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Three location tests spotlight Konami’s Beatmania IIDX 32, Taito’s Godzilla coin pusher and a new Kung Fu Panda VR arcade attraction.
BumbleBear Games is adapting ZOMBEEZ: A Killer Queen Remix for a compact arcade cabinet with two-player play, high-score boards and boss battles.
Breakers Revenge Chicago brings Visco’s Neo Geo fighter to exA-Arcadia with 0.3-frame input latency, new modes, arranged music and vertical-monitor support.
Maimai DX is undergoing a two-month online location test at Dave & Busters in Dallas, offering fresh clues about a possible North American release.
A detailed look at Utah Retro GameXpo and California Extreme 2024, covering new arcade releases, pinball, rare machines, prototypes and classic games.
Music games are returning to Western arcade testing, with Taiko No Tatsujin, MAIMAI DX, Pump It Up and StepManiaX leading a cautious rhythm revival.
From free-play arcades and pinball lounges to rhythm-game communities, discover the notable new venues and industry updates reported worldwide in August 2024.
Raw Thrills’ NBA Superstars has entered wider North American production and shipping, while online features and European availability remain works in progress.
Mission: Impossible may receive a sit-down cabinet as Japan tests new arcade games, Dave & Buster’s launches Playce It, and Taiko targets global expansion.
Stern’s new X-Men pinball machine and Jersey Jack’s Avatar project revive familiar licences while raising important questions about design, testing and venue performance.
Stern Pinball’s new Uncanny X-Men machine combines time-travel storylines with an unusual lower playfield, three flippers and distinct Pro, Premium and LE editions.
DSM Arcade’s Perfect Pour brings intuitive four-tap gameplay, social appeal and venue-focused features to bars, breweries and other locations.
From TAAPE and GTI Asia to Amusement Expo, IAAPA and Pinball Expo, here is RETROCADE’s guide to the arcade industry’s busy 2024 trade-show season.
Golden Tee PGA Tour 2025 brings new courses, contests, seasons and gameplay modes to Incredible Technologies’ long-running commercial golf arcade series.
Blue Motion Games enters the amusement market with Amega simulator partnerships, original arcade projects and plans for North American FEC operators.
Jersey Jack Pinball’s Avatar: The Battle For Pandora is now shipping, with two editions, dual lower playfields and a feature-packed Pandora theme.
Day one at GTI Asia China Expo 2024 highlights Wahlap, Monster Eye 3, licensed arcade games and Bandai Namco’s surprise Chinese showcase.
UNIS brought racing, card battlers, VR attractions and licensed arcade games to GTI Asia China Expo 2024, including the cyberpunk motorbike racer Neon Rush.
GTI Asia China Expo 2024’s final day revealed new Chinese arcade shooters, racers, redemption machines, VR attractions and emerging trends for international operators.
Sega’s NAOMI transformed late-1990s arcade development through Dreamcast-based hardware, flexible media, third-party support and a remarkable range of applications.
Bay Tek is testing two fresh arcade concepts: ICEE Slush Rush, a drink-filling videmption game, and Battleship: Bounce Off, a ball-toss redemption challenge.
Raw Thrills and Play Mechanix unveil Angry Birds Boom!, a competitive two-player redemption cabinet with destructible scenes, force-feedback launchers and ticket play.
IAAPA Expo Europe 2024 showcased new arcade games, redemption machines, cranes, pinball, VR and immersive attractions across a record-breaking Amsterdam exhibition.
FixEight EXA LABEL brings Toaplan’s 1992 run-and-gun shooter back to arcades with four-player play, new modes, updated presentation and two kit options.
UNIS confirms Bigfoot Smash and previews Sailor’s Quest VR 2 and Monster Kart, three arcade releases spanning motion driving, VR shooting and kart racing.
Golden Tee PGA TOUR 2025 brings seven new courses, returning online competition and fresh game modes to home arcade cabinets and Golden Tee GO.
New screenshots suggest Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR could receive three promised chapters, potentially debuting at IAAPA 2024 alongside other Raw Thrills titles.
Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates returns to US location testing with a redesigned motion cabinet, more playable stages and a possible Q1 2025 release window.
Big Buck Hunter crowns a new champion, Dutch Pinball unveils Alice, and arcade preservation, rhythm games and Stern Pinball updates lead the latest roundup.
Wahlap’s 2024 E-Sport Championship brought 5,500 players, six arcade games and ¥500,000 in prizes to a major Guangzhou final.
Sega Amusements tests seated VR shooter Alpha Ops VR Strike, while Konami revives Contra for a surprising gun-based redemption arcade conversion.
