PINCASTS 2025 The Pinball News & Pinball Magazine PINcast The Pinball News & Pinball Magazine PINcast Did you know we also produce a monthly podcast? Yes indeed! At the start of every month Pinball News Editor, Martin Ayub, and Pinball Magazine Editor, Jonathan Joosten, team up to bring you all important news from the previous month in their joint Pinball Industry News PINcast. They cover new game launches, upcoming titles, new industry appointments, new product announcements, show reports, new features in the latest software updates, what’s currently in production, and much, much more. It’s the podcast the pinball industry listens to. Their PINcast is available free from major podcast streaming services including: Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Podcasts You can subscribe through those services to be notified automatically as soon as the next edition is available. Here are all the PINcasts so far covering 2025. 2025 As we bid a warm welcome to 2026, there’s plenty to look back on in the pinball industry throughout the final month of last year. So, Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine are here to bring you all the details in the December 2025 edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast.The recent slew of new game announcements has been quickly followed up by the release of numerous accessories. From toppers to shooter rods, from lighting kits to backglasses, there has never been a wider choice of add-ons available.The start of the year marked the fifteenth anniversary of Jack Gaurnieri’s launch of Jersey Jack Pinball. There have been many changes to both the company and the wider industry over the past decade-and-a-half, so Jack joins Martin and Jonathan to look back to the start of the company and how it compares now.At the start of 2011 there was only one company actively manufacturing pinballs. Fifteen years later there are more than fifteen companies, with more poised to show their hands in 2026. Some upcoming titles are common knowledge, while others are still mere speculation. To start the year, Martin and Jonathan run down the known knowns and the known unknowns coming up over the next twelve months.Then there are the results of the latest free game sweepstakes from Stern and Jersey Jack, production updates and order closing dates for games and accessories, a new collaboration for Pedretti Gaming, a rebrand for American Pinball together with the promise of new games soon, and lots of new code for titles new and old.Catch all this and much more in this latest packed PINcast episode covering all the excitement in the pinball world throughout December 2025 and the first few days of January 2026. December 2025 PINcast November was quite a month in the pinball world with new game reveals, multiple special offers and lots of news from the industry. So, Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine are back to bring you all the details in the last Pinball Industry News PINcast of 2025.Although they were both trailed in advance, the reveal of two new games in November generated lots of talking points.Spooky Pinball were first to show their hand with their Beetlejuice game which sold out all 999 units almost immediately. A dream theme for many, could the whole Beetlejuice package live up to expectations?Ten days later, Stern Pinball brought out their second ‘Remastered’ title, this time remaking The Walking Dead with Premium and Limited Edition models.Gary Stern and Jack Danger from Stern Pinball were guests at the Dutch Pinball Open Expo near Eindhoven, where they held a seminar looking at the company’s past as well as revealing some future projects.There were also announcements at the show from Pinball Brothers about production of their Predator game, as well as introducing the latest member of their design team.Meanwhile, Hexa Pinball have revealed the game they produced in collaboration with the French car giant Renault to promote the new Twingo model.Wonderland Amusements have built all the Alice Goes To Wonderland games for their Kickstarter backers and are now producing unit for retail sales, where a limited offer is available with a $200 discount.There are more special discounts available on games from American Pinball and Pedretti Gaming, while there’s news of giveaways of pinball merchandise and even an entire machine.Finally, Dutch Pinball Open Expo special guest, artist Tony Ramunni, joins Martin and Jonathan from his home in Italy to reveal his favourite recipe in the latest What’s Cooking? with… episode.There’s all this and much more in this latest packed PINcast episode covering all the excitement in the pinball world throughout November and the first day of December. November 2025 PINcast October always brings a ton of news and new game announcements, and this year is no different. So, Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine are back to bring you all the details in the latest Pinball Industry News PINcast.Pinball Expo dominates the news, of course, with a new game reveal at the show and multiple announcements about the imminent reveal of more new titles.Barrels of Fun turned their new team member announcement into a new game reveal, with four Winchester Mystery House machines set up to play at Pinball Expo, even though they had already sold out all 525 units within a day of them going on sale.Meanwhile, Spooky Pinball, Dutch Pinball Exclusive and HEXA Pinball all announced details of their next releases, even if they weren’t quite ready to show them yet.Stern Pinball gave their Inside Connected All Access a boost, introducing new home leaderboards, free or discounted shipping, a factory tour and other perks for the $99 annual subscription.Multimorphic announced a new team role for their favourite streamer, just as their Portal game started shipping with