Earlier today, we received an email from none other than Mel Kirk, VP of Marketing and Public Relations over at Zen Studios. Thanks to Mel, we have learned a lot about Zen’s plans for the upcoming year – and there are a truckload of them. First off, Mel has confirmed what we guessed at in our reveal of the Hulk pinball table – a new Marvel 4-pack. He also promises some additional individual DLC tables for Pinball FX 2 and “something BIG, HUGE, AMAZING for Fall 2012”, though no word on what that could be yet. We’re going to put in an early guess and say that they’re working on technology to magically transform your Xbox into a for-real pinball table, but that’s just us.

While pinball is probably what most folks associate with Zen Studios, this year they’re going to branch out a bit. We’ve already heard news about the upcoming “experimental rhythm game featuring fully 3D characters and combat, aggressive music and an East Asian theme”, including the fact that it’s up to the fans to provide a name. What we hadn’t heard before is that Zen has something else up their sleeves. They’re not ready to talk about it yet, but they did let us know that they’re hard at work on a second non-pinball game with more information coming in early 2012.

Whether or not you like pinball, Zen Studios is definitely going to be a studio to watch this year. What else should you be looking forward to? Check back on Friday for a full list of the games that are going to grace your 360 in 2012.