The Switch's Screen Is Great For Pinball
Zen Studios’ Pinball FX 3 might not look as good on the Switch as it does on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, but neither of them play the long game like this.
Pinball FX 3 gives Zen Studios pinball fans a very good reason to return to their old tables. Every table in the free-to-download game features unlockable upgrades and special abilities, which help players master mechanics and rack up higher scores. The call of “one more game” is very hard to resist.
After Ratings Problem, Golf Game Returns To Switch, Minus The Sexy Demon Art
In early August, Zen Studios’ latest game, Infinite Minigolf, was removed from the Nintendo Switch eShop following a sudden shift in the game’s rating from E for Everyone to T for Teen. The racy artwork responsible for the shift is now gone, and the game is finally back up for sale.
Switch Game Pulled From Eshop Due To Ratings Problem [Update]
Released on Nintendo Switch on July 28, the mostly harmless Infinite Minigolf was pulled from the console’s online shop on August 10 due to an unexpected change to its ESRB rating. Zen Studios says the change was due to a poster on the wall in the game’s “Giant House” level. I’m pretty sure we’ve figured out which…
Skyrim, Fallout And Doom Make For Three Very Cool Pinball Tables
Zen Studios’ pinball platforms are getting a trio of tables based on Bethesda’s greatest hits next week. We got our hands on the Doom, Skyrim and Fallout tables ahead of time, and they do the games proud.
Aliens Is Not Nearly As Scary In Pinball FormÂ
The movie Aliens scared me almost as much as the first film back when I was a kid. Alien Vs. Predator wasn’t so bad as I was much older and immune to fear, at least until Alien: Isolation proved otherwise. Now all three are digital pinball tables. These I can handle.
Rey Gets Premium Placement On The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Pinball Table
The Force Awakens’ biggest star didn’t make it into the Monopoly set and toys are few and far between, but look how much love Rey is getting in the upcoming Episode VII pinball table from Zen Studios.
Five Minutes With The Aperture Science Heuristic Portal Pinball Device
Because Aperture Science would never release something as plebeian as a pinball table.
Portal pinball? Count me in. Then out. Then in, but from a different place. Detailed over at the PlayStation Blog, Valve’s first-person puzzler is getting the silver ball treatment the week on May 25 across all Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX 2 platforms. Expect to Chell out $2.99 on consoles and $1.99 on portables for…
Xbox One Pinball Game Delayed For A Damn Good Reason
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.
There's Good News And Bad News About Pinball FX2 For The Xbox One
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.
Tilt? The Walking Dead Pinball Will Remember That.
When Telltale Games' PR director teased a surprise announcement via Twitter yesterday, my fellow Kotaku writers and I compiled a list of potential game reveals. Nowhere on that list was a The Walking Dead pinball table from Zen Studios.
Zen Pinball 2 Flips Onto PS4 This Month
Zen Studios continues its never-ending quest to put pinball on everything capable of playing it with the December 17 release of Zen Pinball 2 for the PlayStation 4, with free tables for previous purchasers and a little something strange.
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.
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.
Beating People To Music Is One Way To Appreciate It
Zen Studios' KickBeat hit the PlayStation Network for Vita and PS3 this week, giving me a chance to kick Celldweller's ass, at least in spirit.
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.
Zen Pinball 2 at last arrives for Wii U on Thursday. The Marvel tables are available, but not the new Star Wars series.
This Star Wars Pinball Adaptation is a Tour de Force
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.
Star Wars Pinball Launches Next Week on Five Different Platforms
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.
