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Pinball News & Pinball Magazine PINcast

Pinball News & Pinball Magazine PINcast

By: Martin Ayub Jonathan Joosten
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Pinball Magazine Editor, Jonathan Joosten, and Pinball News Editor, Martin Ayub, look back at all the exciting news from the pinball industry over the past month.Martin Ayub, Jonathan Joosten
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  • Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast September 2025 recap
    Oct 2 2025

    The September edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast sees Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News bringing us two new game reveals, lots of new pinball products, the latest code updates, and a special guest in the latest edition of What’s Cooking with…? .


    Last month Stern Pinball teased their next cornerstone title, but now we get the full reveal of Star Wars: Fall of the Empire. Stern hosted another Media Open Day two days before the official reveal to give media folks the chance to play the new game, talk to the design crew, and prepare assets in advance of launch day.


    The second new game comes from newcomers Deluxia Studios with their Nezzex City mini-game for the Multimorphic P3 platform with the Heist! playfield module. This immersive new title is available to download now and comes at an attractive price.


    Moving from new titles to designs up to half-a-century old, as an upcoming auction sees many concept, prototype, and draft playfield, backbox and cabinet artworks from the ‘80s and ‘90s going under the hammer. Also up for auction are various molds for playfield models found on popular Bally & Williams games. Find out what’s available and how you can get a piece of pinball history.


    There’s lots of new code for games from Stern, Spooky and American Pinball, plus a new online score and achievements tracking system from HEXA Pinball which they hope other manufacturers will buy into.


    Pinball Expo is only a few days away, so Jonathan and Martin bring you not just one member of the Berk family but two.Brigitt Berk brings us her recipe for Apricot Chicken – a quick and easy-to-prepare dish which always goes down well – in the What’s Cooking with… feature, but also reveals how she first met her future husband, Expo Chairman, Rob Berk, as well as giving us a taste of the preparations she has been working on for Expo.


    Then, Rob Berk tells us what he’s been cooking up for this 41st Pinball Expo, with numerous special games and equally special guests heading to Schaumburg. Covering the full gamut of years from the 1930s right up to the very latest releases, together with a huge homebrew section helping find the designers of tomorrow, lots of tournaments, seminars, vendors and hundreds of free play games, it’s the “something for everyone show”.


    There’s also news of a new publication from cartoonist Ryan Claytor, more Roger Sharpe branded apparel and how to get discounted tickets for next year’s Texas Pinball Festival.


    There’s all this and much more in this latest packed PINcast episode covering September and - to bring you all the very latest news - the first day of October too.


    So, make sure you download or stream this brand new edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast right now from your favourite podcast supplier. You’ll also find it on YouTube and YouTube Music, or you can get it direct from Spotify on the link above, and don’t forget you can also subscribe to the PINcast for free to guarantee you get the latest episode delivered straight to you every month, the very moment it is released.


    With lots more developments in the pinball world coming out of Pinball Expo, join Jonathan and Martin each month to guarantee you don’t miss any of the excitement.


    After all, it’s the podcast the pinball industry listens to.

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    2 hrs and 4 mins
  • Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast August 2025 recap
    Sep 3 2025

    Although there are no new machine reveals this month, there are still two new titles and loads of interesting news for Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News to report in this August edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast.

    Yet another Star Wars game is on the way from Stern Pinball. This time it’s a full ‘cornerstone’ model with Pro, Premium and Limited Edition variants, but for the first time it won’t be available in all geographic regions. The final reveal of Star Wars: Fall of the Empire has been somewhat drawn out too, so get the latest on when we can expect to see the full game and where it will be available to play. There’s also news of a new King Kong topper, a sale on merchandise and mods at the Stern shop, and details of all the latest new features in the game code updates.

    But if spending thousands on a new game is out of your price range, how about getting one for free? That’s what Multimorphic are offering for the P3 pinball platform as Elemental Pinball is made available as a free download for all P3 machine owners.

