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  • CastleStorm Invades Every Digital Platform in the Gaming Kingdom

    CastleStorm Invades Every Digital Platform in the Gaming Kingdom

    Continuing to showcase its development chops beyond virtual pinball, Zen Studios is proud to present CastleStorm, “a medieval fusion of tower defense, real time strategy and 2D destruction.” That description couldn’t be any more dead on. Watching the game in action, I totally see a […]

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  • KickBeat Brings Breakdance Kung Fu to PlayStation Vita

    KickBeat Brings Breakdance Kung Fu to PlayStation Vita

    You may know and love Zen Studios for its awesome pinball games, but the enlightened development team straight out of Hungary is no one-trick pony. Zen’s next project, KickBeat, is more experimental in nature than the team’s previous works. The PlayStation Vita rhythm game is […]

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  • Zen Pinball 2 Comes to PS3 and PS Vita this Spring, Upgrade Free for Existing Zen/Marvel Pinballers

    Zen Pinball 2 Comes to PS3 and PS Vita this Spring, Upgrade Free for Existing Zen/Marvel Pinballers

    I’ve been playing Zen Pinball since its PlayStation Network debut in 2009, and I’d been playing its Xbox Live Arcade counterpart, Pinball FX, for two years before that. Pinball FX2 followed in 2010, bringing a unified platform for all past, current, and future content to […]

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  • Screenshot Saturday: PAX East 2012 Edition

    Screenshot Saturday: PAX East 2012 Edition

    PAX East rolled into Boston this weekend, so for our latest edition of Screenshot Saturday we’re taking a closer look at some of the show’s headline games as well as various other gameplay images that surfaced over the past handful or so days. Browse along […]

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  • Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles First Look

    Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles First Look

    Avengers Chronicles rocks Marvel Pinball with another four-table add-on pack this spring, launching as DLC for Pinball FX2 on XBLA and Marvel Pinball on PSN and as a standalone downloadable pinball pack for the PlayStation Vita. Zen Studios says these new tables will emphasize the […]

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  • Contest: Epic Quest PSN and XBLA Giveaway

    Contest: Epic Quest PSN and XBLA Giveaway

    If you’re a regular reader here, I know what you’ve probably been wondering the past couple months: “Hey VGBlogger, when’s the next giveaway?” Yeah, I know, it’s been a while. Sorry about that. The holiday season was murder and early 2012 catch-up time has been […]

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  • Pinball FX2 and Zen Pinball Embark on an Epic Quest

    Pinball FX2 and Zen Pinball Embark on an Epic Quest

    You know, I didn’t think it could be humanly possible for Zen Studios’ pinball games to get any more addictive. Then Zen comes along and unveils Epic Quest. Seamlessly integrating into Zen Pinball (PSN, iOS, Android) and Pinball FX2 (XBLA), Epic Quest aims to harmoniously […]

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  • Review: Zen Pinball 3D

    Review: Zen Pinball 3D

    Inching ever closer to global video game pinball domination, this week Zen Studios, with one deft flipper flick, releases its first simulation pinballer for a Nintendo platform and the first of any kind for a dedicated portable gaming system since Flipper Critters. Zen Pinball 3D, […]

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  • Review: Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue

    Review: Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue

    With six Marvel superhero-themed tables already under their utility belts, Zen Studios doesn’t need to convince us any longer that comic books and pinball go together like Aurora and Northstar, to reach for a totally unnecessary Alpha Flight reference. In fact, at this point, it’s […]

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  • Thor Defends Asgard Marvel Pinball Style

    Thor Defends Asgard Marvel Pinball Style

    The fourth and final table in the upcoming Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue add-on has been revealed at long last. Thor, God of Thunder himself, is joining Moon Knight, Ghost Rider and the X-Men in Zen Studios’ $9.99/800 MS Point DLC table pack, now officially […]

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