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New Free-to-Play Mobile Title Featuring Fan Favorite Tables from Zen Studios — Creators of Zen Pinball, Pinball FX, and Pinball M

San Francisco, CA (December 12, 2024) — Zen Studios — the leading global producer and publisher of digital pinball video games — today released its newest original title, Zen Pinball World. A successor to previous Zen Pinball mobile games, this easy-to-learn, modern take allows players to carry their favorite pinball tables conveniently in their pockets.

Check out the Zen Pinball World Launch Trailer:

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Drawing on its legacy of excellence through long-standing titles like Zen Pinball (which has amassed over ten million downloads in its lifetime), Pinball FX (which recently celebrated over two million players), and the horror-centric Pinball M, Zen Studios continues innovating through its latest pinball title, Zen Pinball World. 

In the next evolution of pinball mastery from Zen Studios, Zen Pinball World features unique gameplay modifiers and customization options as well as tables based on some of the biggest hits in entertainment, like South Park™ Pinball, Knight Rider Pinball, Battlestar Galactica Pinball, along with timeless Williams™ classics and many more. Additionally, Zen Pinball World will regularly add even more content to enjoy!

Zen Pinball World’s Key Features:

• Classic single-player pinball gameplay with various challenge modes
• Online worldwide & regional leaderboards on which to prove your pinball prowess
• Customizable player profile backgrounds and unique mastery rewards to showcase
• More than 20 tables based on some of the biggest brands in entertainment
• Additional tables to be added in future expansions

Are you ready to become a pinball wizard? 

Zen Pinball World is free to download for Android and iOS devices via Google Play and the Apple App Store. 

Over two dozen individual DLC table packs and bundles — including Universal Pinball: TV Classics, Williams™ Pinball Premium Bundle, Gearbox® Pinball, The Princess Bride Pinball, Goat Simulator Pinball, and Camp Bloodbrook — are available at launch, starting at $4.99.

A press kit, including logos, screenshots, key art, and trailers, is available here: https://uberstrategist.link/PressKit-Zen-Studios.

To stay up-to-date with Zen Studios, follow on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube, and join the community on Discord and Reddit.

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The 2025 WPPR Chopper is moving locations, adding a NIB Stern giveaway and changing up the tournament format.

As we come to the end of another year, the 2024 season brings the changeover to our WPPR v6.1 system. Details on the WPPR v6.1 changes can be found HERE.

In order to close the books on 2024, we ask any organizer with open tournament results to submit those to us by Saturday, January 4th. Furthermore, any corrections to player misspellings, incorrect results, improper scoring issues, etc., need to be addressed by January 4th as well. Please take some time to review your own personal results to see if anything looks out of place.

Our plan is to lock down 2024 rankings on January 4th, and use the standings at that time for any IFPA-related campaigns (IFPA20 World Championship qualifications, IFPA Women’s World Championship, Stern Rewards Program, Player of the Year, etc.). Any errors caught after that point in time will NOT impact the 2024 standings, although those changes will be reflected in the 2025 rankings going forward.

The 2025 season brings with it the start of qualifying for the following IFPA campaigns:
– IFPA North American Championship Series
– IFPA Women’s North American Championship Series
– IFPA European Championship Series
– any IFPA Country Championship Series
– IFPA21 World Pinball Championship
– IFPA Women’s World Pinball Championship
– Stern Pro Circuit (2025 season)

Any questions please contact us at ifpapinball@gmail.com, and remember that if your profile doesn’t say ‘Registered’ with a green check mark, that we do NOT have your email address on file. Players that don’t have their profile ‘Registered’ are ineligible to participate in any IFPA Championship Series.

With the North American Championship Series (NACS) and Women’s North American Championship Series (WNACS) planned for January 18th and 19th, 2025 respectively, registration process is going to be fast. Players will have until the end of January 7th, 8pm CST to declare the State/Province they wish to compete in. Contact your IFPA State Representative to make sure you are registered for the state you wish to play in. Contact the IFPA Women’s Advisory Board at ifpawomen@gmail.com for questions on the WNACS.

The IFPA and Stern Army organized the Elvira Global Leaderboard for November 2024!

We’re happy to announce the winners from this contest! Please email ifpapinball@gmail.com for details on how to redeem your prize.

844,978,410 Intruder_99
662,803,570 eharan
487,118,850 DoctorDrain
415,800,220 OrzTruly

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The IFPA is excited to announce that Stern is offering a special IFPA Stern Rewards Program promotion this holiday season.

They are not only adding Star Wars Comic Editions (Pro and Premium) to the Rewards Program, they are also allowing qualified players the opportunity to purchase a 2nd game if they had already purchased a machine earlier this calendar year.

Detailed rules for the Stern Rewards Program, including an updated list of qualifiers and updated list of rewards available can be found HERE.

Here are the October 2024 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Andy Rosa from Flint, MI (353.88 WPPR’s – MAIN)
Jackie Olson from San Francisco, CA (100.44 WPPR’s – WOMEN’S)

Biggest Movers:
Sierra Norris from Portland, OR (+20,822 spots)
Lucas Recoaro from Argentina (+19,374 spots)
Paul Tvedt from Woodbury, MN (+17,908 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2024. Congrats to everyone!

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