What happens when you combine the expected quality of a Zen Studios-designed pinball table with RPG elements, such as monster battles, gaining experience, and finding loot? The combination may sound a bit strange, but the outcome is far from it. In fact, Epic Quest is one of the best- and most original-...

The Vengeance and Virtue downloadable content package adds four new tables to Pinball FX2 for the Xbox 360 and to Marvel Pinball for the PlayStation 3, capping what’s been a successful year for Zen Studios in delivering pinball to the masses. The tables in this package are challenging and sky-high...

Zen Studios’ latest downloadable addition to its Pinball FX2 collection is a table that will look familiar to players who have Zen Pinball for the PlayStation 3. Sorcerer’s Lair is themed around magic, the supernatural, and a general spooky theme that’s a perfect complement to the approach...

Zen Studios deserves a lot of credit for bringing pinball back to the fold of interactive entertainment. When the era of arcades gave way to video game consoles, it was easy for players to forget about pinball. High scores became secondary to “beating” games and players have gradually come to...

Digital distribution, at least from personal experience, is a double-edged sword. While it’s certainly convenient to just buy games on demand from the comfort of your own home, cutting out a trip to a local retail store, there are still many of things about this new medium of buying games that should...

Rockstar revealed some important details on Wednesday regarding the latest expansion for Grand Theft Auto IV. The Ballad of Gay Tony will become available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace on October 29th and will run users 1600 Microsoft Points– or $20USD. Just like the last DLC expansion,...

2K Sports today took the wraps off of Baseball Blast!, a Wii-exclusive baseball-themed minigame collection. Bob Uecker and former MLB pitcher-turned-broadcast analyst Rob Dibble call the action as players will test their skills in a series of MLB-themed activities ranging from trivia challenges, to...

Before you think about putting Call of Duty: World at War away or trading it in towards Modern Warfare 2, Activision is giving you a reason to keep playing with the announcement of Map Pack #3. This new DLC will deliver three new maps for multiplayer skirmishes, named Battery, Revolution, and Breach. These...

For those of you Wii owners who might not have noticed, there’s an option to update the firmware for the console to version 4.1 as of Thursday morning. The details of the update are rather nebulous, if you read the message that Nintendo sent accompanying the update reminder: This update provides...

It was less than a year ago when a wise (and good looking – ed.) writer opined on this very site about the possible ramifications of the recession-laden economy on the gaming industry. Since then, we’ve seen some notable mergers and closures within the ranks or publishers and developers, and...