FEBRUARY 2026 PINCAST

There might only have been 28 days in February, but those four weeks were packed full of exciting news from the pinball world, as you can discover by joining Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine with the latest edition of their Pinball Industry News PINcast.

After weeks of delays, Stern Pinball got to launch their new Pokémon game.  Based on the hugely popular global franchise spanning console games, mobile games, comics, movies, animated TV series, trading cards and much more, this latest Stern ‘cornerstone’ game comes in the familiar three models but includes many unusual features in the artwork, on the playfield and in the software.

Meanwhile, there were big changes over at Dutch Pinball Exclusive (DPX) as co-founder of the brand and owner of the game designs, Melvin Brouwer-Williams, splits with manufacturing partner Dutch Pinball.  The remaining Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland games will still be built, but Alice will be the one-and-only DPX title, while there are further delays announced for the game’s topper.

It wasn’t long before Melvin was back in the spotlight when he was introduced as the new Creative Director at American Pinball, responsible for the development of the rebooted company’s upcoming titles.

To find out much more about the split with Dutch Pinball and his new role at American Pinball, Martin talked with Melvin to get the inside details of what really happened, the big plans for the new American Pinball, and to also find out what this means for the Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland and Cuphead games.

Over in Italy, the head of Pedretti Gaming gives an interview to a local news site where he talks about the collaboration with Pinball Brothers, where their co-produced games end up, and how they need to transition to appeal to the next generation of players.

The show season is in full swing, so there’s a review of the recent Pinball at the Beach show, who was there and what they were showing, as well as a look ahead to March’s Texas Pinball Festival (TPF).

TPF promises to be the first non-trade showing of Stern’s new Pokémon, but it will also feature the launch of Hexa Pinball’s second title, The Three Musketeers.  It’s also the only show in the US where you can catch Martin and Jonathan’s So You Think You Know Pinball? free prize quiz (Saturday, 5pm).

There are plenty of changes at this year’s TPF, so to find out more Martin and Jonathan talk to show organiser, Paul McKinney, to discover his personal highlights and find out why you need to be in Frisco for this year’s show.

There’s so much more to report, with another new game launch, more production news, more pinball promotions, and lots of new software updates released. So, get all this and so much more in the latest packed February 2026 edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast.

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There will be lots more news and interviews coming out of TPF and other shows throughout the year, so make sure you join Martin and Jonathan each month to ensure you’re fully up-to-date with what’s happening in the pinball world.

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