STERN ANNOUNCES FOO FIGHTERS

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STERN ANNOUNCES FOO FIGHTERS
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Stern Pinball have today formally announced their new Foo Fighters cornerstone release.

Designed by Jack Danger with art by Jeremy Packer (a.k.a. Zombie Yeti), there are the familiar Pro, Premium and Limited Edition versions available.

The Pro model was previewed in an e-mail sent out by the band earlier today in which they gave details of their upcoming tour dates.


The left side of the Pro model

The front of the Pro model

The playfield from the Pro model

The right of the Pro model

The playfield from the Pro model

The flipper area on the Pro model

The lower left of the Pro’s playfield

The lower right of the Pro’s playfield

The progress inserts

The central Overlord feature

The ball lock under the Overlord

A three-bank of drop targets with a single standup target behind

The captive ball area

The left wireform travels behind a back panel plastic

The top of the right ramp

The right ramp entrance

Pictures and details are still coming in, so we will be working hard to keep adding more and more to this article.

After three days of teasing with videos and a playlist of music tracks, the full reveal began today, with a small number of Limited Edition models going on sale at 11am Central Time through the company’s web shop for paying All-Access members of their Insider Connected programme.

Stern had already release the list of fifteen tracks included in the game. They are:

• Everlong
• Times Like These
• Breakout
• Learn To Fly
• I’ll Stick Around
• This Is A Call
• Walk
• Holding Poison
• All My Life
• The Pretender
• Something From Nothing
• Monkey Wrench
• Run
• My Hero
• Best Of You

Stern have added some promotional videos for their new title.

Here’s how Stern Pinball announced their Foo Fighters game:

Stern Pinball, Inc. unleashes a new line of pinball machines celebrating and created in cooperation with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2021 inductees Foo Fighters. The Foo Fighters pinball machines are available in Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition (LE) models. Foo Fighters first stepped onto the world stage in 1995 with their classic self-titled debut album. Over the course of their career, the band has released 10 studio albums, amassed over 32 million records sold worldwide, won 15 Grammy Awards, were recipients of the first-ever MTV “Global Icon” award, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021. One of the biggest headliners on the global stadium, arena and festival circuits, their music will soon begin filling gamerooms and entertainment locations in pinball form. Stern’s Foo Fighters machines bring the Foo Fighters concert experience home as players are immersed in an epic pinball adventure featuring 15 iconic songs spanning the band’s expansive catalog, including All My Life, Best of You, Breakout, Everlong, Holding Poison, I’ll Stick Around, Learn to Fly, Monkey Wrench, My Hero, Run, Something from Nothing, The Pretender, This is a Call, Times Like These, and Walk. More than two years in the making and with creative input from the band’s own Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Rami Jaffee, and the late, great Taylor Hawkins, Stern’s Foo Fighters is a top-shelf pinball machine—and so much more. An entire new universe has been developed with jaw-dropping hand-drawn artwork and custom animations including “Foo Fighters Saturday Morning Action Time!”—a fictional TV series chronicling the band’s quest to save rock and roll… AND THE WORLD! Join Foo Fighters on this rescue mission to thwart the evil, mysterious alien Overlord and his army of bots. Search the Area 51 upper playfield to break into and unleash pinball chaos. Jump in the van for a righteous tour of duty to save humanity from extinction and let rock rule! Foo Fighters pinball machines include Stern’s award-winning Insider Connected system, which enables players to interact with the game and a global network of players in a variety of ways. Through Insider Connected, players can track progress, earn new game-specific achievements, engage with the player community, and participate in promotions and Challenge Quests. Insider Connected also provides an operator-focused toolset to drive location play through Location Leaderboards, build player loyalty, analyze performance, make adjustments remotely, and maintain the machines. Registration for Insider Connected is available at insider.sternpinball.com/. Limited to 1,000 machines globally, the highly collectible Limited Edition includes the Expression Lighting System . With 96 intelligent RGB LEDs, the Expression Lighting System enables full color spectrum control. Positioned in pockets cut into the cabinet sides to provide color themed full playfield illumination, this integrated playfield lighting system is synchronized to custom light shows specifically designed for every song and dynamically responsive to game events. The LE version also includes an exclusive Rock-Battle inspired full-color mirrored backglass, exclusive full color high definition reflective foil decal cabinet artwork, custom high gloss Overlord green powder-coated pinball armor, a custom designer-autographed bottom arch, exclusive inside art blades, upgraded audio system, anti-reflection pinball playfield glass, shaker motor, a sequentially numbered plaque, and a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Stern Chairman Gary Stern and President & CEO Seth Davis. “Partnering with Foo Fighters, we created an entirely new pinball universe under the backdrop of incredible music. The energy from this unique, fast and flowing game design, choreographed with spectacular lightshows and stunning hand-drawn artwork has created the ultimate gaming experience,” said Seth Davis, President & CEO. “Get connected today and become a hero.”

We’ll be updating this article just as soon as we get more pictures and game information, plus there will be even more information about the different models announced over the next couple of days, so keep checking back here at Pinball News for all the latest updated information.

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