Stern Pinball’s Metallica Remastered updates the 2013 machine with new artwork, toys, electronics, an LCD display and Insider Connected features.
UNIS has announced five upcoming arcade games, from motion motorcycle racing and monster karting to prehistoric rafting, VR adventure and carnival shooting.
LAI Games will present Kaiju Rampage at IAAPA 2024, bringing Wahlap and IGS’s Monster Eye 3 shooter to Western arcades with motion-powered gameplay.
Pinball Expo 2024 showcased major new machines, collector releases, homebrew designs and electro-mechanical surprises, from X-Men and Avatar to ABBA and Alice in Wonderland.
October 2024’s arcade roundup covers new retro venues, barcades, family entertainment centres and the Adelaide launch of Paradigm Zone.
Raw Thrills has released a two-player upright version of Halo: Fireteam Raven, adding a more compact cabinet option for arcades and entertainment venues.
GoldStorm Pirates reaches Japanese locations as ACOS 2024, Monkey Splash Studios, Sega’s IAAPA plans and major arcade headlines fill the news cycle.
Jitsu Squad Featuring Samurai Pizza Cats brings enhanced beat ’em up action, a fifth playable character and four-player support to exA-Arcadia.
Konami is testing two contrasting arcade projects: the four-player ticket game Contra Burst in the US and Gitadora’s ambitious Arena cabinet in Japan.
DreamWorks Kung Fu Panda: The Warrior’s Gauntlet brings short-form VR combat, haptic feedback and an 80-inch spectator screen to arcades.
Sega’s Alpha Ops VR Strike combines a military-vehicle cabinet, motion seating, hybrid VR controller and Unreal Engine 5 combat for IAAPA 2024.
Sydney studio MonkeySplash Studios has unveiled Chef It Up, a four-player cooking arcade game combining physical stations, high scores and ticket redemption.
Adrenaline Amusements’ Duck Derby: Pump N’ Race swaps traditional controls for water pumps, rubber ducks and linked multiplayer competition.
Japan Amusement Expo 2024 showcased new arcade games, rhythm hardware, prize machines and location-based attractions from Japan’s leading manufacturers.
Raw Thrills has confirmed the Halo: Fireteam Raven two-player cabinet and detailed its wider IAAPA Expo 2024 line-up, including new updates and releases.
Bandai Namco’s GoldStorm Pirates combines two-player shooting, motion seating, treasure hunting and pirate battles in a large-format arcade cabinet.
exA-Arcadia has revealed new shooters, fighters, multiplayer games and trackball titles ahead of Japan Amusement Expo and IAAPA Expo 2024.
Japan Amusement Expo 2024 brings new arcade games, rhythm cabinets, VR attractions, racing events and location-based entertainment to Japan’s amusement industry.
DOF Robotics is bringing Angry Birds: Fury Road to IAAPA 2024, combining kart racing, a three-degree-of-freedom platform and linked multiplayer cabinets.
IAAPA 2024 previews the arcade, redemption, pinball, VR and simulator products expected to shape amusement venues in 2025, from Orlando’s vast trade show floor.
IAAPA 2024’s preview day revealed new rhythm, VR, racing, sports and competitive arcade attractions before the main trade show opened.
Taiko No Tatsujin USA Version has begun shipping in limited numbers, with online Passport access, per-song fees and further cabinets expected in 2025.
IAAPA 2024 delivered new redemption games, VR attractions and major arcade releases from Raw Thrills, TouchMagix, Wahlap, Alan-1 and Night Heron.
From OutRun 2 and Wangan Midnight to Taiko no Tatsujin, revisit 18 years of arcade news, industry milestones and unexpected reader favourites.
IAAPA 2024 delivered a substantial 2025 arcade pipeline, from Taiko No Tatsujin and GoldStorm Pirates to new VR, racing and redemption attractions.
IAAPA 2024’s pinball showcase featured Stern’s Metallica Remastered, Jersey Jack’s Pinball XP system and American Pinball’s latest line-up.
DSM Arcade’s Perfect Pour combines precise tap controls, soda mode and barcade appeal in an original arcade game planned for early 2025.
Asteroids Recharged arcade cabinets are shipping in Pro and Deluxe formats after winning an IAAPA Brass Ring award for innovative connected gameplay.
IAAPA 2024 revealed a broad arcade resurgence, from exA-Arcadia’s new releases and ARC-32 cabinet to indie games, motion racers and Australian talent.
IAAPA 2024’s final arcade report explores redemption games, cranes, family attractions, racing simulators, VR, prize machines and emerging location-based entertainment.
