Each of the game's tables become more complex as the game advances, opening new paths and opportunities. Once the ball is in play the player controls the flippers and can nudge the machine to influence the path of the ball. As with a traditional pinball machine, the player fires a steel ball onto the playfield using a plunger. Pinball FX 2 uses the same basic rules as a physical pinball machine, but in a virtual environment. Pinball FX 2 was announced for Windows Phone in February 2012. The game was subsequently released for other Windows platforms via Steam on May 10, 2013. The Windows 8 version of Pinball FX 2 was released on the Windows Store on October 27, 2012, two years after the original XBLA release.
Players can also import all of the tables from Pinball FX they had previously purchased. The game includes several new features, such as local multiplayer and the ability to tweak table settings. It was released on Octovia the Xbox Live Arcade service. It was developed by Zen Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. Pinball FX 2 (stylized as Pinball FX2) is a pinball video game for Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows (XP and higher) and is the sequel to Pinball FX.