    The cloud of US import tariffs continues to hang over most industries, and pinball is certainly no exception. Dutch Pinball Exclusive and Pinball Brothers have both made announcements on steps they are taking to mitigate the impact of the tariffs on their customers. Meanwhile, Pinball Brothers have already called time on their new Predator release, with both it and Alien reaching the end of the line at the end of the year. With only around 100 still available, time is running out if you had a Predator in your sights.

    News from American Pinball too where, after adding Funsup Manufacturing to their Aimtron affiliations, there’s a new Orbit Games brand added to the mix. Jonathan and Martin try to make sense of the different company names and what it means for American Pinball, as the sale prices of their remaining inventory continues to drop.

    There’s lots more product news from companies actually building games and add-ons, and new code from Barrels of Fun, Spooky and Pedretti.Then, it’s time for the latest edition of What’s Cooking? With… as Roger Sharpe joins the PINcast to share his favourite Thanksgiving recipe. But that’s not all, as the licensing guru gives us his take on Star Wars licensing as well as the wider trend toward fragmenting licences by geographic region. Roger also talks about the new range of Roger Sharpe branded merchandise, with T-shirts available now and much more coming soon.

    There’s all this and much more in this latest packed PINcast episode covering August and - to bring you all the very latest news - the first two days of September too.So, make sure you download or stream this brand new edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast right now from your favourite podcast supplier. You’ll also find it on YouTube and YouTube Music, or you can get it direct from Spotify on the link above, and don’t forget you can also subscribe to the PINcast for free to guarantee you get the latest episode delivered straight to you every month, the very moment it is released.With the announcements already ramping up in the run-up to Pinball Expo, join Jonathan and Martin each month to guarantee you don’t miss any of the excitement. After all, it’s the podcast the pinball industry listens to.

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    2 hrs and 3 mins
  • Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast July 2025 recap
    Aug 1 2025

    After the recent flurry of new game announcements, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News begin this month’s Pinball Industry News PINcast with two re-releases of existing titles.

    Stern Pinball have gone back to revisit their Jaws and Star Wars games. In the case of Jaws it’s a blood-red treatment for a new 50th Anniversary Edition of the Premium model, while their Star Wars Home Edition gets a ‘Plus’ upgrade and a price cut as it goes on sale in selected Costco stores in the US.

    As last month, the third new game announcement is for Multimorphic’s P3 pinball platform. Row Mania, from Neil Wilson, uses the Drained playfield module in an EM-inspired mini game which is available to download right now.

    Also working on their next title was game designer, Jack Danger. However, he’s stepped back from that project to become Stern’s new Head of Community, in which role he will create multi-platform promotional material, act as Stern’s brand ambassador and return to game streaming both for Stern and under his own Dead Flip channel brand.

    After the success of their Evil Dead title, Spooky Pinball are now looking to hire a new software developer. There’s also production updates and news of when we might expect their next game to be announced.

    Another pinball manufacturer working on a new title is Hexa Pinball in France. They’ve got their team back together to build the first prototype of the follow-up to Space Hunt.

    Barrels of Fun are planning a rerun of their own. This time though it’s a repeat of the factory tour they held at the Houston Arcade Expo last year. Visitors to this year’s show get the opportunity to take the tour and see how they build the Dune game.

    The topper for Dutch Pinball Exclusive’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was already pretty impressive, but now game owners can enhance it further with a new topper expansion kit from The Electric Playground.

    Meanwhile, there’s news about the ‘other’ Alice in Wonderland game, this time from Wonderland Amusements who have been showing off their new production-quality moulded playfield components. They have big plans for Pinball Expo in October and even hope to be shipping games by then.

    Although it’s a relatively quiet month, there’s still plenty more industry news to report, along with details of the new features added with the latest code updates.

    So, make sure you download or stream this brand new edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast right now from your favourite podcast supplier. You’ll also find it on YouTube and YouTube Music, or you can get it direct from Spotify on the link above, and don’t forget you can also subscribe to the PINcast for free to guarantee you get the latest episode delivered straight to you every month, the very moment it is released.

    Even in the quieter months there’s still so much happening in the pinball industry, and much more excitement in the pipeline. So, join Jonathan and Martin each month to guarantee you don’t miss any of it. After all, it’s the podcast the pinball industry listens to.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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