FTS: Pinball FX Releases Five Brand-New Tables + Updates + Pinball FX Showcase

 

Universal Pinball: TV Classics, Pacific Rim Pinball and Super League Football headline the spring line-up

Here are the latest Pinball FX tables

• Universal Pinball: TV Classics: Classic television shows from the small screen to the tips of your flipper fingers. Zen Studios has teamed up with Universal Products & Experiences to release three instant classics - Knight Rider Pinball, Xena: Warrior Princess Pinball, and Battlestar Galactica Pinball - to Pinball FX today for $14.99.
• Pacific Rim Pinball: Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse! Pacific Rim Pinball is available today for $5.49.
• Super League Football: Zen Studios F.C. is ready for victory! Guide your team of players sporting developer likenesses. Reach the Golden Goal Wizard Mode and shoot for stellar scores. Download the table for free until May 23 (June 15 on Steam and the Epic Games Store), and it’s yours to keep forever! The table will be available for $2.99 after the free period.

(Zen Studios) Building on player feedback, today's update introduces several quality-of-life improvements to elevate the platform to new heights:

• Notification System: Keep in touch with events on the Home screen. If a friend beats your score, if a tournament you played finished, if you have a trophy to claim, you’ll be in the loop.
• XP System: Earn XP for gameplay activities to advance your level and earn titles! If you already have rewards from table progression on a table, you’ll still be awarded XP after a play session.
• Freshen up your space with new optional Pinhall & Music!
• Even more UI changes. We have moved some stuff around for easier accessibility, more clarity, and a better feel.
• New look and branding make store pages and online presence fresh and current.

Pinball FX's biggest update is available today on PlayStation 5|4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. - Zen Studios

I enjoyed the Pinball FX action from the new table, but... I give two thumbs up to Super League Football. Not only because it's free for a limited time, but it's really fun and gives you a challenge that gives you soccer vibes.

While I appreciate the growing number of pinball tables, I love the fact that they're listening to player feedback. Not every single thing will be cohesive, but the things that would make a positive impact on the overall experience... definitely keep them coming. Speaking of Nintendo, Xbox, and Playstation... I'm going to reach out to the team over at Zen Studios, because... why on earth don't those platforms have their own tables specific to a certain first part franchise or even a line up? Missed partnership opportunity in my opinion, and they can do the same for PC based on... Unreal Tournament.

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FTS: Wild Card Football presents a "Legacy QB Pack" DLC + Grab Wild Card Football for $14.99!

Get the hook up on Wild Card Football for $14.99, now!

Warren Moon, Steve Young, Kurt Warner & Randall Cunningham Hit the Field in Wild Card Football’s “Legacy QB Pack” DLC, Out Now on PC, PlayStation & Xbox!

Plus discover a new arena, all-stars, outfits, celebrations and more in Wild Card Football’s latest free content update for all players

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Feb. 7, 2024 – Saber Interactive, in partnership with the NFL Players Association and OneTeam Partners, is excited today to release the new “Legacy QB Pack” DLC for Wild Card Football on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store! Available as a free download for Season Pass owners, or as a standalone purchase for $9.99, the “Legacy QB Pack” introduces four iconic quarterbacks – Warren Moon, Steve Young, Kurt Warner and Randall Cunningham – each with their own unique outfits. The “Legacy QB Pack” is also coming to Nintendo Switch soon. 

Legacy QB Pack Trailer:

Wild Card Football also has a free content update out today for all players featuring a new arena in Arizona plus tons of unlockable goodies. Discover 20 brand-new all-stars, including Odell Beckham Jr., Darrell Henderson Jr., Alexander Mattison, Jameis Winston and more. Players can unlock new outfits, celebrations, logos and vanity items, as well.

Combining extreme, 7-on-7 action with bombastic moves, style and energy, Wild Card Football is an over-the-top, pick-up-and-play video game featuring an authentic roster of hundreds of pro football superstars, including Colin Kaepernick, Jalen Hurts, Patrick Mahomes II, Justin Jefferson, T.J. Watt, Joey Bosa, Ja’Marr Chase, Aaron Donald and many more. Mix and match players from your favorite teams to create the ultimate dream squad, customizing everything from logos, uniforms, playbooks and more.

