THIS WEEK IN PINBALL – 7/24/23: Venom Week, Black Rose Tutorial, Pinball Co-Op Expands, Pinball Butts & MORE

VENOM WEEK

For those of you who have been touching grass this week and not following the play-by-play of Stern’s Venom launch, we’ll catch you up!

• Teaser Trailer

• Animated Feature

• Official Game Trailer

• Game Features Video

• Stern Podcast Panel Discussion (must be subscribed to Insider Connected)

• TWIP Deep Dive (photos, game details, etc.)

• Deadflip Premium Stream

Among the pinball media universe (the best pini-verse, in our opinion), everyone had their own hot take.

• LoserKids Pinball Podcast finds the communication of certain game features like progression and the XP system lacking

• Cary Hardy is flabbergasted at how fast the gameplay looks

• Don’s Pinball Podcast says he gets Godfather vibes

• Pinball Party Podcast gives an enthusiastic breakdown of game features and code

• Flip N Out With Friends does a super detailed analysis (2+ hours!) with lead programmer Dwight Sullivan in chat

• Johnny Pinball does an entertaining and humorous visual breakdown of the game

Multimorphic July 2023 Update

The update covered the following:

• They have reached their staffing goals which will reduce production times

• Lead time on new machine orders has come down to 6 months

• Game kit orders have little to no wait except for Final Resistance

• Final Resistance modules are still waiting on parts and won’t start shipping for another couple weeks

• The 1.0.0 code for Final Resistance is in testing right now

Check out the full update

Become Queen of the High Seas; Black Rose Pinball Tutorial

Learn how to play another game from the Brian Eddy catalog, 1992’s Bally Black Rose with this detailed gameplay tutorial from James McFatter and Kineticist.

Read here: Black Rose Pinball Tutorial

Odds & Evens

• Vermont’s Pinball Co-Op completes an expansion

• Check out the pinball machines at one of Google’s offices

• But Why Tho interviews Stern’s Head of Marketing Zach Sharpe about Venom

Make sure to check out the Latest Games and Rumors page.

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