Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast May 2026 recap

May 2026 pinball recap: Transformers launch, TMNT pre-orders, Pedretti Arabian Nights remake, Stern EU distribution shifts.

Synopsis

Jonathan Houston and Martin Ebb recap May 2026 pinball industry news, covering Stern's announcement of Transformers: Transformers the Eye (designed by Elliott Eisman), Wonderland Amusements pre-orders, and Pedretti Gaming upcoming Tales of the Arabian Nights 2.0 remake. Notable themes include Sam Stern distribution restructuring (adding Pinball Heaven as a UK distributor), code updates across multiple titles, and a dispute between Pedretti Gaming and Team Pinball over Big Bang Bar remake rights.

Entities

• ElectroCoin· company
• Pedretti Gaming· company
• Pinball Heaven· company
• Pinball Planet· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Team Pinball· company
• Wonderland Amusements· company
• Austrian Pinball Festival· event
• John Wick· game
• Pokémon Pinball· game
• Tales of the Arabian Nights 2.0· game
• The Walking Dead Remastered· game
• Transformers· game
• World of TMNT: Battle in the Sewer· game
• Elizabeth Gieske· person
• Elliott Eisman· person
• Gary Stern· person
• John Buscalier· person
• Jonathan Houston· person
• Lonnie D. Ropp· person
• Melvin Williams· person
• Mick Brown· person
• Stefan Riedler· person
• Zach Sharpe· person