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CastleStorm Besieges Xbox Live Arcade Next Week
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No CommentsThe war between Knights and Vikings rages next week when CastleStorm, the tower defense meets physics destruction genre mash-up from Zen Studios, makes its digital download debut at long last. May 29th is the official launch date, 800 MS Points is the price, and Xbox... -
Review: Star Wars Pinball – The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett and The Clone Wars
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No CommentsAs Yogurt the Wise, the All-powerful, and Magnificent said in Spaceballs, “Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money is made.” Of course this was Mel Brooks’ slight dig at how prevalent Star Wars merchandise was (and still is), mocking consumers by suggesting anything and everything could... -
Zen Studios Takes Pinball to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Posted on February 5, 2013 | No CommentsThink Zen Studios is running out of table ideas for its suite of digital download pinball games? Ha, think again! Zen’s next adventure in virtual orb flipping will take pinball wizards to the sci-fi universe of Star Wars. Yes, Star Wars! Star Wars Pinball will... -
Zen Pinball 2 Coming Soon to Wii U
Posted on December 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe Nintendo Wii U launch window lineup is about to get one digital game deeper thanks to an unexpected holiday treat from Zen Studios. Later this month, Zen Pinball 2 will make its debut on the Wii U eShop. Wii U owners will be able... -
Iron Man and Captain America Clash in a Marvel Pinball Civil War
Posted on October 13, 2012 | No CommentsAvengers allies and Marvel Pinball regulars Captain America and Iron Man are returning once more to the arena of flippers, ramps, and shiny steel orbs in the next downloadable table from Zen Studios. But this time the two superhero teammates aren’t playing so nice together.... -
VGB Feature: CastleStorm Q&A With Zen Studios Creative Director Neil Sorens
Posted on September 21, 2012 | No CommentsAnnounced earlier in the year just prior to E3, CastleStorm, alongside PlayStation Vita exclusive KickBeat, represents Zen Studios’ continued push to explore new development horizons beyond pinball. The castle vs. castle projectile war game, combining real-time tower defense strategy with the style of physics-based destruction... -
Review: Plants vs. Zombies Pinball
Posted on September 6, 2012 | 2 CommentsCasual plus casual equals—surprise!—several freaking lawns’ worth of casual in the new Plants Vs. Zombies downloadable table for Pinball FX2 and Zen Pinball 2, the result of a creative mashup between PopCap Games and Zen Studios, two of the most recognizable names in modern casual... -
Who’s Ready for Some 3D Solitaire?
Posted on July 31, 2012 | No CommentsThe pinball aficionados at Zen Studios are dealing out an addictive hand of solitaire this week on the Nintendo eShop. Come Thursday, August 2nd, $3 will bring the card game time-waster–and Matthew Brock’s favorite office obsession–to your Nintendo 3DS. Yes, solitaire in stereoscopic 3D, carrying... -
VGB Feature: KickBeat Q&A With Zen Studios Creative Director Neil Sorens
Posted on July 24, 2012 | No CommentsZen Studios is famous for its suite of pinball franchises (Zen Pinball, Pinball FX, Marvel Pinball), but the Hungarian development shop’s talents go much further than a mastery of silver metal ball physics and constructing the themed tables for the shiny orbs to ping and... -
Review: Marvel Pinball 3D
Posted on July 17, 2012 | 1 CommentIf the measure of a game’s success is defined by whether it makes you want more—as in more content, more sequels, more anything–then count the Nintendo 3DS port of Marvel Pinball as another score for Zen Studios. This isn’t quite the same Marvel Pinball you...