The unique Wild Card system lets you change the course of the action in an instant with special power-ups and abilities across a variety of game modes, including Season play, local multiplayer, and online multiplayer with full crossplay. Bust out special moves like summoning walls or invisibility, boost your stats at a crucial moment, or play a Rule-Breaker and flip the rules of the game completely.

Wild Card Football is available on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

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Wild Card Football... Reviewed!

Before I jump into this review, I want to give a shout-out to Playgrounds Sports & Saber Interactive for supplying us with a copy of this game for review. I haven't played an arcade football game in a while... I believe NFL Street 3 may have been the last time. On that note, let's see how Wild Card Football... scores in this review. Let's jump in after getting some highlight coverage from... Chris Berman!

Fun Factor: When it comes to the fun factor, Wild Card Football is chock full of enjoyment for fans of football and gamers who enjoy variety in terms of gameplay. I word it that way, because not everyone is into sports, or football to be specific, but in Wild Card Football you get arcade action that breaks away from traditional rules. It's faster-paced, colorful, and as you've seen in the launch trailer above... things can get a little crazy on the field. You get to choose from teams that none of you will be familiar with because they're original to the game, but at the same time, you know who they are because the game features players that represent the NFLPA (National Football League Players Association). So you get access to players who have played in the NFL in both the past and present times.

The teams are named after the captains of those teams, like Team Cousins aka Kirk Cousins' team (which I actually know his dad), Team Mahomes (Patrick Mahomes' team), Team Prescott (Dak Prescott's team), Team Wilson (Russell Wilson's team), and many others. You have 32 teams in total for the fans and casual gamers alike to go nuts with alongside 150 wildcards.

I've played this game multiple times after the First 30 (seen below) because it's fun.

Gameplay: The gameplay may be football at its core, but it's engulfed in arcade flare and features stylized characters that represent the fun over-the-top nature of play. Wild Card Football features 7v7 teams of pro players going head to head in four quarters of arcade mayhem. You go beyond the standard football action by way of the wild cards that give you the ability to power up your team or select players, power down your opponents, trip up, and outsmart the competition as you use your cards strategically with your skills to pull off a win. I know a number of people who played Madden 95 faithfully back in the day, and I think the game would take them back in an all-new way. That was traditional, but I see the head-to-head arcade battle on the digital field, from the comfort of the couch, would be a blast from the past. It's hard to explain, but this is one of those types of games.

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Before I move forward. I just want to point something out for those of you who play on PC. If you're only getting keyboard inputs... go to the little controller icon in Steam and click on it. I've circled it:

From there you will be brought to the "Wild Card Football Controller Settings" seen below. Choose the controller layout you see here, and you will be able to use your controller accordingly. Not everyone has run into this issue, but I did... so I hope this helps:

With all this game has to offer, I do see a missed opportunity here... that can still come by way of a future DLC. Coach Prime could be a featured coach in this game for a practice mode that gives players the ability to practice routes and try out different cards in their arsenal at a slower pace. Add a practice facility + blocking dummies, and have Deion school us on the game. From there it could've transitioned to the tutorial game... which can still be a bit fast for some gamers.

Replay Value: In terms of replay value, Wild Card Football delivers. Outside of the fact that you can play local and online games with friends and family, here are the gameplay modes you have:

Exhibition games deliver what most of you expect, a single game of football for fun.

Season mode delivers the full season experience utilizing your favorite team on the road to the championships if you're able to make it.

Dream Squad, which is your own customized dream team to take on the competition via Quick Game, the League (as you go for the championship ring), and Tour as seen in the gameplay above. You can customize your team's logo, gear, wild cards, celebrations, and all that good stuff. You're able to level up your squad too, which gives you the incentive to keep chipping away at them to make them even better. My team is the... Orlando Comets and you're also able to come up with any name you choose.

