In March 2020, Cave Interactive joined exA-Arcadia to develop DoDonPachi True Death, the first EXA Label title, which was released on 30 November 2020. [6][7] In Japan, video game distribution was handled by the prize manufacturer, Eikoh, while retail partners, Beep and KVC Lab, began carrying exA-Arcadia products in September of the same year.
Due to the cancellation of events as a result of the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, the United States trade show debut of exA-Arcadia was held at the 2021 Amusement Expo International in Las Vegas, Nevada, in June. [8] A deluxe-sized American-style cabinet with a 55" (139 cm) 4K display was showcased at the event, along with 24 games on exhibition. In the same year, several developers joined exA-Arcadia as content partners, including Team Arcana, with an updated version of Arcana Heart 3: Love Max Six Stars!! Xtend;SNK Corporation with an uncensored version of Samurai Shodown V Perfect;Success Corporation with Cotton Rock 'n' Roll (the first cross-platform arcade release on exA-Arcadia); and Sega's ALL. Net P-ras MULTI Version 3 (APM3). Dave & Buster's and Round 1 USA began operating exA-Arcadia conversion kits at several locations nationwide starting in fall 2021. The first-ever official Team Shanghai Alice-licensed Touhou Project arcade game, Touhou Perfect Sakura Fantastica, was released on exA-Arcadia in 2022.[9]
In November of the same year, exA-Arcadia debuted their ARC-1 cabinet in one, two, and four-player configurations at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) Expo held in Orlando, Florida. exA-Arcadia showcased 32 games on the show floor, including several new in-development titles for players to enjoy. Tatsujin, the current intellectual property holder of Toaplan titles, collaborated with exA-Arcadia to release Batsugun EXA Label in June 2023, as the fourth title in the EXA Label series.
In 2020, the Dutch company Hawt Pink Club BV developed Hawt Pink Club, an exA-Arcadia-compatible arcade board that focuses on adult arcade games. This system made its debut at the 2020 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in January. [10] In April 2021, Japanese company Hacker Global announced it would start distribution of the product line.[11] The system and games were exhibited in a private location at the Amusement Expo International that July.[12]
2023–present
In Japan, GM Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社ジーエム商事) started distribution of exA-Arcadia products, while Genda GiGO Entertainment, which acquired all the Sega World locations, began operation of exA-Arcadia conversion kits throughout Japan. In the United States, distribution was expanded through major nationwide distributors Player One Amusement Group (Cineplex Entertainment) and Moss Distributing. CSML Group started distribution in India, and PT Megaindo Gemilang Lestari brought distribution of exA-Arcadia products to Indonesia.
In 2024, exA-Arcadia released the game Jitsu Squad featuring Samurai Pizza Cats, based on the game Jitsu Squad from Tanuki Creative Studio and the animated series Samurai Pizza Cats. By April 2024, more than 2,000 games were in operation worldwide. exA-Arcadia also held the rights to titles by Gazelle, a Japanese video game company. The first Gazelle title to be released on the platform was Airgallet EXA Label. It was developed by the original staff, including Junya Inoue, who returned to work on this remaster. Another title from Tatsujin was FixEight EXA Label, which was released the same year in October and developed by the original staff from Toaplan. At the April 2024 Evolution Championship Series, held at Ariake GYM-EX, exA-Arcadia announced their new Japanese-style sit-down cabinet dubbed the ARC-32 and 10 new fighting games. By that year, exA-Arcadia had become the only remaining Japanese arcade manufacturer still releasing traditional joystick arcade games.
In the same year, exA-Arcadia acquired the rights to Vanguard Princess via a ruling made by the Government of Japan's Agency of Cultural Affairs.[13] In July, exA-Arcadia became the first foreign arcade company accepted for membership in the Japanese Amusement Industry Association (JAIA (Japanese: 一般社団法人 日本アミューズメント産業協会)).[14]
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