4 Aug 2026
Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast July 2026 recap
If you were hoping for a quiet, relaxed summer in the pinball world, think again. Instead, we have three new game releases this month, along with a new edition of another popular title, while some recently announced games are now shipping to customers. So, make sure you join Jonathan and Martin for the latest July 2026 edition of the Pinball Industry News PINcast.
First out of the blocks was Multimorphic, who launched not just one but two new titles with the much anticipated, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and the rather less expected, Ender’s Game.
While they share the same physical gameplay elements, they use them quite differently, along with unique theming, artwork, software, rules and sounds. Common to both, though, is a new large rotating disk incorporating multiple physical features and dynamic RGB lighting effects from more than 180 LEDs.
To find out more about these two releases, Jonathan and Martin interview Multimorphic head, Gerry Stellenberg, Co-Creative Director for both games, Stephen Silver, and the artist who designed art packages for both, Brad Albright.
Not to be outdone, the very next day fellow Texas manufacturer, Barrels of Fun, revealed their fourth title, Bon Jovi.
Themed around the famed rock band and limited to 700 units, Bon Jovi features an innovative ‘Shot Through The Heart’ mechanism as well as a rather unusual outlane ball save device. While the theme might not have appealed to everyone at launch time, the gameplay seems to be winning over the doubters.
To get the latest update straight after its premiere at the Southern Fried Gaming Expo, Jonathan interviews the game's designer and Barrels of Fun’s Chief Mischief Maker, David Van Es to find out how the Bon Jovi game was created, how it has been received, and what sales numbers mean for Barrels Reserve members.
Meanwhile, American Pinball announced the final run of their Galactic Tank Force title with a special Victory Edition of 100 games featuring a unique set of add-ons, including a new tank model. This comes from The Art Of Pinball who have signed a new exclusive agreement to supply American Pinball with sculpts for this and future titles.
Back in Texas, Turner Pinball have revealed the new sound package for their Yukon Yeti game. This comes just in time for the first production games, as they wing their way to early buyers. Chris Turner also revealed details of the new Turner Pinball factory currently under construction.
There’s lots more to report about new game add-ons, new job hirings, pinball’s appearance at non-pinball shows, and a mass of new code from multiple manufacturers bringing new features and fixing existing bugs.
But there’s more, as Martin sits down with Aaron Davis of FAST Pinball fame to talk about the state of homebrew but, most importantly, to find out his favourite recipe, in the latest edition of What’s Cooking, with…?
Catch all this and much, much more in the July 2026 edition of the Pinball Magazine and Pinball News Pinball Industry News PINcast.
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