Pinball Industry News: February 2020 Re-cap
Spooky Pinball, Ben Heck and Chicago Gaming join forces, three pinball companies on the move, interview with Jim Patla on management changes at American Pinball, new game for Multimorphic coming soon, Stranger Things UV lighting and much more.
Kineticist’s take
Major facility moves, Spooky/Ben Heck/Chicago Gaming partnership, American Pinball leadership news.
Synopsis
This February 2020 industry recap covers major facility moves (Jersey Jack to Illinois, Homepin to Taiwan, American Pinball to Palatine), a significant partnership between Spooky Pinball and Ben Heck to design a game for Chicago Gaming to manufacture, and new code updates for Rick and Morty. An interview with American Pinball COO Jim Patla discusses the company's move to a new 52,000 sq ft facility and confirms Game 3 (G3) as a licensed title to be revealed at Texas Pinball Festival.
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Ametron· company
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Homepin· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Weche· company
- Midwest Gaming Classic· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Rick and Morty· game
- Ben Heck· person
- Doug Duber· person
- Eric Priepke· person
- Gary Flower· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jack Guarnieri· person
- Jen Guarnieri· person
- Jim Patla· person
- Jonathan Joosten· person
- Martin Ayub· person
- Mike Kalinowski· person