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‘Zen Pinball FX3’ is Adding Universal Monsters Tables in Time For Halloween!
Zen Studios is getting in the mood for the spookiest of seasons by releasing new DLC packs for its Pinball FX3 game on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC that feature tables based on classic Universal Monsters.
The Williams Pinball: Universal Monsters Pack features two classic real-life tables. One emblazoned with The Creature From the Black Lagoon, and the other a more varied Monster Bash table that features characters from the likes of Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, and more. The DLC will be coming on October 29.
Zen describes The Creature From the Black Lagoon table as ‘all the excitement of Universal Studios’ classic monster flick with the fun of a drive-in movie date’. With Monster Bash, it says that players can reunite the creatures of the night, and get ready to rock! They can rebuild Frankenstein, dig out The Mummy, unleash a full moon for The Wolf Man, spell out D-R-A-C-U-L-A, lure Creature from the Black Lagoon up from the slimy depths, and get Bride of Frankenstein to wail about her ball and chain.
If you want to see them in action, there’s a trailer for you.
The DLC will also be available for the Williams Pinball app for mobile users.
With tables for the likes of DOOM and The Walking Dead also available, you can make a pretty neat Halloween pinball playlist.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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