The 2024 State of Zen with Mel Kirk
BlahCade Podcast
1 hr 16 min
Summary
Zen Studios reports successful AtGames cabinet launch, VR/mobile expansion, and recovery after industry downsizing.
Mel Kirk of Zen Studios discusses the past year's achievements and future plans, highlighting the successful partnership with AtGames to deliver latency-fixed digital pinball cabinets with five themed skins released (Jurassic, Star Trek, Attack from Mars, Peanuts, The Addams Family), with 15 total planned. Zen is expanding distribution to retail locations, launching a VR pinball game in Q1 2025, entering mobile with a closed beta, and recovering from a significant studio downsizing from 140 to 75 employees while maintaining core profitability.
Our annual discussion with Zen Studios COO Mel Kirk is here to talk all things pinball that happened in 2024 and a sneak peak at what to expect in 2025. It is fantastic to hear things from the source and fuel speculation of what will come. Thank you to all of those who sent questions in for Mel. If linking to any portion of this video or featuring this video in another original piece of content, follow the CC-BY (Attribution) requirements of the video license.
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