Bejeweled 3 Headed To Consoles

Latest Adaptations in Famed Bejeweled Franchise Coming in Q4 2011 to Nintendo DS, PlayStation3, PSN, Xbox 360and Xbox LIVEArcade

SEATTLE, Washington - June 2 1 , 2011 - PopCap Games, the worldwide personality in unintentional games, currently voiced skeleton to bring 5 new adaptations of its famous Bejeweled 3 authorization to the Nintendo DS , PlayStation 3, PSN, Xbox 360 , and Xbox LIVE Arcade. This pierce outlines the initial time a Bejeweled pretension will show up on all the tip video diversion platforms simultaneously. The games are scheduled to liner in Q4 2011 in both North America and Europe.

"Critics consent that Bejeweled 3 lifted the typical for match-3 games to new heights," mentioned Ed Allard, college of music head at PopCap Games. "This holiday, we're bringing that experience to PlayStation 3, PSN, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and Nintendo DS gamers with adaptations that look great and fool around even improved on any platform."

Originally launched in the spring of 2000, Bejeweled has turn a of the tip 10 video diversion franchises in history. More than half a billion people worldwide have played the game, and over 50 million units have been sole opposite 17 platforms from iPhone to Xbox and even airline seatbacks. An estimated 8 billion hours have been outlayed personification Bejeweled, and the diversion continues to sell at the rate of a duplicate every 4.3 seconds.

With twice the diversion modes of its prototype together with 8 mini-games and a full second edition of sound and graphics, Bejeweled 3 is a quantum jump deliver in the match-3 difficulty pioneered by the original Bejeweled.

About PopCap
PopCap Games is the heading universal developer, publishing house and user of unintentional video games: fun, easy-to-learn, enthralling games that allure to all ages opposite PC, mobile, amicable and other platforms. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of more than 400 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. PopCap's games have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship franchise, Bejeweled, has sole more than 50 million units.