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- THIS WEEK IN PINBALL – 2/27/23: Foo Fighters Teased by Stern, Galactic Tank Force Teased by American Pinball, and MORE
THIS WEEK IN PINBALL – 2/27/23: Foo Fighters Teased by Stern, Galactic Tank Force Teased by American Pinball, and MORE
Stern Teases Next Cornerstone: Foo Fighters
Stern released a video teaser announcing their next cornerstone game will be Foo Fighters. The rumors so far are that it will have artwork by Zombie Yeti and that the storyline of the game will be that you are helping the Foo Fighters fight off an alien invasion. It is also rumored that this might be Jack Danger’s first cornerstone design after his success on the Jurassic Park home pin. It looks like the full reveal will be next Tues 2/28 @ 12noon Central. Rock Yeah!
The Foo Fighters are a Grammy Award winning alternative rock/grunge band that was formed by Dave Grohl, formerly the drummer for Nirvana. There are rumors that they will be releasing a new album in March 2023 which would align nicely with the promotion of the pinball machine.
American Pinball gives us more information about their next game which is now confirmed as Galactic Tank Force. What we learned:
Kerri Hoskens, actress from Mortal Kombat franchise will be featured
Actor Jeff Hoover will also be included
Fun for the entire family and has a lot of assets
Name Galactic Tank Force confirmed
Official Bond 60th Anniversary Gameplay Stream
Jack Danger, Dead Flip, did the gameplay stream with Keith Elwin, Mark Penacho, and George Gomez from the Stern design team. We learned the following things:
Moby’s Retheme of the James Bond Theme is in the game and going to be in the cornerstone as well
The different sounds packages can be selected per player and include classic chimes from different eras
There is an Insider Connected Achievement if you play multiball on all of the sound packages
Elwin hates lane changing using the flippers so not available on Bond 60th
Ball trap stacking is a fun game at Stern
Rumored that there will be a Bond 60th at TPF – Texas Pinball Festival
Majority of the Bond 60th are exported outside US
Expression Light kits are coming soon but backordered games come first
Rush topper is coming soon
Godzilla accessories are coming soon
Queen by Pinball Brothers Gameplay Stream
JDL Pinball streamed the first official gameplay stream of Queen by the Pinball Brothers. We learned the following from it:
Joe Schober, software designer, discusses the rules on the stream
David Theil, sound design, is in chat answering questions
Kelly Mazurowski, animations, is also in chat answering questions
Currently at Code Version 0.86 with a lot of updates coming
Queen will be at TPF – Texas Pinball Festival
Shots and rules are discussed
Encore multiball in the right outlane
14 songs in the game with each having their own goals and features
Some rules/features are in tune with the music and only occur during certain points in songs
Attract mode includes a jukebox feature
All switches are under the playfield using electro-magnet proximity sensors
Looks like it plays fast and furious
New Game Rumor Updates
There have been several new game rumors floating around that we have added to our Latest Games and Rumors page.
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