X-Arcade Goes Bigger for Year Two at Chicago Pinball Expo with a New Pinball Release, Early Access to Zen Studio’s Upcoming Judge Dredd™, MAX and More
The new Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition, Arcade2TV-XR MAX, Pinball FX VR and a daily High Score Challenge mark an exciting next chapter for X-Arcade and pinball.
Chicago, IL, October 02, 2026 --(PR.com)-- X-Arcade is heading back to Chicago Pinball Expo for its second year, bringing a new pinball-focused release and more ways for attendees to get hands-on.
Leading the lineup is the new Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition, created with Zen Studios as a dedicated pinball controller. Attendees will be among the first to play it at the Expo, with two Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition units available at the X-Arcade booth.
Visitors will get their first hands on experience with Zen’s upcoming Judge Dredd™ Pinball release, which is set to launch on October 22, 2026. Step into the dystopian streets of Mega-City One with Judge Dredd™, Bally's pinball classic from 1993. Based on the iconic 2000 AD comic book series from Rebellion, this fast-paced table puts you behind the badge of the most respected - and feared - lawman, as you battle crime, restore order, and bring justice to the chaos.
X-Arcade will also have one Arcade2TV-XR MAX unit paired with a fully unlocked Pinball FX VR experience from Zen Studios, along with a daily High Score Challenge featuring X-Arcade hardware and gift card prizes.
For X-Arcade, it all comes back to one idea: keep what makes pinball feel like pinball while finding new ways to play it.
“Pinball doesn’t need to lose its identity to have a future,” said Avie Magner, X-Arcade Marketing & Community Strategist. “That’s what excites me about what we’re building with Zen Studios. We can respect the physical experience people have loved for generations while using VR and new hardware to make that experience accessible in completely new ways. Coming back to Pinball Expo for year two gives us a chance to put that idea in front of the people who understand pinball best.”
Introducing the Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition
One of the biggest additions to the X-Arcade lineup this year is the new Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition, an officially licensed X-Arcade × Zen Studios controller built specifically for pinball.
Unlike the larger, two-player Arcade2TV-XR MAX, the Pinball FX Edition is a single-player, pinball-first controller designed around the physical interactions players know and love.
It features two-stage Hall-effect flipper buttons, a real spring-loaded analog plunger, an authentic green-lit launch button, four SSF haptic motors and separate Gen-2 flipper solenoids for physical feedback.
And it still has X-Arcade at its core, with a chrome-plated joystick and buttons, an illuminated 2-inch trackball and an integrated spinner for even more ways to play.
Built for Pinball. Made to be Felt.
Created with Zen Studios and designed around Pinball FX VR, the Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition represents a new direction for X-Arcade, bringing more physical control and feedback into digital and VR pinball.
"This launch is a milestone in a partnership that keeps growing. X-Arcade shares our belief that the future of pinball isn't about leaving the cabinet behind – it's about bringing that physical feel into new spaces like VR,” said Bence Banszki, Zen Studios Pinball Wizard. The Pinball FX Edition is the best way to experience Pinball FX VR, and it's only the beginning of what we're building together."
Attendees will have the opportunity to experience it firsthand at Chicago Pinball Expo, with two Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition units available to play throughout the show.
Experience Arcade2TV-XR Max with Pinball FX VR
If visitors saw X-Arcade at last year’s Chicago Pinball Expo, MAX may look familiar to them.
Arcade2TV-XR MAX is the next evolution of the Arcade2TV-XR showcased at the Expo in 2025, now with even more built directly into the controller.
MAX combines two-player arcade controls with integrated X-Force haptics, flipper solenoids, an analog plunger, nudge detection, dual front spinners, a 3-inch trackball and more.
This year, attendees can get hands-on with one Arcade2TV-XR MAX unit, paired with a fully unlocked Pinball FX VR experience from Zen Studios. It brings virtual tables together with physical controls and feedback players can feel.
For those that already own an Arcade2TV-XR? The existing pedestal works with MAX, so customers can upgrade to the new controller top without buying another stand.
Take on the Daily High Score Challenge
X-Arcade isn’t just coming to show off hardware - visitors can play it, too.
Throughout Pinball Expo, X-Arcade will host a daily Pinball FX VR High Score Challenge, where attendees can compete on a selected table in a standard three-ball game.
Each day, the top three players will receive prizes from X-Arcade and Zen Studios:
First Place: Choice of the upcoming Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition or an Arcade2TV-XR MAX, plus a $100 VISA gift card from Zen Studios.
Second Place: Arcade2TV-XR Standard Edition, plus a $50 VISA gift card.
Third Place: Tankstick MAX, plus a $25 VISA gift card.
A first-place winner will not be eligible to take first place again on another day, opening up the leaderboard to more players throughout the Expo.
Attendees can return each day to take on a new table, chase a new high score and see where they land.
Come see X-Arcade at Chicago Pinball Expo 2026
X-Arcade returns to Chicago Pinball Expo 2026, October 14–17 in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Attendees can stop by the X-Arcade booth to get hands-on with two Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition units and one Arcade2TV-XR MAX unit, experience Pinball FX VR, compete in the daily High Score Challenge, meet the team and see what’s next for X-Arcade.