feature-complete code. Spooky Pinball also announced a new programmer as they complete a month of weekly code updates.Along with announcing the next DPX title and updating everyone on production of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, company head Melvin revealed a series of character sculpts produced in collaboration with The Art of Pinball and Planetary Pinball Supply. One of those sculpts is the Martian from Attack from Mars, originally created by pinball artist and new Pinball Expo Hall of Fame inductee, Doug Watson. At Expo, Doug got the chance to check out the new model of his creation and give his reaction.Before that though, he was the guest on the What’s Cooking? With… segment, describing his preferred method of cooking salmon and asparagus.There much more news this month, with new code and new rumours from Jersey Jack Pinball, the new games being shown on the American Pinball stand at Expo, what Wonderland Amusements brought to the show, the latest developments with the Lost in Space game, developments in the Deeproot prosecution, and a look ahead to November’s Dutch Pinball Open Expo where, alongside Martin and Jonathan with their prize quiz, Steve Ritchie and Jack Danger are two of the confirmed special guests.There’s all this and much more in this latest packed PINcast episode covering all the excitement in the pinball world throughout October. October 2025 PINcast The September edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast sees Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine 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, 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 Martin and Jonathan 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, 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. September 2025 PINcast Although there are no new machine reveals this month, there are still two new titles and loads of interesting news for Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine 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. Martin and Jonathan 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. August 2025 PINcast After the recent flurry of new game announcements, Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine 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.Click below to play this month’s PINcast, or visit the Pinball Industry News PINcast page on Spotify to stream or download this and all 96 previous episodes, and subscribe to get automatic notifications of future editions. July 2025 PINcast It’s not often we get a series of new game launches in the summer months, but in this month’s Pinball Industry News PINcast, Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine cover three more new releases in June.Two weeks ago, they brought you a special bonus PINcast interview with Daniel Janson of Pinball Brothers, but now it’s time to look back on the launch and the subsequent new details and gameplay videos for Predator pinball.The second new game came out-of-the-blue, as Pedretti revealed their Ligabue Pinball Game. Themed around the very popular Italian rock band Ligabue and aimed at the Italian market, the machine has all-new artwork but a familiar playfield design.The third new game hasn’t actually been released yet, but the details known so far certainly sound intriguing. Steelbound is the latest title from For Amusement Only Games for the P3 pinball platform. With a large cast of characters and scenarios, this role-playing adventure sees our protagonist facing multiple challenges while exploring dungeons and piloting a giant robot.Last month also saw the launch of Jersey Jack Pinball’s Harry Potter, since when it’s been An Interesting time for the company. After visiting the UK for the game’s premiere there, company founder Jack Guarnieri joins Martin and Jonathan from the JJP factory to talk about the game’s reception, what’s on the line now and what’s coming up, how the three models have been received, what’s in store for the topper, and much more.Meanwhile, Stern Pinball also have topper news as they release a lower-cost Expression Lighting topper which ties into the game’s lighting and looks ripe for third-party companies to provide their own imagery. There’s also news of birthdays for Gary Stern and George Gomez, how to win a Dungeons & Dragons game, and a plethora of new code releases.There’s much more industry news, including Dutch Pinball Exclusive’s tie-up with The Art of Pinball, American Pinball’s latest special offer pricing, Spooky Pinball’s game giveaway, and production updates from multiple companies.Plus, in the latest edition of the series, Pinball Profile’s Jeff Teolis tells us “What’s Cooking” with him.Click below to play this month’s PINcast, or visit the Pinball Industry News PINcast page on Spotify to stream or download this and all 96 previous episodes, and subscribe to get automatic notifications of future editions. June 2025 PINcast This month’s PINcast was held back for a few days to bring you the very latest news and an exclusive interview. So, join Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News as they bring you all the excitement from the pinball industry throughout May and the first few days of June in the latest Pinball Industry News PINcast.It’s taken ten years to come to fruition, but finally Jersey Jack Pinball were able to release their Harry Potter game. The reaction has been hugely positive, but there are still many unknowns about just what’s in the game and the story of its creation.So, Jonathan and Martin interview Jersey Jack Pinball’s founder, and the man who secured the licence widely thought to be unobtainable, Jack Guarnieri. Jack explains the steps he had to take to get all the assets for all the movies, what the game means to Jersey Jack Pinball, the reason for the delayed reveal, what’s in