You may have seen the announcement for Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles a few weeks ago, but it just so happens we have something extra special in store for PlayStation fans – Zen Pinball 2 is on the way, packed full of new features and all sorts of awesome bonuses, and it will release in conjunction with the new Marvel pack!
We have been listening to all of your feedback and have included many, many of your ideas into what is our most advanced and sophisticated pinball platform yet! There has been strong focus on keeping the community together, bringing all of your pinball tables under one roof, and then connecting the games across PS3 and Vita. If you are a pinball fan, this will be the ultimate pinball experience on PlayStation!
So, how will all of this work if you have purchased Zen Pinball or Marvel Pinball and any DLC? It’s going to be super easy! When Zen Pinball 2 releases, you will simply need to download and install a game update, and your game will be updated FREE of charge. All of your tables will appear in one location, they will have received updated ball physics and graphics, new trophies and a much deeper social experience including in game notifications, friend challenges and even posting scores to Facebook. This free update is our way of saying THANK YOU for supporting Zen Studios and allowing us to continue work on the game we love so much.
For those of you who are new to the game, Zen Pinball 2 will be a free platform download with trials available for every table. Simply download Zen Pinball 2, and you will have access to an amazing library of pinball tables including the brand new Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles pack, featuring tables based on Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ Movie, ‘World War Hulk,’ ‘Fear Itself,’ and ‘The Infinity Gauntlet.’ Here is a glimpse of the brand new, redesigned Zen Pinball 2 dashboard, showing how the tables will be presented.
I know you are all wondering about cross platform purchases. We are happy to announce that all content purchased for Zen Pinball 2 will playable on PlayStation 3 and PS Vita at no extra charge! You can enjoy the game at home on the couch and then take it with you on the go without having to pay twice.
There are a bunch of new features available in Zen Pinball 2, such as in game scoring notifications, friend challenges, posting scores to Facebook and amazing stereoscopic 3D. We have spent serious time perfecting this game and polishing every little aspect!
When you add it all up, there will be TWENTY SIX different pinball tables available day one for Zen Pinball 2! We will continue to support the game with regular DLC, and we have new brands that we are developing tables around, including a pinball table based on one of PopCap’s most popular franchises, and we have a ton of ideas for original designs.
Thanks for three fantastic years of support for Zen Pinball! We are looking forward to the next chapter with Zen Pinball 2.
Ok, sorry if this has been addressed (tried to search on the comments, but didn’t see anyone else ask), will the game saves be transferable between the PS3 and the PS Vita versions?
Oh, also wanted to say how much I love Zen Pinball. It’s remained one of my favorite games on PS3 since I picked mine up in 2009. Thanks for doing such a great job with these games; it will be awesome to enjoy them on my PS Vita!
Probably a day one purchase…i’ll go out and buy a 20$ card…. can you tell us any Psplus deals we can expect?
This is so amazing, all my tables under one roof and the same tables accessible on my Vita :D:D:D I can’t wait to play them on that gorgeous screen, having the Tesla and Eldorado with me at all time is a dream come true. I’ve purchased almost every table on PSN be it either Zen or Marvel Pinball. You guys are among my favourite developers and I always make sure to leave a couple bucks in my PSN wallet so I can buy whatever new tables you put out. You have had me as a fan since you came to PSN and with moves like this you will continue to be in my heart… and my wallet :P
Oh and teasing a PopCap table has me super excited.
Yay for updated physics!
Besides trophies, will may game saves be converted? meaning basically, my high scores? Also, will each table have there own save file file, like currently? because 26 different save files really kills my cloud storage with my ps+. You guy’s are so awesome that I still do it, but I think it’d be nice if if my pinball tables (I’ve purchased everyone so far, my own cash, not using ps+ discount) were only consuming one or two percent of my cloud saves, not twenty-five percent.
Will there be portrait mode on the ps3? (not joking, I’d like to see someone build a pinball cabinet for your games)
Looking at PopCap games, can anyone even imagine a Bejeweled table? Peggle or Zuma? Bookworm? Insaniquarium? It pretty much has to be PvZ.
We are still working out details with file saving and how that will work. I will be sure those details are mentioned in a future blog post (lots of people interested in those details).
There is a portrait mode for Vita, not sure about PS3 yet.
You will be excited about the PopCap table:)