Pinball FX site goes live, details and screen shots a plenty

Zen Studios have just launched the official game site for the upcoming XBLA Title Pinball FX. While the fact that Aaron Greenberg mentioned that we would be seeing a pinball title on the service back in May, not much has been known about the title. That is until now, the game will ship with 3 tables (more being available for download as DLC), and here's a look at them (click the thumbnail for the full shot):

 

The key feature list from the site is:

  • Live chat via the Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera
  • Three vibrant, 3-dimensional tables provide dozens of hours of play
  • State-of-the-art physics model that surpasses the best titles in the genre
  • Tables start out simple, but new challenges open up as a player’s skill advances
  • Flipper arms can be controlled with hand/arm motions via the Xbox 360
  • Live Vision camera
  • Downloadable tables on Xbox Live Marketplace
  • Real-time head-to-head mode for online multiplayer competition
  • Amazing realism and polished presentation

While most of the information is pretty much what you would expect from a pinball game, their is a bit of a surprise, vision camera support including more than just video chat. While many people who tried the pinball game in Totemball, will be quick to tell you that it's not quite optimal, remember that this is an optional way of playing the game, not mandatory. While we still don't know when the game will be out, it certainly looks like it's far along the development path.

[via NeoGaf forums]

 

Comments

Holy crap. If I'm reading
Holy crap. If I'm reading that first screenshot right, We will have 4 player simultaneous play over Live, with the players in a race to a pre-set number of points.... I'm all over that. I love pinball and could see myself working for hours upon hours to get to the top of the leader boards on each table...
That's great, it's a game
That's great, it's a game I've been looking forward to for ages.

By the way the official site, screenshots and all, has been live for several weeks, maybe even since before Christmas. Although it is confirmed, and MS have mentioned "a Pinball game" being on the future schedule, no idea of a date has ever been given. It's so infuriating!
It's odd that the site was
It's odd that the site was live for so long before anyone really knew about it. Thanks for the heads up. I also removed the duplicate post
Video of Pinball FX

Some video of it was put onto youtube a few weeks back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlKPk57mwR4&eurl=

Looks gorgeous. There's far
Looks gorgeous. There's far too few pinball games around these days. Good old Pinball Fantasies is still my favourite in the genre. :)

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