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The 2025 TWIPY Pinball Awards: Full Winners and Recap

The 2025 TWIPYs looked nothing like the eight shows before it. Seven categories, no sponsors, four arcades, and real conversations with the people who make the games. Here are the winners and what happened.

Colin Alsheimer

February 18, 2026

Melvin Williams Joins American Pinball as Creative Director

Melvin Williams has been named Creative Director of American Pinball, just over a week after splitting from Dutch Pinball. Here's what it means and why the history is wilder than you'd think.

Colin Alsheimer

February 17, 2026

Stern Pinball Reveals Pokemon Pinball

Stern Pinball has revealed their next cornerstone title, and it's the one everybody's been waiting for: Pokemon.

Colin Alsheimer

February 13, 2026

RUMOR: Dutch Pinball Partnering with Stern Pinball to Produce Back to the Future

Back to the Future might still be happening — and it could be coming alongside a major international partnership.

Colin Alsheimer

February 13, 2026

The Pinball Bet

The Pinball Capital of the World doesn't have a world-class place to play. Francis Wisniewski thinks he can fix that.

Colin Alsheimer

February 10, 2026

Dutch Pinball Exclusive (DPX) Is No More

DPX is shutting down and Melvin Williams is out at Dutch Pinball. Here's what we know and what it means for Alice owners.

Colin Alsheimer

February 9, 2026

The Score Card: States & Starfighters

The 2026 competitive pinball season is officially underway. We've got the complete list of IFPA State and Provincial Championship winners — plus the first Stern Pro Circuit results of the year from the Starfighters Pinball Festival.

Matt Owen

February 4, 2026

American Pinball Partners with Planetary Pinball Supply to Produce Classic Williams and Bally Games

American Pinball is getting into the classics business—and they're not just doing straight remakes.

Colin Alsheimer

January 26, 2026

IFPA Announces Updates to Mission Statement & Leadership Team

Three new members join the IFPA leadership team, the mission statement gets a complete rewrite, and the organization commits to new TD resources and continuing the Women's Championship series.

Colin Alsheimer

January 23, 2026

14 Questions with American Pinball President Ron Lindeman

Ron Lindeman answers questions on the JB Vincent LP acquisition, what's next for product development, and how American Pinball plans to rebuild trust.

Colin Alsheimer

January 16, 2026

American Pinball Under New Ownership

American Pinball and Orbit Games were officially acquired by JB Vincent L.P. Here are all the details we know so far.

Colin Alsheimer

January 15, 2026

Is IPDB Dying? Visualizing the Slow Death of a Pinball Institution

IPDB.org has been the pinball community's go-to database for over two decades. But the data tells a troubling story: database updates are down 93% since 2020, 71% of major pinball releases since 2020 are missing entirely, and search visibility has collapsed.

Colin Alsheimer

January 8, 2026

A Chat with Pinball Prodigy Sterling Mitoska

On the surface, Sterling Mitoska is your average teenager, that is, until he starts playing pinball.

Matt Owen

January 8, 2026

RUMOR: A Young Guns Pinball is Coming Soon from Barrels of Fun

Colin Alsheimer

January 8, 2026

TWIPYs 2025: Voting Open Now

It’s time! 2025 TWIPY pinball awards voting is officially open.

Colin Alsheimer

January 6, 2026

The Best Pinball Machines of 2025 Ranked

The best pinball machines of 2025 wowed us with their innovation, fine-tuned flow, and excellent layouts, producing some truly standout experiences. In celebration of this year's best release, I've whipped up a list of the best pinball machines of 2025.

Matt Owen

December 29, 2025

The Score Card: Season's Endings

On this edition of The Score Card, we're recapping the final SPC tournaments of the year, jumping from Florida's biggest arcade expo to a cozy convention in Ohio, before crossing the finish at a beloved arcade in Illinois.

Matt Owen

December 18, 2025