blog.popcap.com » Hasbro http://blog.popcap.com Thu, 23 May 2013 20:26:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Live! On Tape! From Seattle! It’s Bejeweled — The Board Game! http://blog.popcap.com/2013/04/04/live-on-tape-from-seattle-its-bejeweled-the-board-game/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=live-on-tape-from-seattle-its-bejeweled-the-board-game http://blog.popcap.com/2013/04/04/live-on-tape-from-seattle-its-bejeweled-the-board-game/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:24:10 +0000 Jeff http://www-admin-wpn.bc.popcap.com/homepageblog/?p=9571 Continue]]> Hi kids! Happy Thursday! Or whatever day you happen to be reading this! Every day is a happy day on the PopCap blog! Especially after we’ve had our caffeine!

So, you may have heard rumors about a Bejeweled board game. You may have even seen it on store shelves. And you may have asked yourself, while staring at the box, “Wait, what? Why would I want a board game version of a game I have on oh so many of my digital devices?”

Today we are here to answer that question. Or rather, to let you watch the answer. Because what we have here, in an exclusive world premiere, is video footage of a few of us at PopCap actually playing the board game. Watch in amazement as real-life PopCap employees play this game in front of your very eyes, thanks to the magic of “video cameras”  and “the Internet!” No trick photography! All stunts performed by the actors themselves! No animals harmed too badly!

So, yes, the Bejeweled board game, brought to you by our good friends at Hasbro, is a fun, “offline” version of the game, and once you watch this video, you’ll see why! So watch already! Go on! Hit play! If you’re on this blog we already know you have some time to kill!

]]> http://blog.popcap.com/2013/04/04/live-on-tape-from-seattle-its-bejeweled-the-board-game/feed/ 0 Get Ready to Take Bejeweled to the Tabletop http://blog.popcap.com/2013/01/08/get-ready-to-take-bejeweled-to-the-tabletop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=get-ready-to-take-bejeweled-to-the-tabletop http://blog.popcap.com/2013/01/08/get-ready-to-take-bejeweled-to-the-tabletop/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:55:08 +0000 A.J. http://www-admin-wpn.bc.popcap.com/homepageblog/?p=8633 Continue]]> The most exciting news, oh, ever, just hit the streets. We’ve teamed up with those legendarily happy game-makers Hasbro to bring Bejeweled into the arena of face-to-face, tabletop gaming. Really! Later on this very spring (that’s 2013, for those of you who haven’t flipped the calendar), Hasbro is sending two beautiful games based on Bejeweled into the world. There’s the shimmery Bejeweled physical game, which follows along the gem-matching trail that so many have loved, and Bejeweled Frenzy, which is a fast-paced card game full of even more gem-matching fun. Yee-haw! Also, picking up the former gets you (beside tons of sparkly good times) a free download of the Bejeweled 3 computer game and the latter (the Frenzy) includes a code so that players of 13 or more years of age with a valid Facebook account can redeem four Rare Gems to use in the bubbly Bejeweled Blitz online game.  Again: yee-haw! So, keep an eye out when traipsing the aisles of your local physical stores, and take Bejeweled face-to-face this spring.

]]> http://blog.popcap.com/2013/01/08/get-ready-to-take-bejeweled-to-the-tabletop/feed/ 0 Don’t Sink My Battleship! http://blog.popcap.com/2012/12/13/dont-sink-my-battleship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-sink-my-battleship http://blog.popcap.com/2012/12/13/dont-sink-my-battleship/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:11:02 +0000 A.J. http://www-admin-wpn.bc.popcap.com/homepageblog/?p=8293 Continue]]> We mentioned in an early post about Hasbro computer games available in your local retailer, games which PopCap helped create for PC and Mac. But all you classic board game fans are even luckier today, because the champion game of sea warfare is now also available for download. That’s right — big bad Battleship can be yours to play on PC or Mac in mere minutes, and you can try it for free. You’ll be able to achieve total victory at sea, but only by flexing your maritime muscles in seriously strategic fashion. Much like its plastic predecessor, this version of Battleship is nearly tipping over with fun. You’ll have the ability to launch strikes with mouse-driven precision as you destroy enemies in Classic mode or Salvo mode, witness 3-D guns blazing and smoke-billowing carriers sinking to their doom, and earn Super Weapons as you improve your rank from Seaman all the way to fully fledged Admiral. It’s a hit!

]]> http://blog.popcap.com/2012/12/13/dont-sink-my-battleship/feed/ 0 A New Risk: Get Ready to Dominate the World! http://blog.popcap.com/2012/11/21/a-new-risk-get-ready-to-dominate-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-risk-get-ready-to-dominate-the-world http://blog.popcap.com/2012/11/21/a-new-risk-get-ready-to-dominate-the-world/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:05:46 +0000 A.J. http://www-admin-wpn.bc.popcap.com/homepageblog/?p=8070 Continue]]> Draft! Attack! Fortify! Sadly, there aren’t many days where you can walk the streets yelling those words at the top of your lungs without being stopped soon by some “authority figures.” Draft! Attack! Fortify! But today is one of those days, because today I’m here to tell you about the dominatingly fresh version of RISK that’s now available for PC/Mac right here on PopCap.com!

RISK is of course the original game of strategy and world domination – I’m thinking almost everyone can remember a marathon session of RISK with friends (or one-time friends, ’cause sometimes friendships end after you come rumbling with your armies through Kamchatka). Draft! Attack! Fortify! With this digital version, you’ll uncover the classic look and fun of RISK in an exciting interactive experience. There are two ways to play as you strategize over the map and set out to conquer the world, either testing your power against computer enemies (which is nice as it gets you ready to take on our eventual computer overlords), or competing with friends in Hotseat multiplayer fashion. Draft! Attack! Fortify! But either way, you have to use strategic thinking and tactical gambles and earn a host of achievements as you take territory after territory trying to answer one big question: can you lead your army to victory? Draft! Attack! Fortify!

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