Monday always seems to be the slowest day of the week for pinball and arcade news, but we have several residual stories from this weekend’s Pinball Festival to talk about today.
First up is a great video interview by Grownup Adjacent Pinball with Rob Rath, one of American Pinball’s (AP) newest employees. Rob was hired as AP’s Product Director a couple of weeks ago. In the interview, he talks about what is next from American.
At the show, American already revealed its new 100th Anniversary Edition Houdini pinball machine and announced that its first new (to AP) production game will be Cirqus Voltaire. Rob added even more great information to that, talking about a bunch of new stuff that’s coming from AP for its 2023 game Galactic Tank Force (GTF).
As stated by American Pinball’s new owner Bryan Vincent in my first interview with him several months ago, American plans to fix and update the code for game. In addition to that, American is working on a new topper for the game with artwork by Christopher Franchi. The new topper will be available in two different trim levels. American is also in the process of creating a new, enhanced Tank sculpt for the game to replace the 3D printed one in the original. The new tank is being created by Lior’s Art of Pinball and Melvin Williams.
Next up is a rumor that came out of the event. Pinball shows are always good for a few new rumors after the drinks start flowing lol. According to this rumor, after its current run of Medieval Madness is complete, Chicago Gaming Company is planning on doing another production run of its Remake of Attack From Mars. I heard that distributors will be able to begin taking deposits for the new AFM run in Late Spring / Early Summer.
Last up, I have news about the delayed public debut of HEXA Pinball’s second game The Three Musketeers. The game was supposed to make its debut at the Pinball Festival, but it got delayed in U.S. Customs. Its first appearance in the Australia will now take place at the pinball show, which takes place from April 10th through the 12th.
