Zen Studios has announced a new table for its virtual pinball empire, based on Marvel's upcoming superhero movie. Learn more in our hands-on impressions.

Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron sets up the clash between the titular Avengers and the subtitular Ultron (though you won't have to worry about spoilers beyond what's been revealed in the movie trailers). Unlike Zen's first Avengers table, each member of the superhero super-squad is featured in their own mode, which is activated by shooting their ramp multiple times (no shooting a single target or hole and then selecting a mode, like in most tables). These modes range from saving civilians as Captain America to sniping down Ultron sentries as Hawkeye, to pacifying an enraged Hulk with Iron Man. Unique features include a variable difficulty level that affects mode time limits and the pitch of the table, and an open ramp that makes locking your ball in the Avengers Tower particularly tricky. Here's a look at the full table:

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All in all it's a fast table, and more challenging than the upcoming and kid-friendly Star Wars: Rebels table. Check out the pictures in the gallery below to get a better idea of the table's layout.

Age of Ultron will be out on April 21 as DLC in Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX 2, one of which should be available on pretty much any gaming platform you can think of.

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The Avengers (Re)Assemble For Age Of Ultron Pinball

By Brian Albert

Zen Studios' next virtual pinball table is based on the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron film.

According to Zen Studios' blog, the table will "allow players to relive the struggle of Earths mightiest heroes, including Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye against Ultron and his seemingly endless army."

It also includes three difficult levels and dedicated game modes for each Avenger. Hawkeye, for example, has a first-person sharpshooting minigame.

"Its both exhilarating and a bit overwhelming to base a pinball table on a film as it is being made," Zen Studios said. "Often times, final decisions about the film (like costumes, lines, etc.) have not even been made while were designing the table, so we have to be able to change with the film as needed ...Timing a table release with a films release is always a challenge; we have to be careful that there are no leaks, and most of all, no movie spoilers!"

The table will be released on PC, consoles, and mobile platforms the week of April 21.

Brian is an Editor at IGN. You can follow him @albinoalbert on Twitter.

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You've come a long way, spandex.

To celebrate 100 years of "keeping fit," UK Healthcare provider Beneden has created a viral video that takes us through 100 years of fitness fads, starting with simple stretching in the '20s and ending with today's Zumba trend. In between? Hula hooping, aerobics while sporting some clutch '80s wear and who can forget the Tae-Bo craze of the '90s? Remember? Everyone was always talking about "double time!"

If this doesn't make you want to get off your ass and work out, well, just come sit next to us because we're going to start binge-watching all the Fast and Furious movies while eating chicken fried bacon.

We're currently working on a video called "100 Years of Making Excuses to Not Work Out." It starts with the ending of prohibition and ends with Netflix.

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Cristiano Ronaldo returned to top form last weekend with five goals against Granada, and he is now urging his supporters to get themselves into shape.

The Real Madrid forward has not been at his best this year, but turned things around with a stunning display on Sunday, during Real Madrid's 9-1 win.

And the Portuguese star, and World Player of the Year, took to Twitter to share his celebrations with his many followers, posing with a bike and encouraging them to start riding.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored five goals as Real Madrid thrashed Granada 9-1 on Sunday afternoon

Ronaldois one of the fittest athletes in the world, and tweeted for his many fans to join him in using excercise as a way of feeling better.

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Kanye West is famous for trying to steal other people's thunder, but it seems unlikely that even he would try to knock God off the top spot in the Bible.

However, someone has created the 'The Book of Yeezus: A Bible for the Modern Day' which replaces every mention of God with the rapper's name.

"The Book of Yeezus is a creative vision, bound in a gold leaf-etched, illustrated, black leather book that details the story of Genesis for the new age," a website promoting the book reads.

"In its foreword, we explore our culture's state of religiosity and its capacity for wonder. How does spirituality, an evolutionary reflex, manifest in a digitized world? Why does Kanye West take such outsized significance in the lives of many?

"The Book of Yeezus is an interventionist art, coffee-table novelty, that will appeal to Kanye fans everywhere and those made curious by this enormous cultural phenomenon."

On Etsy, where the book was first made available, the creators said: "For this generation, Generation Y, Kanye West is not only its greatest spectacle, but in some senses, a spiritual figure.

"We are here to spread a doctrine. Well, a pseudo-doctrine. We ask you to use your pulpit for Good."

West, who last year married Kim Kardashian, is a self-professed Christian and regularly includes religious references in his music.

"I'm Christian, and I'm hip-hop. So you mix those two things together, and you want to express yourself a certain type of way, and be bold. I wanna be like Christ. That's not to say I have a god complex. But it's like, if people pick a favourite Halloween character it's like, that's what I would pick! Don't people pick people that they look up to?" he said of his last album, Yeezus, which included a track titled "I am God".

He also said in a recent interview with Vulturethat his upcoming album will be "a joyful noise unto the Lord".

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