Pinball News & Pinball Magazine PINcast

Things are certainly heating up in the pinball market, and it’snot just because summer’s here. With hot new game launches, tons of sizzling code updates, some fiery new marketing ideas and even a tropical pinball cruise, make sure you join Jonathan and Martin for the latest June 2026 edition of the Pinball Industry News PIN cast . After months of teases, Jersey Jack Pinball’s long-rumoured Sonic t...

There’s a strong sense of déjà vu this month as three familiar pinball titles return in new forms, as Jonathan and Martin reveal in the latest May 2026 edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast. It was fifteen years ago that Stern Pinball released their first Transformers-based title, but the Autobots and Decepticons have returned in the new Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye game. Martin go...

After all the excitement of new game launches last month, things were a little more sedate in April. So, join Jonathan and Martin as they take a gentle stroll through the events from the pinball world in the latest Pinball Industry News PINcast. It’s been thirteen years since music and sound maestro Chris Granner created an audio package for a new pinball, but now he’s back to work on Turner Pinba...

March is often the time for new game announcements, and this year certainly didn't disappoint with of two new reveals, one updated classic and one upcoming reimagined game, all discussed by Jonathan and Martin in the March 2026 Pinball Industry News PIN cast . Turner Pinball made a surprise reveal of their third title,  Yukon Yeti , just ahead of the Texas Pinball Festival and brought two mach...

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 Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News 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 franchis...

The first month of 2026 certainly brought us plenty of excitement in the pinball world, even though we didn’t get any of the eagerly anticipated new game launches. So, join Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News as they bring you all the details in the January 2026 edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast. After many months of inactivity, American Pinball jumped into the s...

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, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News 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 acc...

November was quite a month in the pinball world with new game reveals, multiple special offers and lots of news from the industry. So, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News 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...

October always brings a ton of news and new game announcements, and this year is no different. So, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News 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. Barrel...

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...

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,...

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 H...

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, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News 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 de...

It’s Predator launch time, so for this special bonus PIN cast Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News are joined by Pinball Brothers’ CEO, Daniel Janson, to describe the Predator journey, right from the initial concept all the way through to today’s reveal. Daniel gives full details of the team who created the game, the features they wanted incorporated, how the mechanical toys...

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...

It’s the battle of the big beasts this month with two mammoth new game launches and a third poised to be revealed. So, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News are back to bring you all the details in April’s Pinball Industry News PIN cast . 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 rel...

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 t...

After last month’s mammoth 3-hour special, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News 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 t...

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, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News 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 anticipa...

The start of 2025 sees the Pinball Industry News PINcast embark on its eighth year of bringing you all the exciting news from across the wonderful world of pinball. In this latest episode, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News look back at the events throughout December as well as the first couple of days of January. Stern Pinball launch their latest cornerstone game, Dungeon...

It’s the final show of 2024 and Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News have a lot of exciting news to bring you from the right across the pinball world throughout November in the latest edition of their Pinball Industry News PINcast. There’s a new game launch as Spooky Pinball announce their latest title, Evil Dead, which boasts assets from both the first two movies as well as...

This month’s PINcast comes from the Dutch Pinball Open Expo and marks a unique moment as, for the first time ever, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News present their monthly Pinball Industry News PINcast while actually together at the same desk. Plus, they bring in two special guests, with David van Es from Barrels of Fun and Daniel Janson from Pinball Brothers, both of whom...

Can you believe it’s already the start of another new month? The good news is that a new month means a new Pinball Industry News PINcast with Jonathan Joosten from Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub from Pinball News. Having covered the first few days of the month in the previous PINcast, the duo look back on all the excitement from the pinball world throughout the remainder of September. After nume...

It may have been delayed by a few days to include the latest game launches and teases, but Jonathan Joosten from Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub from Pinball News are back with the latest edition of their Pinball Industry News PINcast covering the month of August and the start of September. Stern Pinball got their new game launch in first with The Uncanny X-Men featuring some innovative shots in...

The summer months are traditionally a quiet time for news in the pinball industry. Not so this year, so join Jonathan Joosten from Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub from Pinball News as they bring you all the excitement from the pinball world in the latest edition of their Pinball Industry News PINcast. July’s news is dominated by the collapse of Haggis Pinball and the disappearance of the company’...