Beyond that, the next reveal will probably be Pedretti Gaming's Big Bang Bar, which is rumored to be coming to the Chicago Pinball Expo, which takes place from October 15th through the 18th. It would kind of make sense for Stern to have Walking Dead at Expo as well. They rolled a few Metallica Remastereds into Expo last year.
After that, but still before the end of the year we will likely see Spooky Pinball's next game. I'm guessing that will get shown in late November, give or take. It is strongly rumored to be based on Beetlejuice.
That brings us up to Stern Pinball's first cornerstone game of 2026, which supposedly was supposed to be Pokemon, and may still be. If Pokemon isn't ready in time, which has been rumored to be a possibility, the first cornerstone of '26 will be either a Transformers Cartoon pin or Fallout.
Late last week, Chicago Gaming Company showed off a neat little Easter Egg that it put in its new Medieval Madness Remake Merlin Edition...new target decals featuring the Wizard himself.
Games continue to ship out of CGC and have begun arriving at customers' homes. They have a second production run of the game for overseas customers after the first 1,000 unit run for the United States is complete. That will likely take them until mid-2026 to finish. At that point, we they will launch a new game, either the long-rumored Mark Ritchie-designed Halo pinball machine, or the even longer rumored Twilight Zone Remake.
Pinball Brothers recently shared new pictures of its latest game, Predator on the production line.
The folks that run the cool "Pinball at the Beach" show just announced that rooms at the event's location, the Island Grand Resort in St. Pete Beach, FL are now available to book. The show takes place there from February 6th through the 8th. If you're interested in going, you can use the link below:
https://book.passkey.com/go/Pinball26
