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#gamesthatmighthavebeen Celebrating the company's transition to Facebook's mandatory Timeline format, Insomniac Games shares the secrets of 1080Pinball , the high-definition downloadable game that never was. More »

Insomniac has posted a timeline entry on its Facebook page detailing a pinball game it worked on, but never released. 1080Pinball was the name attached to the project-in-progress, and one of the featured tables was named Captain Starfire, after the handsome chap above. You can see what looks like an in-game screenshot on the official timeline post, along with some concept art.

The blurb says the game was designed to be "the most realistic pinball simulation ever," complete with actual material physics and graphics running at in 60fps at 1080p (as you might have guessed from the title). There was also going to be a "Gran Turismo level of progression," designed to build as much replay value as possible.

This, says Insomniac, also explains the whole (pin)Ballz phenomenon, and the company's fascination with pinball in general. The developer will discuss the abandoned game on a future podcast. As for whether it'll ever return, Insomniac says, "The Zen Pinball games do a fantastic job anyways."

Insomniac Games may be best-known for its smorgasbord of PlayStation-exclusives, from Spyro to Ratchet & Clank to Resistance. And right this very second, it's hard at work on its very first multi-platform title in the form of Overstrike. But if you happened to know where to look at Insomniac's Facebook page, you may have stumbled around something interesting: details about a cancelled game...