Virtua Fighter returns, Stern starts a new pinball competition, Wahlap celebrates 35 years and GoldStorm Pirates expands across Japan.
Triotech is testing a two-player standing VR simulator in Montreal, combining a motion base, virtual reality and physical controls in an early prototype.
A global tour of new arcades, barcades, pinball venues and family entertainment centres that opened in late 2024 or are planned for 2025.
A detailed look at 2024 arcade business conditions, trade shows, new games, venue openings, hardware announcements and arcade-history preservation.
Stern Pinball begins 2025 with Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye, a campaign-driven table featuring Tiamat, character progression and a changing dungeon.
A recovered coin-op prototype reveals how Archer Maclean’s Defender-style Atari shooter, Dropzone, might have made the jump into arcades.
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.
EAG Expo 2025 brings European arcade distributors together with new video games, redemption attractions, pinball, vending and immersive entertainment previews.
From 1975 pioneers to 1985 classics and 2000’s final arcade-era highlights, revisit the machines and design ideas reaching major anniversaries in 2025.
EAG 2025 showcased European arcade releases from Bandai Namco, Sega, Ace Amusement and others, alongside pinball, VR and social entertainment attractions.
Three new North American arcade releases bring competitive bird combat, motion-based VR treasure hunting and multiplayer mining to venues.
Alan-1’s second MLeS World Championship brought eight players together across two arcade games, cash prizes and a new tournament winner.
Alan-1 is developing a large two-player arcade cabinet for Missile Command Recharged, with twin seating, a huge screen and distinctive new controls.
New shipping updates cover GoldStorm Pirates, Carnival Shot and exA-Arcadia’s Cambria Sword: Another Cry AC, which is now available through distributors.
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.
From child-friendly Molly Fantasy to Gen Z-focused Feedy Diner & Arcade, Aeon Mall reveals the changing face of Japanese arcade entertainment.
Maimai DX is confirmed for Amusement Expo 2025, with Sega and Velocity eSports preparing a Western arcade presentation and limited operator release.
Bandai Namco has unveiled Wangan Midnight Speed Ignition, featuring a new engine, redesigned cabinet and Japanese location tests planned for next month.
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.
exA-Arcadia outlines Airgallet EXA Label, Bunny Bomber Blast, Chaos Code Next, Daemon Bride ExAgain, trackball games and new system updates.
Sega Amusements has revealed a theatre cabinet for House of the Dead Scarlet Dawn, retaining surround sound and seat vibration in a simpler format.
Blue Motion Games is shipping two new four-player attractions: the motion-heavy light-gun game Desert Chase and soft-ball shooter Cannonball Jam.
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.
Bandai Namco is testing Magi Blast, an original Japanese arcade shooter featuring fixed magic wands and a possible holographic or mixed-reality system.
Alpha Ops VR Strike receives a revised cabinet design, confirmed pre-orders and an expected April or May industry release from Sega Amusements.
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.
IAAPI Expo, Rimini Amusement Show and Family Entertainment Expo revealed new arcade games, distributors and FEC attractions across India and Italy.
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.
February 2025 saw new arcades open across North America, Europe, Japan, India, Indonesia and South Korea, with rhythm games and free-play venues prominent.
LAI Games is shipping Kaiju Rampage in North America, bringing Monster Eye’s giant-monster light-gun action to a new environmental arcade cabinet.
UNIS has confirmed shipping and distributor pricing for four new arcade attractions: Neon Rush, Dino Storm, Monster Kart and Bigfoot Smash.
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.
DSM Arcade is shipping Perfect Pour, while its Alan-1 collaboration Soda Slam! adapts the precision pouring challenge for family entertainment centres.
StarHorse Party leads a packed arcade news roundup covering Amusement Expo 2025, Sega rhythm-game updates, exA-Arcadia and pinball developments.
Bike Dash Delivery returns to a US Round1 location test, with localised cabinet elements, revised seating hardware and its commercial future still undecided.
Raw Thrills has fully unveiled Top Gun: Maverick, a four-player motion arcade flight game combining fighter jets, score racing and licensed music.
Attractions & More is preparing ten arcade and redemption attractions for Amusement Expo 2025, led by the feature-rich Esport Boxer Football Combo.
Minecraft Dungeons Arcade Series 4 adds the Pumpkin Patch level, new Hero cards and promotional materials, with connected cabinets set to update automatically.
Amusement Expo 2025 brings major arcade, pinball, redemption and immersive-entertainment launches to Las Vegas on 19 and 20 March.
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