Welcome to Newsbytes, the series of posts at AH that curates stories from across the worlds of arcade and pinball. Things have been “quiet” on the site this week since Amusement Expo has been going on, but there has been many other things happening – this should get us up to speed (no pun intended, [...]
March is usually Texas Pinball Festival month, and in 2025 that’s no exception. Where with previous editions up to seven new pinball titles were launched or revealed at the show, this year the announcements and reveals are more spread over March and (if the rumors are true) April. Wonderland Amusements have been teasing its upcoming [...]
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the 2025 Texas Pinball Festival, held once again at the Frisco Convention Center and at the adjacent Embassy Suites hotel. The main show hotel for the Texas Pinball Festival We arrived at the show hotel on Wednesday afternoon. The full Texas Pinball Festival (TPF) doesn’t begin until 4pm [...]
Turner Pinball has announced the company’s second title with their reveal of the Jon Norris-designed game, Merlin’s Arcade. The translite image for Merlin’s Arcade Turner Pinball first title was Ninja Eclipse, of which only 100 units were produced. For Merlin’s Arcade the company has greater ambitions. The game will be available in two versions – [...]
The arcade industry is coming together for another trade show event, and this time it is Amusement Expo 2025. Held every year in March as Spring starts, Amusement Expo International (AEI) usually happens in Las Vegas, with this year being no exception. The educational/seminar side of the show starts today (March 17th), while the trade [...]
Multimorphic today announced the latest game kit for their P3 pinball platform with the reveal of Portal. The translite image for Portal pinball Based on the popular first-person puzzle platform game by Valve, Portal pinball’s action takes place within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center human testing facility, and features many of the video game’s key [...]
Raw Thrills has a lot on their plate this month, with Wizard of Oz, Top Gun: Maverick, and new levels for Godzilla Kaiju Wars VR, but that’s not all – they also have a new update and cards rolling out for Minecraft Dungeons Arcade. Let’s check ’em out. Minecraft Series 4 Trailer The best way [...]
Amusement Expo 2025 is shaping up to be a busy show, and today we have news about a new manufacturer joining the arcade fray. Called Attractions & More, they are helmed by Mark Rossow, and arr working with distributor Birmingham Vending Company to bring some new arcade games (mainly videmption) to North America. Let’s see [...]
We are a week away from Amusement Expo 2025 in Las Vegas, and with that, we are getting more hype building as we learn about new arcade products that will soon be found in arcades. For this one, as you already read, we’re covering new details on Top Gun Maverick by Play Mechanix & Raw [...]
Wonderland Amusements today launched their Kickstarter campaign for their Alice Goes To Wonderland pinball machine. The Wonderland Amusements team is headed up by CEO and Creative Director, Jerry Cummings, who comes to pinball from his ThinkUp company which designed the cabinets for the hugely popular Arcade1Up range of video games. Other team members have also [...]