Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast January 2023 recap
After the new year break, the first month of 2023 brought plenty of news from the pinball industry so Jonathan Joosten from Pinball Magazine and Martin Ayub from Pinball News are here to bring you up-to-date in the latest edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast. They previewed the launch of the 60th anniversary 007 James Bond game in their previous PINcast and review the reveal and the reaction in this January 2023 edition. They also reveal the reason for delays in production of This Is Spinal Tap, talk about the delayed gameplay video of Spooky Pinball’s Scooby-Doo: Where Are You! and discuss the pinball presence at two trade shows in Las Vegas and London. There is also news about industry appointments, game and accessory production updates, new and upcoming product releases, and details of the latest software updates. Catch all this and much more in the January 2023 edition of the Pinball News and Pinball Magazine Pinball Industry News PINcast. Available right now from your favourite podcast supplier.
Kineticist’s take
Jan 2023 pinball recap: Bond 60th revealed at $20k, Spooky expands, code updates across manufacturers.
Synopsis
Pinball Magazine and Pinball News editors Jonathan Houston and Martin Eyre recap January 2023 industry developments, covering Stern's James Bond 60th Anniversary reveal ($20k, 500 units, Keith Elwin design), Spooky's Scooby-Doo gameplay reveal and facility expansion, Multimorphic's development updates including Scott Denise as creative director, Pinball Brothers' Queen production, and Chicago Gaming's hiring. Key themes include code maturity concerns on James Bond Pro/Premium, production capacity scaling across manufacturers, and personnel appointments at Stern.
Entities
- Chicago Gaming· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Pedretti Gaming· company
- Pinball Brothers· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- James Bond 60th Anniversary· game
- Queen Rhapsody· game
- Scooby-Doo: Where Are You?· game
- Star Wars Pinball· game
- Weird Al's Museum of Natural Solidary· game
- Ben Heck· person
- Eric Prupke· person
- Erica Frome· person
- Gary Stern· person
- Jerry Stellenberg· person
- Jonathan Houston· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Martin Eyre· person
- Michael Grant· person
- Scott Denise· person
- Scott Innes· person
- Seth Davis· person
- Funhaus 2.0· product
- Insider Connected· product