PlayStation

Pinball Table Transforms The Avengers Into Six Shiny Spheres

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.


April 5, 2012
PlayStation

Marvel Pinball Tries To Control The Raging Spirit That Dwells In World War Hulk

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.


December 16, 2011
PlayStation

Should You Buy Marvel Pinball: Vengeance And Virtue? Yes.

Zen Studios’ pinball renaissance on the Xbox 360 and PS3 is one of the best values in downloadable gaming on consoles this past year. Never better than when it’s handling licensed tables — the kind you always wished you got at the arcades of your misspent youth — Zen returned this week with another four in its Marvel Pinball suite.


December 6, 2011
In Real Life

Whosoever Holds This Pinball Table Shall Possess The Power Of Thor

Should you be worthy or willing to spend 800 Microsoft points 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.


November 11, 2011
PlayStation

A Moon Knight Pinball Table? I’m Mailing Zen Studios My Babies

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 honour it.


October 27, 2011
Xbox

Reminder: Free Pinball FX 2 Table Available Now

If you have Pinball FX 2, a new table is available today through to next Wednesday for free. If you don’t have Pinball FX 2, the base application is free and, again, so is the table that is free through next Wednesday. Paranormal is its name.


September 21, 2011
Nintendo

Zen Pinball 3D Coming To 3DS Via Nintendo eShop

The makers of the popular Pinball FX 2 series on Xbox Live Arcade will bring the silver ball to the 3DS with Zen Pinball 3D, a downloadable title releasing later this year on the Nintendo eShop.


August 25, 2011
Xbox

Ms. ‘Splosion Man Crosses Over With FX Pinball 2 Next Week

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 August 31.


August 12, 2011
News

Six Shots Of Pinball FX 2′s Next Table, Ms. ‘Splosion Man

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.


July 31, 2011
In Real Life

Marvel Pinball Offers Prizes In Spider-Man Tourney

A while ago, Stephen Totilo introduced me to the concept of a “chaser” – a downloadable title played to take a break after a session on a serious, narrative-based game or in a long stretch of multiplayer. The Marvel Pinball tables in Pinball FX 2have been my chaser of choice for the past few months. They’re also a great gaming experience unto themselves.