Uncategorized

Newsbytes: Resident Evil 2: Arcade On Test In Japan; Texas Pinball Festival; Konami Rhythm Games Come To America; More

Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts here at Arcade Heroes that runs down “byte-sized” pieces of news from around the world of arcades and pinball. There’s still a lot to get through with Amusement Expo 2026, and this week we’ll have a full review featuring all the videos and info from what took place. Until then, here’s a look at everything that’s been going on outside of Vegas. This includes a ton of pinball announcements, and some more coverage...

Adrenaline Amusements Brings Gameloft’s Disney Speedstorm Into Arcades

Going into Amusement Expo 2026, we had a good idea of what most companies were bringing arcade-wise, but one that held their cards close to their chests like usual was Adrenaline Amusements. They have often turned up at trade shows with new games that have had no prior announcement or marketing, and this time was no different. Let’s take a look at their latest surprise in Disney Speedstorm Arcade:

Background

Alan-1 Introduces New “MirrorFX” Cabinets With Latest Atari Recharged Titles

Amusement Expo 2026 has now wrapped up and with it, I’m back home and able to start distilling the news. We already covered a few new announcements and now we take a look at Alan-1 and their big reveals at the show.

MirrorFX Brings An Old Idea Back To Life

exA-Arcadia Announces G.I. Joe: The Wrath of Cobra

It’s time for our third and final new game reveal straight from day one of Amusement Expo 2026; in addition to AVATAR Legends, exA-Arcadia have also unveiled G.I. Joe: The Wrath of Cobra, our second new arcade game to be based on the classic IP following JET Games’ take. Surprisingly, the latter is not at Amusement Expo as I had expected it to be, so this stands as the only representation of the IP at the show. Let’s check it...

Blue Motion Games Unveils John Wick: Continental Pursuit Arcade Shooter At Amusement Expo 2026

The trade show portion of Amusement Expo 2026 has just got underway, and two companies are using the first day of the event to unveil their latest, big-name games. As mentioned in the headline, Blue Motion Games have got the first ever arcade video game based on John Wick. Let’s take a look…

John Wick: Continental Pursuit

AVATAR LEGENDS: The Fighting Game Comes To Arcades First On exA-Arcadia

Amusement Expo 2026 is here, and we’re getting some big new game unveilings at the show again this year. This first one today is based on another big IP, and is one of two new titles revealed for exA-Arcadia – AVATAR LEGENDS: The Fighting Game. Let’s see what this one is about:

AVATAR LEGENDS