Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast February 2026 recap

Pinball Magazine & Pinball News PINcast February 2026 recap

From Pinball News & Pinball Magazine PINcast by Martin Ayub, Jonathan Joosten

March 2, 2026 · 1h 54m · Season 2026 · Episode 3

About this episode

The episode covers the latest news in the pinball industry, including the launch of Stern Pinball's Pokémon game and Melvin Brouwer-Williams' new role at American Pinball after leaving Dutch Pinball.

There might only have been 28 days in February, but those four weeks were packed full of exciting news from the pinball world, as you can discover by joining Jonathan from Pinball Magazine and Martin from Pinball News with the latest edition of their Pinball Industry News PINcast. After weeks of delays, Stern Pinball got to launch their new Pokémon game. Based on the hugely popular global franchise spanning console games, mobile games, comics, movies, animated TV series, trading cards and much more, this latest Stern ‘cornerstone’ game comes in the familiar three models but includes many unusual features in the artwork, on the playfield and in the software. Meanwhile, there were big changes over at Dutch Pinball Exclusive (DPX) as co-founder of the brand and owner of the game designs, Melvin Brouwer-Williams, splits with manufacturing partner Dutch Pinball. The remaining Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland games will still be built, but Alice will be the one-and-only DPX title, while there are further delays announced for the game’s topper. It wasn’t long before Melvin was back in the spotlight when he was introduced as the new Creative Director at American Pinball, responsible for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jonathan Joosten, Martin Ayub

Guest: Melvin Brouwer-Williams

Topics covered

  • pinball news
  • Stern Pinball
  • Melvin Brouwer-Williams
  • American Pinball
  • game releases
  • industry changes

Keywords

  • pinball
  • Stern Pinball
  • Pokémon
  • Melvin Brouwer-Williams
  • American Pinball
  • Dutch Pinball
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  • game release
  • industry news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stern Pinball, Dutch Pinball Exclusive, American Pinball

Products: Pokémon game

Books & works: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

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