Good morning everyone. Happy Christmas.
I’m going to be going with even more short-form articles than normal this week as I juggle family holiday fun and the website.
Today I bring you rumors about Stern Pinball. For a while, there was some debate about whether Stern’s next pinball machine would be based on Pokemon or Transformers the cartoon. Recent interviews either Stern’s George Gomes seem to indicate that Pokemon is coming first.
If Pokemon is indeed next, look for it to make its first public appearance at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show, which takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 6th through the 8th. The game’s design was started by Jack Danger and finished by George Gomez with code by Tanio Klyce.
Stern’s second game of 2026 will likely be the aforementioned Transformers the cartoon. Transformers rumored to be designed by Elliot Eisman with code by Elisabeth Geiske. a Hasbro artist is supposedly doing the art for the game. The license is said to include all of the Autobots and Decepticons. Word is that the game is really good and contains cool mechs.
Beyond that, look for a Fallout pin later in 2026 by Keith Elwin and another Remastered game, strongly rumored to be AC/DC.