Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast October 2025 recap
October always brings a ton of news and new game announcements, and this year is no different. So, Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News are back to bring you all the details...
Highlights
- Winchester Mystery House sold out 525 units on first day at Pinball Expo
- John Buscaglia to head new Stern Pinball European office in Amsterdam starting around January
- The Walking Dead remastered launching November 4th on Spike 3 system
- Dune (Barrels of Fun game) underperformed in sales and Winchester Mystery House was moved forward to fill the gap
- Kevin Mann of Buffalo Pinball officially joined Multimorphic for corporate communication and community engagement
- Metallica Remastered had significantly lower engagement at Expo 2025 compared to previous year's announcement tour
- Stern Insider Connected All Access Perks subscription increased from $79 to $99 annually
- Carl D'Angelo (IE Pinball) designed Winchester Mystery House
Notable quotes
“this layout is way too good for just 525 units. I think I said, maybe you should consider re-theming it into something else... Simpsons 3 House of Horror”
“Winchester Mystery House was basically moved forward to fill a gap on the line because they expected to sell more jewels and didn't.”
“It's kind of stole the show a bit, didn't they, with that one?”
“The European market is quite different than the US market. For instance, all the languages and their barriers, so to speak.”
“Nobody's touching it. I mean, it wasn't long before somebody did jump on it, but the fact that, you know, if I had wanted to, I could have done it. One moment that nobody was playing the game, you happened to walk by.”
“Portal really is a game where that ball is doing... It's such insane things that you're like, huh? What just happened here?”
“They've got 525 units and you should get that get those built within six months, eight months”
Entities
- Barrels of Fun· company
- Multimorphic· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Dune· game
- King Kong: Myth of Terror Island· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Portal· game
- Star Wars: Fall of the Empire· game
- The Walking Dead Remastered· game
- Uncanny X-Men· game
- Winchester Mystery House· game
- Pinball Magazine· organization
- Pinball News· organization
- Brad Albright· person
- Carl D'Angelo· person
- John Buscaglia· person
- Jonathan Euston· person
- Kevin Mann· person
- Martin Evan· person
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