Before I jump into the wild cards, I also want to point out the Daily Challenges that further pump up the replay value of this game. You get different challenges that score you challenge points that in turn give you crates to unlock. These crates contain players, vanities, and wild cards... which we're about to get into right now.

The Wild Cards are the headliners of Wild Card Football, and as mentioned above, you have 150 to choose from. Some cards are labeled as rulebreakers because they can affect the other person's abilities, you have Modifiers that assist your team with plays and specials that can bring out your inner superhuman. Here are some of the cards I currently have in my collection: 

• Expensive | Type: Rulebreakers | Defense & Offense Card | Energy Cost: 2
  
  Your opponent must spend an extra point for each Wild Card! This card would be activated in the next down.

• Marksman | Type: Modifiers | Offense Card | Energy Cost: 3
  
  Increase your Team's Accuracy Stat by +50%.

• Smash | Type: Specials | Offense Card | Energy Cost: 7
  
  Your player punches the ground creating a powerful shockwave. Unleash all your strength to toss nearby players away. Just be mindful that you have to activate this or it will go to waste, but sometimes you don't have time if the competition is that fierce.

• Rascal | Type Rulebreakers | Offense Card | Energy Cost: 5
  
  Shuffle your opponent's hand on the next down.

• Super Speed | Type: Modifiers | Offense Card | Energy Cost: 3
  
  Increase your Team's Speed Stat by +50%. This card has various types, which can apply to the team or a certain player's position on the squad.

• Triple Electron | Type: Specials | Offense Card | Energy Cost: 6
  
  Protect yourself with three rotating orbs and shock anyone near you. Warning! The orbs are destroyed after use.

• Shuffle | Type: Rulebreakers | Defense Card | Energy Cost: 3
  
  Your hand is shuffled on the next down.

• Strongman | Type: Modifiers | Defense Card | Energy Cost: 3
  
  Increase your Team's Strength Stat by +50%.

• Tarpits | Type: Specials | Defense Card | Energy Cost: 3
  
  Sticky pools everywhere! The offense will be slowed down if they step on them.
  
  

Other cards in my arsenal include... Turtle Speed, Boost Pads, Cloak Ball, Electron, Aimless, and Lazy. There are many to collect in this game, so you never know what's being thrown at you... and that's a beautiful thing in terms of competition. That sends that replay value through the room and with a game that plays as smooth as this, in a beloved genre... this is honestly worthy of being added to a gamer's collection. Of course, this would be great for the football fanatic and give them a change of pace game to enjoy when they aren't playing games like... Madden, but also the casual players who are looking for a change of pace.

Price: Pricewise, Wild Card Football comes in at... $39.99 for the Standard Edition, which is a really good price, especially if you want a more affordable option for a football game. This doesn't step on the toes of Madden and actually gets more people in on the game by way of all the fun additions.

There are 3 tiers in total, the Deluxe Edition is $59.99 and features the Base Game + Season Pass + Blazing Bones + 10 Card Packs. The season pass includes 3 future DLC packs with legacy players and cosmetic outfits.

The big daddy on the field is the Ultimate Edition for $69.99 and comes with the Base Game + Season Pass + Blazing Bones + 10 Card Packs + 10 Legendary Outfits. If you get these things separately from the standard version... you're looking at $49.99, so do the math and see what route you wish to take. The base game delivers the same gameplay for your single-player, online PvP, Split screen PvP, and cross-platform multiplayer enjoyment, so if that gives you the ability to game without breaking the budget... you will still have a great time.

Overall, Wild Card Football receives the score seen below because... It's an excellent example of a well-crafted game with a solid challenge, wild cards that keep things interesting, and a high replay value. The different pricing tiers make it accessible to many, and I have not experienced any bugs while playing it. Overall, this game delivers well, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun and engaging arcade football game. Order some pizza + wings, and... fun it up!

Wild Card Football is available on Xbox | Playstation | Switch | Steam | Epic

Fun Factor 5

Gameplay 5

Replay Value 5

Price 5

5 out of 5 Cool Points

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Colin Kaepernick is back... in Wild Card Football + 7 Players I want to see added!

