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This may sound off-key coming from the guy who nominated the 12th edition of annual sports franchise for overall GOTY last year. But I'm inclined to say "None of the above," this year. I prefer for these honors to truly mean the game, at minimum, was the best at what it did. This year's big games, nearly all of them sequels, seem to arrive at that point more out of incumbency and the expectation that they would be a game of the year nominee. More »
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Should you be worthy or willing to spend 800 Microsoft points / $9.99 next week, this Thor table and more shall be yours when Zen Studio releases the Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue pack on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. More »
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A year and a month ago I sat in a hotel room in Anaheim, California, telling the folks from Zen Studios how much their Marvel Pinball series for Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network needed a healthy dose of the fist of Khonshu. I don't recall making a pact for my firstborn, but if I did I'll totally honor it. More »
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Today Zen Studios revealed that X-Men will be the latest entry in its Vengeance & Virtue series of Marvel-themed tables for Pinball FX2, joining Ghost Rider. More »
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Johnny Blaze, the subject of the upcoming live-action sequel starring Nicholas Cage's hair, is the next Marvel superhero to get the Pinball FX 2 treatment, but what virtuous secret is he hiding? More »
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Diehard pinballers looking for another couple thou or so on their Wizard Score in Pinball FX2 can pick up another table on Oct. 12, developer Zen Studios just announced. "Sorcerer's Lair," an all-original table, will release then, promising "a gothic world of mystery, ghosts and ginormous spiders!" The table offers six missions. More »
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The makers of the popular Zen Pinball series on PlayStation Network and the Pinball FX 2 series on Xbox Live Arcade will bring the silver ball to the 3DS with Zen Pinball 3D, a downloadable title releasing this fall on the Nintendo eShop. More »
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Although known primarily for its Marvel Comics tables, the pinball simulator Pinball FX 2 has other crossovers, like Rocky & Bullwinkle and Street Fighter. The game's latest team-up is with Twisted Pixel's Ms. 'Splosion Man, and it is available Aug. 31. More »
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Back in July, FX Pinball 2 creator Zen Studios revealed that Twisted Pixel's Ms. 'Splosion Man would supply the theme for the next table for the pinball simulator. Six fresh screens of that went out today. More »
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The well received Marvel series of tables for the acclaimed pinball simulator Pinball FX 2 will be getting another set of four tables by winter, and also will expand to other platforms in 2012. More »
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A new table for Zen Studios' awesome Xbox Live Arcade title Pinball FX is always a happy occasion, and that happiness is only multiplied when the new table is a Street Fighter table. The Super Street Fighter II Turbo table for Pinball FX not only features the likenesses of your favorite World Warriors, but original music and sound from the game as well. Fight with Chun-Li, Ryu, Ken, and Guile against the evil forces of Sagat, Evil Ryu, Vega, Balrog, and M. Bison. Expect all of the in-game challenges and special events you've come to expect from Pinball FX, with special shots, animated punches, special moves, and kicks...except of course from Balrog, who never learned kicking. More »
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Zen Studios, hard at work on the Rocky & Bullwinkle game for Xbox Live Arcade, decided to pay the prolific cartoon pairing homage in their first XBLA title, Pinball FX. Available now for 200 Microsoft, the Rocky & Bullwinkle table may not be the Data East original, but it is a damn fine table in its own right, filled with ramps, mini-games, and of course, Rocky, Bullwinkle, and friends. You'll see Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale, Dudley Do-Right and Nell, and my personal favorites, Mister Peabody and Sherman. The table does feature some questionable music, but the sound clips from the original show balance things out. All of this, packed inside one of the best damn console pinball engines ever created. Now here's something you'll really like - a press release! More »
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For those who haven't tried it, Zen Studios' Pinball FX is a pretty spectacular little pinball game on Xbox Live Arcade. While virtual pinball physics may never be perfect, the graphics are beautiful and you can actually follow the action through a few decent camera angles. The only real issue I have with it is the lack of levels. Starting this Halloween, Pinball FX will be offering a free level on XBLA called Buccaneer. We were excited that it might be a spooky Halloween-themed pack at first, but buccaneers are a close second in our hearts. More »
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Ever since I was a young boy I played the silver ball. While I've never been to Soho or Brighton, I must have played more than my fair share of pinball machines before the bleeps and bloops of video games stole me away. Still pinball is never far from my heart, which explains my excitement over Pinball FX, the new Xbox Live Arcade game from Zen Studios. More »
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