PopCap
Launches
Peggle™ Game
on iPod
Front-Runner
for Casual
Game of the
Year
Available on
iTunes Today
in Six
Languages
SEATTLE,
Washington –
December 18,
2007 —
PopCap
Games, the
leading
developer
and
publisher of
casual
games,
announced
that
beginning
today Peggle™
is available
for play on
the iPod.
Casual
gamers can
download
Peggle from
the iTunes
store for
US$4.99, and
the game is
available in
English,
French,
German,
Italian,
Japanese and
Spanish.
Peggle has
been
downloaded
more than 10
million
times on the
Web since
its
introduction
in March
2007, and
this
enormous
success
prompted
PopCap to
accelerate
development
of the iPod
version.
Peggle
utilizes the
iPod’s
clickwheel
and sharp
high-resolution
display.
Another
special
feature of
the iPod-optimized
version of
Peggle is
the ability
to listen to
your own
personal
music
playlists
while
enjoying the
game. The
iPod version
of Peggle
includes all
55 levels,
10 magical
powers and
75 Grand
Master
challenges,
as well as
the
two-player
Duel Mode,
of the PC
and
Macintosh
original.
“The
clickwheel
input of the
iPod is a
natural fit
for
controlling
Peggle, so
we knew this
adaptation
of the game
would be
amazing,”
said Jason
Kapalka,
co-founder
and Chief
Creative
Officer of
PopCap. “And
with the
Duel Mode
included,
two players
can pass the
iPod back
and forth
while
battling
their way to
Extreme
Fever!”
In Peggle,
players fire
a metallic
silver ball
from the top
of the
screen,
relying on
gravity to
propel the
ball
downwards
while it
ricochets
off orange
and blue
“pegs”. The
goal is to
clear all
the orange
pegs from
the screen
before
running out
of balls. A
moving
“bucket” at
the bottom
of the
screen
offers free
balls, while
green
power-up
pegs give
the player
one of ten
different
abilities
courtesy of
the ten
“Peggle
Masters” who
guide
players
through the
game. These
power-ups
include
explosive
area-clearing
blasts,
lobster
claws which
serve as
pinball-type
flippers,
and
“fireballs”
that cut
through all
pegs in
their path.
“But nobody
can really
be told what
Peggle is
like,” said
Kapalka,
“you just
have to play
it for
yourself.”
Available on
retail store
shelves, on
the Web and
now on iPod,
Peggle is
the
must-have
game of
2007.
About PopCap
PopCap Games
(www.popcap.com)
is the
leading
multi-platform
provider of
“casual
games” —
fun,
easy-to-learn,
captivating
computer
games that
appeal to
everyone
from age 6
to 106.
Based in
Seattle,
Washington,
PopCap was
founded in
2000 and has
a worldwide
staff of
over 160
people in
Seattle, San
Francisco,
Chicago,
Vancouver,
B.C. and
Dublin. Its
games have
been
downloaded
more than 1
billion
times by
consumers
worldwide,
and its
flagship
title,
BejeweledŽ,
has sold
more than 10
million
units across
all
platforms.
Constantly
acclaimed by
consumers
and critics,
PopCap’s
games are
played on
the Web,
desktop
computers,
myriad
mobile
devices
(cell
phones,
smartphones,
PDAs, Pocket
PCs, iPod
and more),
popular game
consoles
(such as
Xbox), and
in-flight
entertainment
systems.
PopCap is
the only
casual games
developer
with leading
market share
across all
major sales
channels,
including
Web portals,
retail
stores,
mobile
operators
and
developers,
and game
device
manufacturers.