I wanted to be the one to present this news... because I'm sensing something in the air (and it smells great). I've seen the NFLPA become a bit more active lately when it comes to a few football games. Before I go any further, here's info from our guest contributor, Sophi, about what the NFLPA is...

The NFLPA stands for the National Football League Players Association. It is the labor union that represents professional American football players in the National Football League (NFL). The NFLPA was founded in 1956 and is responsible for negotiating and enforcing the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the players and the league.

As a labor union, the NFLPA is not owned by the players but rather is run by a board of player representatives who are elected by their teammates. The board of player representatives, in turn, hires a team of executives and staff to carry out the day-to-day operations of the union and to negotiate with the league on behalf of the players.

While the NFLPA is not owned by the players, it exists solely for their benefit and is dedicated to protecting their rights, promoting their interests, and ensuring their fair treatment by the league. - Sophima

So you just read that, and might be thinking... so... what about it? Well, you don't see an NFL license stamped on this game, which means... it's possible that the players are standing up to take control of their likeness, and their benefit as players... including who and how money is made off of them. That's beautiful because they're already making a crap ton of money for the NFL, and now... we can enjoy other types of football games outside of Madden with some of our favorite players. I think this is awesome. This also puts money in the pockets of players no longer active in the league like... Colin Kaepernick, and others that we may be interested in getting back on the field. It was smart for Saber to bypass the NFL and go straight to the NFLPA since the official teams weren't going to be a factor at all here.

Speaking of Saber, one thing I also noticed here is... Playground Sports.

I don't know how they plan on moving with this in the long run, but... Saber brought us NBA Playgrounds 1 & 2. 

I played the crap out of NBA 2K Playgrounds 2, but this game isn't under 2K, so I'm wondering if that was just a one-off or things didn't work out... or Saber saw a bigger picture and decided to go hard on their own.

The reason why I believe they decided to set out on their own with Playground Sports is because of the NFLPA, but not only that... OneTeam Partners is in on this. OneTeam Partners not only includes NFLPA, it also includes MLBPA, MLSPA, U.S. Women's National Team PA, U.S. Rugby PA, LCSPA, and College Athletes! Before I continue, let's check out the trailer!

I think Saber Interactive is aiming to shoot for the stars in terms of being one of the biggest sports arcade companies out there. 

EA runs the football field in regards to Madden... and they now have their clutches on Super Mega Baseball.

2K Games rules the basketball court with NBA2K.

It's possible that Saber is going to own the... playground when it comes to arcade sports. Time will tell, but... either way, I wish them well. I'm really excited about this, and... it's Rated E for Everyone.

KEY FEATURES

• Create Your Dream Team: Choose from hundreds of genuine pro players, reimagined Playgrounds-style, and assemble the ultimate 7-on-7 gridiron squad. Advance through different challenges and events to unlock new players and other exciting rewards.

• Play Your Wild Cards: Unleash over 150 Wild Cards to turn the tide of the game in your favor in an instant. Bust out special moves like summoning walls or invisibility, boost your team’s stats at a crucial moment, or play a Rule-Breaker and flip the rules of the game completely.

• Become a Champion: Prove your skills in single-player Season mode, climb to the top of the leaderboards in competitive online multiplayer with full crossplay, or challenge your friends at home for bragging rights in local multiplayer.

• Customize Your Squad: Personalize your team’s logo, uniforms, and colors, choose your home stadium, then build unique playbooks and Wild Card decks to perfect your strategies on the field.
  
  

I would like to see these players in Wild Card Football:

Prime Time

Bo Jackson

Warrick Dunn

Ricky Williams

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson would be a cool addition since he played for the Hurricanes. At least as a DLC player.

Warren Sapp (who actually replaced The Rock due to injury)

Emmitt Smith

These would be some kickass additions... would they not? I know some guys who would go nuts over this, and I'll be reaching out to Saber Interactive in hopes to see these guys on the gridiron.

Anyway, Wild Card Football will be heading in for a touchdown on... Oct. 10, 2023, on PC (Steam & Epic), PS5, PS4, Xbox X|S, Xbox One, and... Nintendo Switch!

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