Nothing generates more news from across the industry than the annual Pinball Expo, so join Martin and Jonathan as they bring you all the excitement, the announcements, and the inside information in the latest October 2026 edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast. October 2026 PINcast While every major manufacturer had a stand at Pinball [...]
Welcome to the latest edition of Location Watch, the series here on Arcade Heroes that reviews the latest arcade location openings across the world. The last of these came at the end of July, so it has possibly been the longest while between them this time. Still, this gives us a lot to look into. [...]
IAAPA 2026 is just around the corner, and as a few companies have begun revealing what they are debuting at the show, some have been wondering what Raw Thrills will be bringing. Today, we can confirm what one of those games will be, as Raw has unveiled a new model for their flagship title, Godzilla [...]
Halloween is coming up fast, and to celebrate, Sega Amusements has pulled back the curtain on their next signature arcade release, House of the Dead Reawakened. This is the first VR entry into the series, celebrating thirty years of House of the Dead in arcades. It will be at IAAPA 2026 in a few weeks, [...]
Welcome to Newsbytes, our staple series of posts at Arcade Heroes that curate news from around the world of arcades and pinball. It’s been almost a month since the last of these, and with there being no posts on the site this past week we have got a few things to cover for this weekend, [...]
One of the outstanding features which sets Pinball Expo apart from other shows is the sheer number of seminars hosted in the dedicated Seminars Room which is the left half of the large Schaumburg Ballroom, called Schaumburg West. The main Seminars Room, named Schaumburg West The seminars are recorded by Pinball News and uploaded to [...]
The “Superbowl” for pinball known as Pinball Expo came and went this past week, with several new pinball titles promoted and various other announcements featured. With everything now out there, let’s see what went on at the show. Note that I was not in attendance, so this is a curation of news from various sources [...]
Within the semi-slow news cycle out of this past summer, we did hear about Utah-based Alan-1 when they brought two new games to the California Extreme event. They’ve been relatively quiet since, but now with IAAPA 2026 approaching fast, they have unveiled some of their new game line-up that will be at the show. Let’s [...]
Welcome to our coverage of this 42 annual Pinball Expo, held at the Schaumburg Convention Center in the town of Schaumburg, Illinois. The Schaumburg Convention Center The Convention Center is joined to the Renaissance hotel which is the Pinball Expo partner hotel. It usually sells out quickly once the discounted show rates are released. There [...]
We’re only about a month away from IAAPA 2026, which often means that arcade news starts to pick up a bit from what it was. While this summer was a bit uneven on the news, there are always things happening behind the scenes, with most developers aiming for the end of the year as the [...]