the game, how it is going to be built, why they chose to offer three different models, and much more about this new Harry Potter game, including where you can play it.One game due to launch soon is Predator from Pinball Brothers. A slow drip of information from the company means we already know a few details, but this month’s PINcast includes an update directly from the company’s CEO about when we might expect more information.Last weekend saw the European Pinball Championship in Austria. Alongside complete line-ups of games from Spooky Pinball, American Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, Chicago Gaming, Dutch Pinball and all three models of Stern’s King Kong, Barrels of Fun Pinball had their new Dune game there alongside their Labyrinth.Barrels of Fun’s David Van Es was attending the show, so Martin took the opportunity to sit down at the dining table with David for the latest edition of What’s Cooking With… Find out what they enjoy eating at the Barrels of Fun factory when celebrating birthdays.The imposition or threat of tariffs still looms large over the industry, threatening delays in shipping product into the US, with the potential for retaliatory tariffs pushing up prices for non-US buyers too. Two companies have already responded, so find out what they had to say.There’s an update from Pinball Adventures about their Elements game, news on some great deals on new-in-box machines, and chances to win prizes ranging from merchandise and anti-reflective glass to an entire machine.Click below to play this month’s PINcast, or visit the Pinball Industry News PINcast page on Spotify to stream or download this and all 95 previous episodes, and subscribe to get automatic notifications of future editions. May 2025 PINcast It’s the battle of the big beasts this month with two mammoth new game launches and a third poised to be revealed. So, Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine are back to bring you all the details in April’s Pinball Industry News PINcast.The first beast into the arena was the Sandworm from Barrels of Fun’s new Dune game. Based on the 2021 and 2024 Dune movies, the second release from the Houston-based manufacturer comes fully loaded with extensive cinematic assets as well as a new Horizon Atmospheric Lighting system, anti-reflective glass, a shaker motor and even a topper.Facing off against the Sandworm is the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ in the form of Stern Pinball’s new King Kong: Myth of Terror Island. The story of King Kong has been reimagined for Stern’s latest cornerstone game which features an animated Kong being summoned by a swinging gong. Kong wreaks havoc, of course, aided by a giant spider as he blocks the balls and smashes a subway car to release the locked balls inside.The third beast is the elephant-in-the-room that is Jersey Jack Pinball’s upcoming Harry Potter game. With manufacturing already underway at the company’s Elk Grove Village factory, what will be the impact when we get the official release, expected later this month? Also looming large over the industry is the effect of trade tariffs – imposed, planned or threatened. Pinball manufacturers are taking their own approaches to the price increases on buying components and shipping complete games, while others are taking a wait-and-see approach. With some cuts in production already announced or anticipated, Jonathan and Martin look at who’s doing what, and what it means for the wider market.There are also current production updates, along with news of some people leaving their posts and others being appointed to new positions.Plus, there are new code updates, of course, as well as some new products and limited-time special offers you won’t want to miss.Also in this month’s PINcast, Martin and Jonathan swap the pinball table for the dinner table to find out What’s Cooking with… legendary game designer, Steve Ritchie. Steve spills the beans on his favourite recipes, so you too can eat like a King.Click below to play this month’s PINcast, or visit the Pinball Industry News PINcast page on Spotify to stream or download this and all 94 previous episodes, and subscribe to get automatic notifications of future editions. April 2025 PINcast The latest Pinball Industry News PINcast packs in a lot of exciting news from the past month, as Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News return to bring you multiple new game launches and interviews, including an exclusive Harry Potter chat with Jack Guarnieri.Multimorphic were first to announce as they revealed Portal, based on the popular video game series, as their latest title for the P3. Their most packed playfield yet contains so much hardware it even comes in a specially extended version.Fellow Texans, Turner Pinball, brought their newly-announced second title, Merlin’s Arcade, to the Texas Pinball Festival where Jonathan and Martin got to spend some pre-show time exploring it, both above and below the playfield.After previewing it for months, Chicago Gaming finally announced their re-run of Medieval Madness Remake games. But these Merlin Edition models offer far more than earlier Remakes. Find out what you get and what it costs.Jersey Jack Pinball’s seminar at the Texas Pinball Festival was supposed to be all about the making of Avatar. But then Jack Guarnieri confirmed Harry Potter as the company’s next title and the internet went crazy.That confirmation raises many more questions, so Jonathan and Martin are joined by Jersey Jack himself, Jack Guarnieri, to talk about that announcement and give many more details on this most hotly-anticipated new game which everyone said could never be done.There’s also the latest edition of “What’s Cooking With…” as Jack gives us his favourite pasta dish recipes.There’s lots more industry news too, with Stern Pinball