ace Amusement. The former is comparable to Wahlap in that they have been around for a while now [...]

12 05, 2026

AAA 2026 Day 1: New Arcade Games Showcased In China

By |2026-05-12T20:01:37+01:00May 12th, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on AAA 2026 Day 1: New Arcade Games Showcased In China

The first day of May’s biggest arcade trade show, the AAA (Asia Amusement & Attractions) Expo, is now over and out, and that means the beginning of our three daily posts about all the relevant companies and new arcade games seen at it is here. As is tradition by now, we shall start things off [...]

10 05, 2026

Bandai Namco Tests Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Ignition & Resident Evil 2: Arcade Again In Japan

By |2026-05-10T19:42:18+01:00May 10th, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Bandai Namco Tests Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Ignition & Resident Evil 2: Arcade Again In Japan

This weekend is proving to be a busy one for location tests in Japan, as two of the biggest upcoming arcade games on the scene right now are being trialed again by Bandai Namco. We have seen plenty of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Ignition and Resident Evil 2: Arcade before, owing to their previous tests [...]

8 05, 2026

Wahlap Unveils AAA Expo 2026 Line-Up Including Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade Plus

By |2026-05-08T19:24:15+01:00May 8th, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Wahlap Unveils AAA Expo 2026 Line-Up Including Asphalt 9 Legends Arcade Plus

The first of the two major yearly Chinese arcade trade shows is now just around the corner, as AAA Expo 2026 will be getting underway on May 10th. In advance of that, today we have our usual preview of everything new that site advertiser Wahlap will be bringing to the event. This has currently been [...]

6 05, 2026

Sega Amusements Ships Daytona Championship USA Motion Edition

By |2026-05-06T19:05:28+01:00May 6th, 2026|Arcade Game News|Comments Off on Sega Amusements Ships Daytona Championship USA Motion Edition

Those blue-blue skies are seeing some action in arcades all over again, as today we have got confirmation that the new Motion Edition of Daytona Championship USA from Sega Amusements is now shipping out to arcades – and the full details on it. In the words of the great Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, let’s go away! Daytona [...]