The Pinball Show Ep 188: 2026 Pinball Predictions
The Pinball Show Episode 188: 2026 Pinball Predictions Hosts: Dennis Kriesel & Zach Meny - Stern Pinball Production Updates - The New American Pinball - 2025 Pinball: A Year In Review - 2026...
Highlights
- American Pinball was acquired by Brian Vincent, a Texas-based investor, from Ametron
- American Pinball will remain in Chicago despite new ownership
- Brian Vincent's priority is finishing Galactic Tank Force code updates
- American Pinball plans to launch their first new game before end of 2026, ideally before Q4
- Cuphead project status is 'kind of dead' but door not necessarily closed
- Stern is currently building Stranger Things machines for January shipment
- Stern likely to announce a new cornerstone game by end of January
- The Pinball Show reaches 6,000-7,000 combined views/listens per episode after separating from Pinball Network
Notable quotes
“I think his overall goals are at least ten times better than the vision of American pinball since its conception.”
“kind of dead”
“Sounds cool as shit, but from a manufacturing standpoint sounds like a nightmare.”
“We will hear by the end of the month what the new game is. That's what my prediction is.”
“Everyone loves a good Lazarus in pinball. So being able to bring it back from the ashes.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Ametron· company
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Flippin' Out Pinball· company
- Nap Arcade· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Cuphead· game
- Galactic Tank Force· game
- Stranger Things· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Brian Vincent· person
- Dave Fixback· person
- Dennis· person
- Ron Linderman· person
- Ryan McQuaid· person
- Zach· person
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