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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Granted, this is only a bunch of dudes talking over Twitter, but these dudes are ones who work on Pinball FX 2 and Archer, and both seem to favour the idea of creating a virtual pinball table for the outrageously funny espionage spoof.
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 honours 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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
