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Stern Pinball begins 2025 with Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye, a campaign-driven table featuring Tiamat, character progression and a changing dungeon.
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A recovered coin-op prototype reveals how Archer Maclean’s Defender-style Atari shooter, Dropzone, might have made the jump into arcades.
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Sega’s Maimai DX returns for a Chicago-area test while Bubble Bobble, Street Fighter 6 and Initial D music headline a busy rhythm-arcade update.
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EAG Expo 2025 brings European arcade distributors together with new video games, redemption attractions, pinball, vending and immersive entertainment previews.
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From 1975 pioneers to 1985 classics and 2000’s final arcade-era highlights, revisit the machines and design ideas reaching major anniversaries in 2025.
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EAG 2025 showcased European arcade releases from Bandai Namco, Sega, Ace Amusement and others, alongside pinball, VR and social entertainment attractions.
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Three new North American arcade releases bring competitive bird combat, motion-based VR treasure hunting and multiplayer mining to venues.
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Alan-1’s second MLeS World Championship brought eight players together across two arcade games, cash prizes and a new tournament winner.
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Alan-1 is developing a large two-player arcade cabinet for Missile Command Recharged, with twin seating, a huge screen and distinctive new controls.
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New shipping updates cover GoldStorm Pirates, Carnival Shot and exA-Arcadia’s Cambria Sword: Another Cry AC, which is now available through distributors.
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Bandai Namco’s Penda Beats enters testing at Namco Ikebukuro, revealing illuminated wotagei-style controllers and a colourful cabinet inspired by Japanese arcade rhythm games.
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From child-friendly Molly Fantasy to Gen Z-focused Feedy Diner & Arcade, Aeon Mall reveals the changing face of Japanese arcade entertainment.
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Maimai DX is confirmed for Amusement Expo 2025, with Sega and Velocity eSports preparing a Western arcade presentation and limited operator release.
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Bandai Namco has unveiled Wangan Midnight Speed Ignition, featuring a new engine, redesigned cabinet and Japanese location tests planned for next month.
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From MAGFest’s indie cabinets to Japanese arcade tests, Florida pinball and major industry headlines, catch up on the latest arcade news for February 2025.
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exA-Arcadia outlines Airgallet EXA Label, Bunny Bomber Blast, Chaos Code Next, Daemon Bride ExAgain, trackball games and new system updates.
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Sega Amusements has revealed a theatre cabinet for House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn, retaining surround sound and seat vibration in a simpler format.
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Blue Motion Games is shipping two new four-player attractions: the motion-heavy light-gun game Desert Chase and soft-ball shooter Cannonball Jam.
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Pop-A-Shot is returning to commercial arcades with the Elite, a connected basketball machine featuring a 49-inch screen, Wi-Fi and QR tournament tracking.
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Bandai Namco is testing Magi Blast, an original Japanese arcade shooter featuring fixed magic wands and a possible holographic or mixed-reality system.
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Alpha Ops VR Strike receives a revised cabinet design, confirmed pre-orders and an expected April or May industry release from Sega Amusements.
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Raw Thrills is testing a motion-based Top Gun Maverick arcade game, with aircraft controls, Dave & Buster’s promotion and a rich air-combat history.
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IAAPI Expo, Rimini Amusement Show and Family Entertainment Expo revealed new arcade games, distributors and FEC attractions across India and Italy.
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Raw Thrills is adapting The Wizard of Oz for video redemption arcades, combining a giant spinner, ticket bonuses, a 110-inch display and reusable cards.
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February 2025 saw new arcades open across North America, Europe, Japan, India, Indonesia and South Korea, with rhythm games and free-play venues prominent.
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LAI Games is shipping Kaiju Rampage in North America, bringing Monster Eye’s giant-monster light-gun action to a new environmental arcade cabinet.
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UNIS has confirmed shipping and distributor pricing for four new arcade attractions: Neon Rush, Dino Storm, Monster Kart and Bigfoot Smash.
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Sega Amusements has outlined the US launch plan for maimai DX, including its Amusement Expo debut, 1,100-plus songs and August–September production target.
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DSM Arcade is shipping Perfect Pour, while its Alan-1 collaboration Soda Slam! adapts the precision pouring challenge for family entertainment centres.
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StarHorse Party leads a packed arcade news roundup covering Amusement Expo 2025, Sega rhythm-game updates, exA-Arcadia and pinball developments.
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Bike Dash Delivery returns to a US Round1 location test, with localised cabinet elements, revised seating hardware and its commercial future still undecided.
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Raw Thrills has fully unveiled Top Gun: Maverick, a four-player motion arcade flight game combining fighter jets, score racing and licensed music.
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Attractions & More is preparing ten arcade and redemption attractions for Amusement Expo 2025, led by the feature-rich Esport Boxer Football Combo.
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Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 4 adds the Pumpkin Patch level, new Hero cards and promotional materials, with connected cabinets set to update automatically.
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Amusement Expo 2025 brings major arcade, pinball, redemption and immersive-entertainment launches to Las Vegas on 19 and 20 March.
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Amusement Expo 2025 delivered major arcade reveals, from Top Gun Maverick and Maimai DX to mixed-reality shooters, redemption games and connected attractions.
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March 2025 saw new pinball bars, free-play halls, family entertainment centres and specialist arcades open across North America, Europe and Asia.
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A colourful April Fools concept imagines Sega combining Hatsune Miku: Project Sekai and Chunithm in a feature-packed rhythm arcade cabinet.
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Dark Escape Games has started shipping Clown Around, a compact, unattended escape-room attraction now installed at a Tennessee family entertainment centre.
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Alan-1 is developing a Hall Effect arcade joystick with multiple operating modes and will present Asteroids Recharged and Missile Command Recharged at MGC.
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