appointing a new VP of Marketing, Chicago Gaming finally releasing the new code and hardware add-on kit for their Cactus Canyon Remake games, new accessories for Venom, a new loyalty scheme from Barrels of Fun which gives one lucky Labyrinth owner a brand new copy of their next game, a final Wizard mode for ABBA, a full sell-out of Spooky’s Evil Dead, and much, much more.Plus, finally, the interview eighteen months in the making. Steve Ritchie and Bill Grupp sit down to talk about the making of their Elton John game, the culture at Jersey Jack Pinball, what they’re working on next, and so much more.Click below to play this month’s PINcast, or visit the Pinball Industry News PINcast page on Spotify to stream or download this and all 94 previous episodes, and subscribe to get automatic notifications of future editions. Pinball News & Pinball Magazine After last month’s mammoth 3-hour special, Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine are back with a more regular-length episode to bring you all the exciting news from the industry through the month of February in their new Pinball Industry News PINcast.The plans by American Pinball’s parent company, Aimtron, to change direction were discussed at length last month. This month those plans solidified with the formation of Funsup, a new contract manufacturing company. Hear what that could mean for pinball production in the US with the ever-present threat of import tariffs.Contract manufacturing isn’t always a pathway to success, as Dutch Pinball found out. However, more than ten years after they first presented the game, the final The Big Lebowski has rolled off the production line.Dutch Pinball can now focus on their next title, but they aren’t the only company building a game based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland book. Wonderland Amusements launch their Kickstarter campaign this month for Alice Goes To Wonderland with the latest look at the full artwork package. Will their plans disappear down the rabbit hole, or will they be grinning like the Cheshire Cat?Stern Pinball have been busy exhibiting at toy and magic shows, but they also found time to announce a new range of John Wick accessories, launch over a hundred new Insider Connected achievements and release new code, although it wasn’t necessarily the big update some game owners were hoping for.There are production updates from Multimorphic, Barrels of Fun, Turner Pinball and Chicago Gaming, as well as all the latest in the Deeproot criminal and civil prosecutions.Martin and Johnathan also look back on the first Pinball at the Beach show and ahead to this month’s Texas Pinball Festival where they will be hosting their popular So You Think You Know Pinball? free prize quiz on the Saturday at 5pm.Click below to play this month’s PINcast, or visit the Pinball Industry News PINcast page on Spotify to stream or download this and all 94 previous episodes, and subscribe to get automatic notifications of future editions. February 2025 PINcast 2025 really started with a bang with a new game reveal by one company and big changes at another, while the show season got off to a flying start in both the US and the UK. So, Martin from Pinball News and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine are back to bring you all the exciting news from the industry throughout the month of January in their Pinball Industry News PINcast.Last month’s PINcast anticipated the reveal of Stern Pinball’s first new release of the year, and sure enough Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant’s Eye duly launched, with public premieres soon after at CES in Las Vegas and EAG Expo in London.Martin and Jonathan were at EAG to play it, but they also got to sit down with Gary Stern, John Buscaglia and Doug Skor from Stern Pinball to talk about the new game, the latest news from the company as well as the state of the wider industry, while Gary also shared his cooking tips.Big changes at American Pinball where their EVP David Fix is one of many staff no longer working there as the owners look to transition the company into a contract manufacturer. Whith hardly anyone left, what does are the prospects for their seventh title which is ready to launch?To find out, the duo speak to David Fix about his departure and those of his fellow employees, while exploring the convoluted way American Pinball has been managed in recent years, where the business is now, and which of their many development projects might yet see the light of day.One feature being newly integrated into one American Pinball game is the Scorbit scores and achievements tracking system. But they aren’t the only ones adding Scorbit, as Pedretti Pinball announce it will also feature in the next code update to their Funhouse Remake game.Speaking of which, there are lots of new code updates this month, including Jersey Jack Pinball’s Avatar: The Battle for Pandora reaching feature-complete v1.00 status and Spooky Pinball’s Looney Tunes getting its new wizard mode.Plus, there is news of a Customer Referral Program from Multimorphic which could save $1,000s on a new P3 game, the opportunity to get a Toy Story 4 game with a $2,000 discount, the latest updates on the two Alice in Wonderland titles in development, and a hands-on review of Homepin’s The Blues Brothers game.There’s also a look at the potential impact of trade tariffs being imposed by the US and the resulting retaliatory action, as well as sad news of the passing of a prolific and popular pinball voice artist whose talents you are almost certain to have enjoyed.Click below to play this PINcast, or visit the Pinball Industry News PINcast page on Spotify to stream or download this and previous episodes, and subscribe to get automatic notifications of future editions. 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