Zen Studios upgrades its various pinball platforms this week with a tables based on the animated Christmas card that refused to die: South Park: Super-Sweet Pinball and Butters' Very Own Pinball Game. Awww, Butters. » 10/13/14 10:40am 10/13/14 10:40am

Originally slated for release on July 31, Zen Studios' Pinball FX2 for the Xbox One has been pushed back into August in order to implement changes need to allow players to import tables they've already purchased on the Xbox 360. Thank goodness. » 7/30/14 1:30pm 7/30/14 1:30pm

The good news — the world's premiere digital pinball platform is coming to the Xbox One on July 31. The bad news — players will have to repurchase all of the Pinball FX2 tables they've already bought for the Xbox 360. » 7/16/14 12:13pm 7/16/14 12:13pm

By the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak! Doctor Strange is getting a Marvel Pinball table! I bet you thought I was going to say "By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!" Well, I'll leave it to Zen Studios to deliver the iconic line in this trailer for its 16th table in the series; it arrives in December. » 10/13/13 1:30pm 10/13/13 1:30pm

What Do You Get When You Combine a Speeder Bike and a Pinball Table? You get a rather slick sub-level in Return of the Jedi, (at 1:00 of this gameplay video) due sometime this fall in the next set of three tables for Zen Studios' Star Wars Pinball. » 9/24/13 11:00am 9/24/13 11:00am

The second triology of Star Wars tables for Pinball FX 2 and Star Wars Pinball begins with Darth Vader. Not the Midichlorian-rich little boy Darth Vader, but full-on, James Earl Jones-talking, force-choking, 25-sandwich-a-day-eating Darth "Motherf***ing" Vader. That's how you start a second trilogy. » 9/10/13 10:40am 9/10/13 10:40am

Zen Studios brings its pinball platform to Steam on May 10, with a free download for Pinball FX 2 and six expansion packs priced at $9.99 each — Star Wars, Marvel, Marvel: Vengeance and Virtue, Marvel: Avengers Chronicles, the Pinball FX2 Core Collection and Zen Classics. » 5/03/13 10:36am 5/03/13 10:36am

E3 is never a time for social calls. It's nonstop work. Last June, the only developer I met with outside the walls of the L.A. Convention Center was over drinks with Zen Studios' U.S. staff at the J.W. Marriott. » 2/26/13 6:00pm 2/26/13 6:00pm

This is Boba Fett, one of the tables in Zen's Star Wars Pinball series, which starts rolling out on Tuesday. » 2/23/13 1:00pm 2/23/13 1:00pm

Star Wars Pinball's first three tables—The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett and The Clone Wars—will release next week on a slew of mobile and console platforms. Pricing and release dates are different for all of them, so pay close attention. » 2/19/13 9:47am 2/19/13 9:47am

Here's video of the Empire Strikes Back table for Zen's Star Wars Pinball series. A look at Boba Fett comes next week. » 2/13/13 11:12am 2/13/13 11:12am

When Zen Studios went to Lucasarts about a year ago, they offered a straightforward pitch for a series of Star Wars-themed pinball tables. OK, here's the Original Trilogy pack: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi. OK, now here are the three prequels ... » 2/05/13 3:30pm 2/05/13 3:30pm

Zen Pinball's Wii U release is delayed "until January." Sorry. Thirteen tables will be available when it does arrive. » 12/30/12 1:00pm 12/30/12 1:00pm

Zen Studios' hugely successful pinball simulation lands on its third console, the Wii U, later this month via the Wii U eShop. The game will incorporate features specific to the Wii U's GamePad, which includes controlling the plunger on the touchscreen, cycling through information displayed on the table's dot-matrix… » 12/05/12 8:30pm 12/05/12 8:30pm

Zen Pinball's productive relationship with Marvel Entertainment has delivered 14 virtual tables to Pinball FX2 on the Xbox 360 and Marvel Pinball on the PS3, as well as on mobile devices. There's going to be a 15th table coming up soon: "Civil War," taken from the 2006 crossover continuity pitting Captain America… » 10/13/12 2:00pm 10/13/12 2:00pm

At PAX today, Zen Studios said the next table in its acclaimed pinball lineup will be Plants vs. Zombies, licensed from PopCap, makers of the tower-defense hit. » 8/31/12 3:30pm 8/31/12 3:30pm

After teasing us like an after credits scene at a Marvel movie for ages, Zen Studios prepares to unleash four Avengers-themed pinball tables in Marvel Pinball and Pinball FX 2 next week. Let's celebrate with Thanos, the most glove-obsessed superpower in the universe. » 6/11/12 9:30am 6/11/12 9:30am

I was going to headline this article "You've Seen the Avengers, Now Play With Their Balls", but decided to be the better man, at least for a few seconds. Funny, I would have thought the Hulk's would be bigger. » 5/04/12 9:30am 5/04/12 9:30am

Revealed about three weeks ago, Avengers Chronicles is the next series of tables that Zen Studios is making for its Marvel Pinball and Pinball FX 2 downloadable games on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, respectively. Here's the first trailer for one of those tables, World War Hulk. » 4/04/12 9:30pm 4/04/12 9:30pm

Coming soon to Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball platforms everywhere,. Epic Quest is a pinball table that merges the science of the silver ball with the loot gathering, experience points, and leveling of a role-playing game. How dangerous is that concept? » 2/02/12 10:00am 2/02/12 10:00am