With the release of the Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition, the evolution of Arcade2TV-XR MAX and an expanded presence at the show, X-Arcade is returning for year two with more ways to experience the intersection of physical controls, digital pinball and VR.
Come play. Come compete. Come feel what’s next.
About X-Arcade
For more than two decades, X-Arcade has built arcade hardware for people who love the way arcade games are meant to feel. Built by gamers, for gamers, X-Arcade combines physical arcade controls with modern gaming technology to create new ways to experience arcade gaming, pinball and VR.
About Zen Studios
Zen Studios is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for all major digital game platforms. Recognized as one of the premier gaming studios in the world, Zen has worked with some of the most iconic entertainment studios, including Disney, Legendary, Lucasfilm, Marvel Entertainment, NBC Universal, and Paramount Pictures.
Zen Studios’ Pinball FX franchise has defined video game pinball excellence since 2007. The latest iteration of Pinball FX and its horror-centric counterpart, Pinball FX Midnight, were released in 2023 as free-to-play titles across all major gaming platforms. New downloadable pinball tables are released frequently for both titles.
For more information, please visit zenstudios.com.
About Rebellion
Rebellion is the UK’s largest independent creative games studio. Founded by brothers Jason Kingsley CBE and Chris Kingsley CBE in 1992, Rebellion operates across video games, movies, TV, comics, books and boardgames.
Rebellion is a great British success story and the creator of much-loved video game franchises including Atomfall, Sniper Elite and Zombie Army. In March 2026 it announced Alien Deathstorm, a new action shooter, which is due to release in 2027.
Atomfall, which launched in 2025, now boasts over 3.7 million players and was awarded a BAFTA Game Award for British Game in 2026. Rebellion’s flagship Sniper Elite series has been enjoyed by over 60 million players across the six games in the franchise.
In 2027 Rebellion’s headline comic series 2000 AD, and its most loved character Judge Dredd, will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Heralded as the galaxy’s greatest comic and a bastion of British creativity, 2000 AD joined Rebellion in 2000.
A fully animated movie based on Rogue Trooper, a fan favourite comic strip from 2000 AD, is coming soon directed by Duncan Jones.
For more information about Rebellion visit rebellion.com.
About 2000 AD
2000 AD is the legendary weekly British anthology comic – the home of Judge Dredd and a galaxy of original sci-fi, fantasy, and horror action stars. Producing innovative and provocative comics for more than four decades, it has brought the industry some of its biggest talents, from Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and Mark Millar, to Jock, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, and many more.
Published in print and digital every Wednesday, 2000 AD is the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic and remains at the industry’s cutting edge. www.2000ADonline.com
Leading the lineup is the new Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition, created with Zen Studios as a dedicated pinball controller. Attendees will be among the first to play it at the Expo, with two Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition units available at the X-Arcade booth.
Visitors will get their first hands on experience with Zen’s upcoming Judge Dredd™ Pinball release, which is set to launch on October 22, 2026. Step into the dystopian streets of Mega-City One with Judge Dredd™, Bally's pinball classic from 1993. Based on the iconic 2000 AD comic book series from Rebellion, this fast-paced table puts you behind the badge of the most respected - and feared - lawman, as you battle crime, restore order, and bring justice to the chaos.
X-Arcade will also have one Arcade2TV-XR MAX unit paired with a fully unlocked Pinball FX VR experience from Zen Studios, along with a daily High Score Challenge featuring X-Arcade hardware and gift card prizes.
For X-Arcade, it all comes back to one idea: keep what makes pinball feel like pinball while finding new ways to play it.
“Pinball doesn’t need to lose its identity to have a future,” said Avie Magner, X-Arcade Marketing & Community Strategist. “That’s what excites me about what we’re building with Zen Studios. We can respect the physical experience people have loved for generations while using VR and new hardware to make that experience accessible in completely new ways. Coming back to Pinball Expo for year two gives us a chance to put that idea in front of the people who understand pinball best.”
Introducing the Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition
One of the biggest additions to the X-Arcade lineup this year is the new Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition, an officially licensed X-Arcade × Zen Studios controller built specifically for pinball.
Unlike the larger, two-player Arcade2TV-XR MAX, the Pinball FX Edition is a single-player, pinball-first controller designed around the physical interactions players know and love.
It features two-stage Hall-effect flipper buttons, a real spring-loaded analog plunger, an authentic green-lit launch button, four SSF haptic motors and separate Gen-2 flipper solenoids for physical feedback.
And it still has X-Arcade at its core, with a chrome-plated joystick and buttons, an illuminated 2-inch trackball and an integrated spinner for even more ways to play.
Built for Pinball. Made to be Felt.
Created with Zen Studios and designed around Pinball FX VR, the Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition represents a new direction for X-Arcade, bringing more physical control and feedback into digital and VR pinball.
