blog.popcap.com » Hasbro http://blog.popcap.com Mon, 20 May 2013 18:01:29 +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 Two New Bejeweled Games: All of the Gems, None of the Pixels http://blog.popcap.com/2013/03/01/two-new-bejeweled-games-all-of-the-gems-none-of-the-pixels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-new-bejeweled-games-all-of-the-gems-none-of-the-pixels http://blog.popcap.com/2013/03/01/two-new-bejeweled-games-all-of-the-gems-none-of-the-pixels/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:09:43 +0000 curtis http://www-admin-wpn.bc.popcap.com/homepageblog/?p=9303 Continue]]> Hey parents: want a fun and safe way to introduce your kids to the sparkling gem-matching fun of Bejeweled, without connecting them to a computer or phone? Check out these two new ways to play Bejeweled — a board game and a card game, created by PopCap and Hasbro!

First up, Bejeweled: it’s a tabletop version of the original match-3 game. Play with up to three friends and see who can match and collect the most gems.

Next, there’s Bejeweled Frenzy: a fast-paced card game for 2-4 players.

These shimmering new games are perfect for every Bejeweled fan — and also a great treat for future Bejeweled players.

You can find both games at a variety of retailers–check them out on Hasbro’s site, and buy them today!

]]> http://blog.popcap.com/2013/03/01/two-new-bejeweled-games-all-of-the-gems-none-of-the-pixels/feed/ 1 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 The Game of Life is Better Than Ever http://blog.popcap.com/2012/11/12/the-game-of-life-is-better-than-ever/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-game-of-life-is-better-than-ever http://blog.popcap.com/2012/11/12/the-game-of-life-is-better-than-ever/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:26:59 +0000 A.J. http://www-admin-wpn.bc.popcap.com/homepageblog/?p=7930 Continue]]> It’s your life – where do you want to go? If it were my life, I’d want to go to THE GAME OF LIFE page and download the newest version in this classic game instantly for PC or for Mac depending on where I was sitting. But I can’t tell you what to do with your life. I can tell you that anything can happen (and just might) in THE GAME OF LIFE. Spin the wheel and choose your path. Stay single or say “I do.” Retire rich or lose it all. Choose your car and take a spin on the winding roads of life. Play it safe with sensible choices like college, marriage and kids. Or play it risky (which is what I would do – again, I’m not telling you what to do. But really, between us, why be boring? Have a little fun out there, walk the wild side, watch dangerous Chuzzle videos), make high stake investments and get lavish luxuries. You can even increase your chances of getting rich and winning big with memorable Share the Wealth cards and Life Spaces. Either way, discover what your future holds in colorful, 3-D play. THE GAME OF LIFE is back, and life never ends.*

 

*I’m making no claims for immortality by playing this game. It’s just a tagline people. Lighten up.

]]> http://blog.popcap.com/2012/11/12/the-game-of-life-is-better-than-ever/feed/ 0 Take a Walk on the Virtual Boardwalk with a New Monopoly—Today! http://blog.popcap.com/2012/09/25/take-a-walk-on-the-virtual-boardwalk-with-a-new-monopoly-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=take-a-walk-on-the-virtual-boardwalk-with-a-new-monopoly-today http://blog.popcap.com/2012/09/25/take-a-walk-on-the-virtual-boardwalk-with-a-new-monopoly-today/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:05:34 +0000 A.J. http://www-admin-wpn.bc.popcap.com/homepageblog/?p=7273 Continue]]> Hello board game lovers (and those “bored” by the games they’re currently playing. And yes, I did just say that). We’re as excited as anyone passing GO to announce that the freshest electronical version of MONOPOLY is here now and available for you to play on your PC right this instant. Or after you download it (and soon, very soon, it’ll be available for MACs, too).

In the manner of the classic game, you can buy, sell and trade your way to a fortune via properties from the inexpensive Baltic Avenue to big bubbly Boardwalk, railroads (for those hobos among us), under-appreciated utilities, Chance and Community Chest cards, luck, and more. But in this modern iteration of the game, you’ll also get to enjoy fun animated tokens, 3-D dice, customized game environments and up to three levels of difficulty. And you can try it for free. Are you ready to own it all? If not, then maybe this video will entice you to real estate excellence:

Just remember to stay out of jail!

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