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News Briefs (11-17-09)

The Saboteur is now available to pre-order through Impulse. ………………..………………..………………..………………..   The Lair of the Demon Dragon update for Runes of Magic is set to be available Thursday, November 19.   Many high-level players are focused on the exciting adventures which await them in the raid dungeons of Runes of Magic. The ‘Liar of the Demon Dragon’ is the latest and most difficult challenge that the online role-playing game has offered to date. The powerful demon-possessed flame dragon Gestero, held ...

News Briefs (8-26-09)

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh parts 1 and 2 are now available on Xbox Live Arcade. ................................................................................   Peggle Nights is announced to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade, including a new multiplayer mode, later this year.   ◊ 60 new Peggle Nights levels for multiplayer over Xbox LIVE and all single player/local modes ◊ Peggle Nights Adventure mode (60 levels), including the Nights story ◊ 60 new Peggle Nights Challenges ◊ A new Peggle Master, Marina ◊ Peggle Nights trophy room ◊ Peggle Nights adventure ...

Peggle Art Winners

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced the winners of the first-ever PeggleTM Art Contest, which began in March as part of Peggle Fever. The three-month long contest drew hundreds of submissions from throughout the U.S. and Great Britain, from feverish fans ranging in age from 13 to 51. The grand prize winners, Michael and Stephanie Liu, a brother and sister team (ages 13 and 11, respectively) ...

News Briefs (7-8-09)

Electronic Arts announced it has Nerf 2: "N-Strike Elite" in development for later this year.   Bundled with a newly designed blue NERF SWITCH SHOT EX-3 blaster and attachable decoder lens that will deliver a blend of covert operation elements with over-the-top blasting missions.   NERF 2: "N-Strike" Elite will feature a classic rail shooter style of gameplay and equip players with a cache of fresh features. With the Wii-remote snapped into the NERF SWITCH SHOT EX-3 blaster and ...

Peggle Dual Shot

I had not been introduced to the phenomenon that is Peggle before Peggle Dual Shot for the Nintendo DS arrived for review. For those that are new or unfamiliar to what Peggle is, the idea is to take a ball, launch it into the playing field and knock out certain pegs. Pachinko has similar equipment, being a very primitive predecessor to pinball. Where Peggle has players attempting to knock out specific pegs, Pachinko has players ...

Arcade Peggle

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual video games, today announced this week’s launch of its hugely popular game Peggle™ on the Xbox LIVE® Arcade (XBLA) online service of Microsoft’s Xbox 360® video game console. Featured as XBLA’s “Game of the Week,” Peggle will be available for download in all Xbox LIVE regions this Wednesday, March 11 for 800 Microsoft points. Peggle for Xbox LIVE Arcade delivers a number of ...

Peggle Art Contest

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE   Top Fan Submissions from U.S. and UK To Be Incorporated Into Future Peggle Installment; Prizes Include Trips to Seattle, Retail Spending Sprees, iPhones, Xbox 360s and More PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced a first-of-its kind Peggle(TM) Art Contest, with the top submissions being immortalized in a future installment of the cult classic casual video game. The contest, which opens today and runs through June 3, 2009, ...

Peggle On Your DS

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE PopCap Games Inc., the leading developer and publisher of casual video games, today announced the launch of Peggle(TM) Dual Shot for Nintendo DS(R). This highly acclaimed adaptation, which just received IGN's Editor's Choice Award, was developed in conjunction with famed Japanese development studio Q Entertainment. Featuring 120 mind-bending levels, including ten all-new "Q"-created levels exclusive to the DS version, 90 challenges, and hundreds of hours of gameplay entertainment, Peggle Dual Shot is ...

Pop Cap Celebrating Peggle

FROM THE PRESS RELEASE PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced a three-month period of pure Peggle(TM) pleasure, with the arrival of the company's cult video game hit on a host of new platforms, in each case customized for the device or service. Peggle Dual Shot, the much-anticipated, platform-optimized adaptation of Peggle becomes available today for Nintendo DS (US$29.95) and later this month Peggle will arrive on iPhone and Microsoft's Xbox ...

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