PopCap Games releases Zuma’s Revenge! trailer

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Casual, PC, Trailers,

PopCap Games just released the trailer for their upcoming Zuma sequel, Zuma’s Revenge, which will be available for download at PopCap.com on September 15th. If you were a fan of the original, it looks like there is more of the same Zuma goodness here, but with some very interesting tweaks to up the challenge. Yeah, we can’t wait either.

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EXCLUSIVE Reviews: Zuma, Pac-Man, Bejeweled, and Tetris on iPod

Posted by Michael Cardiff Categories: Action, Portable/Mobile, Puzzle, Reviews,

Yesterday, we reported on Apple’s move to bring several popular casual games to the iPod - and for those that are fans of instant gratification, you’re in luck… today we’re going to review them! The iGames now currently available for Apples 5G and 5.5G iPods include 9 titles: Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mah-Jong, Mini-Golf, Pac-Man, Tetris, Texas Holdem, Vortex and Zuma. To really test how well Apple’s done, we picked four of the titles that we thought would be more challenging to port for the click-wheel interface: Bejeweled, Pac-Man, Zuma and Tetris. And for all you out there wondering whether the new iGames are worth your $4.99, you can find our full review of these 4 titles (along with tasty videos) and our thoughts on the iGames functionality in general after the jump!

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Apple Releases PacMan, Tetris, Zuma for iPod: $4.99 a pop

Posted by Michael Cardiff Categories: Corporate News, Hardware, Portable/Mobile, Retro,

Well, it looks as though all of those rumors of Apple trying to hire games industry professionals may not have been all that far off. Today, during the “It’s Showtime” keynote at the Yerba Buena center in San Francisco, Apple announced that they will be releasing iPod-compatible versions of Tetris, Zuma, Mah-Jong, Texas Holdem, Cubis 2, and other games on the iTunes store for $4.99 a piece.

It’s not clear whether these games will only be compatible with the iPod phat yet, or if they’ll also work with the nano. However, Steve J did mention that all of the games should be compatible with the 5G video iPods y’all already have. This is good news, since Apple also announced during their presentation that they’re updating the whole iPod product line - including a “5.5G” video iPod with 60% brighter screen, iPod nanos in colored aluminum enclosures, and a re-designed iPod Shuffle. We’ll update this story with more information as it becomes available on the Apple website.

UPDATE 1: Apple’s website has been updated, indicating that the iGames are compatible only with the 5G iPod or the newly-released 60% brighter 5.5G iPods. iPod nanos are not supported. We’ve downloaded some of these games from the iTunes Store (went very smoothly - this is Apple after all) and will have full reviews up shortly. It’s looking like at least some of these are worth the $5.00 download.

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