Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast April 2024 recap
As we start the month of May it’s time to join Jonathan Joosten from Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub from Pinball News for their look back at all the excitement from the pinball industry throughout April in their latest Pinball Industry News PINcast. The month began with the announcement, reveal and launch party for the new ABBA game from Pinball Brothers. Both Jonathan and Martin travelled to the Swedish city of Örebro to experience both versions of the company’s third game for themselves and to report on the launch event. Meanwhile, another new game is revealed as Homepin also announce their third title. Following Thunderbirds and This Is Spinal Tap, the new game is another licence, The Blues Brothers. As revealed in last month’s PINcast the new title will feature open source software, but there are many more interesting details about the game to discuss. If you thought the demise of Deeproot Pinball signalled the end of the line for those games in development at the company, there’s news of the possible revival of titles such as Retro Atomic Zombie Adventureland, Magic Girl and more. Plus, there’s lots more news of pinball companies exhibiting at shows, all the latest code updates, new videos and articles, the potential timescale for upcoming new game announcements, and a novel way to get help building games. There's so much happening right now and coming up in the pinball world, so join Jonathan and Martin each month to make sure you don’t miss any of it.
Kineticist’s take
April 2024: ABBA launches, HomePin announces Blues Brothers with open-source modding.
Synopsis
Pinball News and Pinball Magazine editors Jonathan Euston and Martin Eb recap April 2024 industry news, covering the Pinball Brothers ABBA launch in Sweden, HomePin's announced Blues Brothers game (open-source, sub-$5k budget machine), and commentary on game design, playfield mechanics, and licensing complexity. Both games are works-in-progress with design refinements pending.
Entities
- HomePin· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Stern Electronics· company
- Clarion Hotel Örebro· event
- Taipei Arcade Expo· event
- ABBA (game)· game
- Blues Brothers (HomePin)· game
- Pulp Fiction (Stern)· game
- Pinball Magazine· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- Daniel Jensen· person
- Jonathan Euston· person
- Ludwig Andersen· person
- Martin Eb· person
- Mike Kalinowski· person
- Roger· person
