Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast August 2026 recap

August 2026 pinball recap: Fallout announced, Godzilla breaks records, Cirqus Voltaire reimagined revealed.

Synopsis

Jonathan Houston and Martin Leib recap August 2026 pinball announcements and industry developments. Major news includes Stern's Fallout Pinball reveal (designed by Keith Elwin with premium pricing tier), Pokemon Home Edition Plus via Costco, Godzilla reaching an industry milestone (likely 10,400+ units), and American Pinball reimagined Cirqus Voltaire. Code updates for Transformers, Godzilla, and Pokemon are discussed, along with Stern's website redesign and the launch of Pokemon collection features in Insider Connected.

Entities

• American Pinball· company
• Costco· company
• Dutch Pinball· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Dutch Pinball Open Expo· event
• PAX West· event
• Pokemon XP· event
• Cirqus Voltaire· game
• Fallout Pinball· game
• Godzilla· game
• Pokemon· game
• Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye· game
• Pinball Magazine· organization
• Pinball News· organization
• Brian Allen· person
• George Gomez· person
• Jonathan Houston· person
• Keith Elwin· person
• Martin Leib· person
• Peter Cullen· person
• Rick Naegele· person
• Pokemon Insider Connected· product