Pinball FX News

Dear Pinball Fans,

The weekly sales are back with amazing opportunities to expand your pinball collection. Lets see the details!

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Go big or go extinct on Pacific Rim Pinball! Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse!


- Strengthen the link between Raleigh and Mako by shooting the correct lanes in succession
- Drift with a Kaiju and uncover their secrets by hitting the bumpers
- Follow the General’s plan and navigate through deep waters to reach the Breach
- Overload the reactor of Gipsy Danger and lock your balls in the Core Lane for big points in Wizard Mode

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2351798?utm_source=steamnews

Delve into the shadows of the big city, explore ancient, secret tombs and hunt for treasure in the Secrets and Shadows Pack. Hone your pinball skills with updated graphics, gorgeous digital displays replacing the Dot Matrix and climb to the top of the leaderboards.



Have fun and see you on the top of the leaderboards!

Hey Pinball Fans,

Get ready to shake up your play with this 1989 Williams masterpiece! Assume the role of an earthquake researcher and visit various zones along the California-Nevada border.

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Earthshaker!™️ is the first table to be revealed from the upcoming Williams™️ Pinball Volume 8 pack coming later this year.



Get ready, as two more Williams tables will be announced as part of the pack.

See you on the top of the leaderboards!

Dear Pinball Fans!

We are excited to share that 2 million players have flipped, bumped, and rolled in Pinball FX! From all of us at Zen, THANK YOU to every pinball fan who helped us reach this milestone. For this occasion, we are launching a series of activities in Pinball FX until September 22!



Log into the game to claim an exclusive celebratory figure and carpet for your PinHall! Make it stand out with this amazing memorabilia only available during this event. You can get it by clicking on their news tile in the bottom right and they will appear in the "Zen Originals" PinHall collection!

We are also launching a FREE Grand Tournament on Grimm Tales where you can all participate for a special event cup. Survive your own fairy tale and relive seven of the Brothers Grimm's most classic stories.



Besides Grimm Tales, enjoy a series of free events until September 22. We are launching free challenges on more than 15 different tables on the Events tab, so get ready for the biggest pinball party of your life!

We are extremely grateful to every pinball fan out there. Thank you for being part of our wonderful community!

Dear Pinball Fans,

We released a hotfix for Pinball FX to address some general bugs that appeared after the patch with fixes for The Princess Bride Pinball table. Enjoy!

General:

• Fixed an issue when scrolling didn’t work in the “My Tables” menu after switching categories
  
• Fixed an issue where the tutorial windows appeared outside the screen
  

The Princess Bride Pinball

• Fixed an issue where the ball could get stuck between the right ramp and the spin-disk
  
• Increased the volume of the Jackpot callouts
  
• Adjusted display texts for German localization
  
• Fixed a minor display error, where the Kiss Mode’s display animations didn’t end at ball out
  
• Balanced the sound of voice-overs
  
• Limited the number of ball save voice-overs during multiball
  
• Fixed the multiball kick out so balls won’t bounce towards the left outlane
  
• Adjusted the full power ball launch, so that it won’t result in a drain
  
• Fixed a display text overlap after the “Game Over” sign
  

Bear with us, as we will come up with something huge in the upcoming weeks!

A new patch is available for Pinball FX that should address multiple issues reported by our wonderful community! Let’s take a look at this (quite impressive) list:

[h2]Tables added[/h2]

• The Princess Bride Pinball
  
• Goat Simulator Pinball
  

[h2]New Features and Improvements[/h2]

Added 4 new Questlines

• Gearbox® Pinball Questline
  
• Universal Pinball: TV Classics Questline
  
• Williams™ Volume 4 Questline
  
• Williams™ Volume 5 Questline
  

Pinball FX is now Steam Deck Compatible
Event scores will now register to the general leaderboards
UI update for PinHall, Questlines, and Tournament creation screens
Improved the start-up loading time speeds
• Fixed a bug when plunging the table wasn’t available with the down arrow key on Williams tables
  
• Fixed an issue where system achievements didn’t unlock in cabinet mode
  

[h2]Table Fixes[/h2]

Borderlands®: Vault Hunter Pinball

• Adjusted the nudge strength
  

Godzilla Pinball

• Fixed an issue when the ball could get stuck in the kickback
  
• Adjusted the sensitivity of the Vortex Saucer
  

Knight Rider Pinball

• Fixed a typo on the display ("Competitions")
  
• Fixed multiple issues on the display
  

Xena: Warrior Princess Pinball

• Adjusted the auto-lanch strength to prevent ball drains
  
• Adjusted the Tavern kick out to prevent the ball bouncing on the top of the left slingshot
  

Brothers in Arms®: Win the War Pinball

• The challenge timer will now stop when inactive gameplay is happening (mission select etc.)
  

White Water™

• Fixed an issue where the ball can get stuck after a center shot (occurred below 60 fps)
  
• Fixed the plunger sound effect
  
• The table received further physics polishments for a better gameplay experience
  

Hurricane™

• Fixed the plunger sound effect
  
• Fixed an issue when the ball didn’t get into the plunger lane after quickly skipping the intro camera
  
• Fixed an issue when the challenge timer could run when the wheel spins
  

World Cup Soccer

• Fixed the plunger sound effect
  

Tales of the Arabian Nights™

• Fixed an issue where the fireball enhancement was missing
  
• The magic carpet animation now works properly when extra ball is claimed
  

FunHouse™

• Added the missing blue balloon on the plastic under Rudy’s head
  
• Fixed an issue when the game could end before the timer runs out in challenges
  
• The plunger string is now properly animated
  

Battlestar Galactica Pinball

• Fixed an issue when texts overlapped during multiball
  

Red and Ted's Road Show™

• Adjusted the power of the auto-launch to prevent exploits during challenges
  
• The ball can no longer get stuck on the right ramp
  

Cirqus Voltaire™

• Adjusted the lighting on the Ringmaster
  
• Fixed an issue where the ball trail could disappear when moving over the Boom playfield element
  
• Well, we fixed this problem: When you get a sneak ball lock and lock up to two balls, but then lose the ball, further attempts to lock balls will break the table logic
  

No Good Gofers™

• The timer during challenges will stop during the ball lock mechanism
  

Steam Deck Related

• Fixed issues on Pinball Noir and Knight Rider Pinball that resulted in problems on the Steam Deck