Got their email newsletter. Annoyingly, they've completely skipped over any Xbox 360 news. They really are fucking awful developers for the most part. It's a great game when you're actually playing it, but they're shit at everything else.

The iOS tables are pretty good but without the online leaderboards I don't really see the point.

Online leaderboards ?

I'd much rather have it linked and using my XBL friends list but it has both world and 'friends' leaderboards in the game

For fuck's sake! Piss off, commoners! If loads of unwashed folk drive the prices of tables up even more before I manage to buy one I'm going to be pissed.

Pinball Arcade newsletter arrived to my Gmail this morning, I see they're up to table pack 11 on Android and iOS now, what did the 360 get stuck at? Fucking four or something?

Dr Dude is in the latest one, which is a brilliant table

Pinball Arcade newsletter arrived to my Gmail this morning, I see they're up to table pack 11 on Android and iOS now, what did the 360 get stuck at? Fucking four or something?

Time to get yourself an iPad!

• Updated the “Features, Additions And Improvements Coming In The Near Future” section.

• Some of the staff at FarSight Studios will be on hand at the 2013 Texas Pinball Festival, which is scheduled for March 15th-17th, at the Hilton Anatole at 2201 Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, Texas. They will be showing off every table released to date, up to and including Cactus Canyon and Central Park, on all supported platforms and devices.

• Android version 1.11.2 was released on March 6th and features Tales of the Arabian Nights unlocked for unlimited free play, Black Hole, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Theatre of Magic on sale for a limited time, a fix for the Nexus 7 compatibility bug and “The Big Shot” is now animated on Dr. Dude.

• To celebrate the one year anniversary of The Pinball Arcade on Google Play, FarSight is now offering Tales of the Arabian Nights for FREE on Android devices!

• The Pinball Arcade is currently #38 in Top Free Games and #76 in Top Free Apps on Google Play!

• FarSight is still waiting for SCEE to deliver The Twilight Zone Kickstarter redemption codes for backers who chose the PS3 (EU) and/or PS Vita (EU) as their platform(s) of choice.

• Table Add-On Pack #9 featuring Star Trek : The Next Generation should be available on PS3 (NA/EU) and PS Vita (NA/EU) within the next couple weeks.

• Table Add-On Pack #12 featuring Cactus Canyon and Central Park should be available on Android, iOS, Kindle and Mac by mid-late March and PS3 (NA/EU) and PS Vita (NA/EU) by early-mid June. Xbox 360 release time frames TBD.

• FarSight is looking to make an announcement for the next tournament soon.

• Tournament implementation for PS3 (NA/EU) and PS Vita (EU) is still in the works and should be included in a future title update.

• FarSight is still looking to submit the Wii U version of The Pinball Arcade to NOA and NOE as soon as possible.

• FarSight will be submitting The Pinball Arcade for Windows 8 very soon. They plan to release on all Windows 8 devices through it's marketplace.

• The PC version of The Pinball Arcade will feature resolution settings, an option to turn on/off HDR and other graphics settings.

• FarSight is still working on the Xbox 360 release issues. As soon as they get them cleared, they will make an announcement and will then focus on bringing the Xbox 360 up-to-date.

• Centaur is onsite at FarSight Studios and is currently in development.

• Pinball Arcade Fans moderator Jeff Strong will be conducting an interview with Bobby King (Lead Designer at FarSight Studios) on March 12th and should have the MP3 uploaded later that same day...Xbox 360 and/or PC update forthcoming??? Stay Tuned!!!

Still no news on the 360 releases then

• FarSight's official statement on the Xbox 360 publishing issues is as follows :

"We are still waiting for the bankruptcy judge to rule that the new publisher take over our original contract with Crave. That is what is holding the whole process up, and we don't know when they will because they keep telling us 'soon'. We are hoping for this to be settled and over with, as we want to put everything out on the 360 asap, not to mention the kickstarter backers that we owe tables to. Until the judge comes back and rules one way or the other, we're stuck in the middle."

Do you reckon we'll ever see the new tables on the Xbox? I don't think we will...

Pinbot

http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=1796

Is it me, or does that make no sense? We don’t make an exceptional number of pinballs, just a number of exceptional ones. Weird?

Looks like the T2 Kickstarter is going to go right down to the wire,

While we've hit our T2 goal, thanks to the overwhelming support of the pinball community, there's still time for those of you who have not pledged to get in on some great rewards while at the same time, help us to begin funding our future Kickstarter project, which we're hopeful will be The Addams Family. We are aggressively working to secure all the licenses needed to bring this widely popular table to The Pinball Arcade and with your continued support, we're optimistic that we will be able to add this holy grail of pinball to The Pinball Arcade in the near future!

T2 table is out on iOS / Android

I wouldn't be averse to buying a PS3 just for a complete Pinball Arcade collection, but again, there's nothing to say my PS3 won't break at some point and no guarantee of being able to re-download the collection on a replacement console.

PS3 allows you multiple console installs from a single set of credentials (people have abused that in the past to share games) - i think at the moment its 3 , and the game on PS3 is 'cross buy' which means if you buy it on the PS3 you can get the Vita version for free.

I honestly didn't think that both MS and Sony would both basically say 'Yeah all that digital content you bought this generation? Doesn't work next generation, sorry.'

And for those saying they will wait for PC - they have posted an early build pic for the PS4

(image too big to slap img tags around)

http://i.imgur.com/2SLtNuY.jpg