Before the premiere of our next Pinball Bites, we would like to share a few important updates with you regarding the future of certain pinball platforms and games. We wanted to let you know about these changes in advance so we can set expectations properly before the episode airs.
Over the past few years, Pinball FX and Pinball M have grown, with more and more content, and supporting multiple console generations at the same time has become increasingly demanding for our team. After careful consideration, we’ve made the difficult decision that future Pinball FX and Pinball M releases will no longer launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Starting June 1, Pinball FX – Seasons support will also end on these platforms.
Unfortunately, this decision also extends to Zen Pinball World. This exciting project allowed us to bring our tables to new players, however, in order to bring the pinball genre to the next level, we will have to focus our resources elsewhere.
All previously purchased tables, online services such as leaderboards, tournaments, events, and offline play will be unimpacted and remain available.
Due to licensing reasons, World Cup Soccer will be removed from the stores on April 30. It’s important to note that players who purchase the table before its removal will be able to play it in the future without any interruptions. The table is currently available in Pinball FX, Pinball FX VR, Zen Pinball World, and AtGames Legends 4KP. We will aim to provide discounts for the table on as many platforms as possible and let you know about them on our social channels. This also affects the Williams Pinball Premium Bundle, which will be reworked in the future, without World Cup Soccer.
In the coming weeks, we will begin rebranding most of our games so they are unified under the Pinball FX brand. We believe this is an important step to streamline our communication and make it easier for players to discover the pinball games we currently support.
This process will include the following changes:
Pinball M will be renamed to Pinball FX Midnight
Zen Pinball World will be renamed to Pinball FX GO
Pinball FX 2 VR will be renamed to Pinball FX Classic VR
These changes won’t affect the functionalities and availability of these games in any way.
The rebranding process also affects Pinball FX3, but certain platforms will be handled differently:
The game and its DLCs will be hidden on the PlayStation Store and the Nintendo SwitcheShop, meaning that they won’t be discoverable for players from the beginning of May. However, if you already have the game in your inventory on these platforms, these changes won’t affect you, as the game will remain in your library and you will still be able to expand your table collection through the in-game shop.
Unfortunately, we are unable to do this on Xbox and the Microsoft Store due to technical reasons, meaning that the game and its DLCs will be removed from the store at the beginning of May, and acquiring these titles won’t be possible in the future. The exact date will be shared in the upcoming weeks. We will aim to provide discounts on these titles too, before removal.
As for Steam, Pinball FX3 will be renamed to Pinball FX Classic, and its DLCs will remain available to purchase. Our wonderful cabinet-building community and other infrastructures, such as the Legacy Bundles, rely heavily on this game, making it an important cornerstone of our current pinball environment.
We would like to highlight that none of these changes will impact the game’s functionality in any way, and online services will continue to operate in the future.
We understand that this news may be disappointing for players on these platforms, and we truly want to thank you for the support you’ve shown us over the years. We wish you many high scores on your favorite tables!
Apologies if this will cause issues for you going forward