"This launch is a milestone in a partnership that keeps growing. X-Arcade shares our belief that the future of pinball isn't about leaving the cabinet behind – it's about bringing that physical feel into new spaces like VR,” said Bence Banszki, Zen Studios Pinball Wizard. The Pinball FX Edition is the best way to experience Pinball FX VR, and it's only the beginning of what we're building together."
Attendees will have the opportunity to experience it firsthand at Chicago Pinball Expo, with two Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition units available to play throughout the show.
Experience Arcade2TV-XR Max with Pinball FX VR
If visitors saw X-Arcade at last year’s Chicago Pinball Expo, MAX may look familiar to them.
Arcade2TV-XR MAX is the next evolution of the Arcade2TV-XR showcased at the Expo in 2025, now with even more built directly into the controller.
MAX combines two-player arcade controls with integrated X-Force haptics, flipper solenoids, an analog plunger, nudge detection, dual front spinners, a 3-inch trackball and more.
This year, attendees can get hands-on with one Arcade2TV-XR MAX unit, paired with a fully unlocked Pinball FX VR experience from Zen Studios. It brings virtual tables together with physical controls and feedback players can feel.
For those that already own an Arcade2TV-XR? The existing pedestal works with MAX, so customers can upgrade to the new controller top without buying another stand.
Take on the Daily High Score Challenge
X-Arcade isn’t just coming to show off hardware - visitors can play it, too.
Throughout Pinball Expo, X-Arcade will host a daily Pinball FX VR High Score Challenge, where attendees can compete on a selected table in a standard three-ball game.
Each day, the top three players will receive prizes from X-Arcade and Zen Studios:
First Place: Choice of the upcoming Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition or an Arcade2TV-XR MAX, plus a $100 VISA gift card from Zen Studios.
Second Place: Arcade2TV-XR Standard Edition, plus a $50 VISA gift card.
Third Place: Tankstick MAX, plus a $25 VISA gift card.
A first-place winner will not be eligible to take first place again on another day, opening up the leaderboard to more players throughout the Expo.
Attendees can return each day to take on a new table, chase a new high score and see where they land.
Come see X-Arcade at Chicago Pinball Expo 2026
X-Arcade returns to Chicago Pinball Expo 2026, October 14–17 in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Attendees can stop by the X-Arcade booth to get hands-on with two Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition units and one Arcade2TV-XR MAX unit, experience Pinball FX VR, compete in the daily High Score Challenge, meet the team and see what’s next for X-Arcade.
With the release of the Arcade2TV Pinball FX Edition, the evolution of Arcade2TV-XR MAX and an expanded presence at the show, X-Arcade is returning for year two with more ways to experience the intersection of physical controls, digital pinball and VR.
Come play. Come compete. Come feel what’s next.
About X-Arcade
For more than two decades, X-Arcade has built arcade hardware for people who love the way arcade games are meant to feel. Built by gamers, for gamers, X-Arcade combines physical arcade controls with modern gaming technology to create new ways to experience arcade gaming, pinball and VR.
About Zen Studios
Zen Studios is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for all major digital game platforms. Recognized as one of the premier gaming studios in the world, Zen has worked with some of the most iconic entertainment studios, including Disney, Legendary, Lucasfilm, Marvel Entertainment, NBC Universal, and Paramount Pictures.
Zen Studios’ Pinball FX franchise has defined video game pinball excellence since 2007. The latest iteration of Pinball FX and its horror-centric counterpart, Pinball FX Midnight, were released in 2023 as free-to-play titles across all major gaming platforms. New downloadable pinball tables are released frequently for both titles.
For more information, please visit zenstudios.com.
About Rebellion
Rebellion is the UK’s largest independent creative games studio. Founded by brothers Jason Kingsley CBE and Chris Kingsley CBE in 1992, Rebellion operates across video games, movies, TV, comics, books and boardgames.
Rebellion is a great British success story and the creator of much-loved video game franchises including Atomfall, Sniper Elite and Zombie Army. In March 2026 it announced Alien Deathstorm, a new action shooter, which is due to release in 2027.
Atomfall, which launched in 2025, now boasts over 3.7 million players and was awarded a BAFTA Game Award for British Game in 2026. Rebellion’s flagship Sniper Elite series has been enjoyed by over 60 million players across the six games in the franchise.
In 2027 Rebellion’s headline comic series 2000 AD, and its most loved character Judge Dredd, will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Heralded as the galaxy’s greatest comic and a bastion of British creativity, 2000 AD joined Rebellion in 2000.
A fully animated movie based on Rogue Trooper, a fan favourite comic strip from 2000 AD, is coming soon directed by Duncan Jones.
For more information about Rebellion visit rebellion.com.
About 2000 AD
2000 AD is the legendary weekly British anthology comic – the home of Judge Dredd and a galaxy of original sci-fi, fantasy, and horror action stars. Producing innovative and provocative comics for more than four decades, it has brought the industry some of its biggest talents, from Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and Mark Millar, to Jock, Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, and many more.
Published in print and digital every Wednesday, 2000 AD is the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic and remains at the industry’s cutting edge. www.2000ADonline.com
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