September 29, 2009 by David Smail
Filed under Gaming News
Are you ready to play Zuma’s revenge?
September 24, 2009 by Eddie Makuch
Filed under Gaming News
Ready to waste hours of your life? We are. Details inside.
September 15, 2009 by David Smail
Filed under Gaming, Gaming News
A sequel to Zuma with flair!
November 7, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Filed under Gaming News, The Magazine
Blast readers — in addition to our free PC gaming headsets that we’re just tossing at readers like t-shirts at a basketball game — we have two PopCap games prize packs for you!
You get copy of Peggle, one of the most addictive games ever, a set of PopCap games trading cards, a PopCap games sports [...]
September 16, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology, The Magazine
Casual game developer PopCap Games announced on Tuesday that they have released a follow-up to Peggle, one of the highest rated games of 2007 and the most popular casual video game of hte year.
“Peggle Nights sports 60 all-new Adventure Mode levels and 60 new Challenge Mode hurdles, along with a new ‘Peggle Master’ power-up, new [...]
September 5, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
Later this month, you’ll be able to Peggle to your little heart’s content — if you can turn away from Spore for 10 seconds. [...]
August 19, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
Years ago, PopCap Games tried to sell the rights to their fledgling little title, Bejeweled, for $60,000.
They got no takers.
Today, they announed that more than 25 million copies of Bejeweled has been sold worldwide.
“Considering we tried to sell Bejeweled outright to more than one industry giant back in the early days of our company, and [...]
March 10, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
PopCap Games announced that a new new PopCap Hits compilation for PlayStation 2 will be launched soon.
PopCap Hits Vol. 2 features Heavy Weapon and Zuma, and will sell for $19.95 in June. It’s the first time the two games have been available for PlayStation consoles.
“We’re pleased to be bringing our second PlayStation 2 ‘greatest hits’ [...]
February 7, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
In a move that makes me suspiciously think they are playing coy, PopCap Games released a statement Thursday vehemently denying they are making a Nintendo DS version of the mega-popular puzzler, Peggle.
“There are always rumors flying around regarding casual games and where they’re headed, and in this case the rumor mill seems to have gone [...]
January 17, 2008 by Blast Magazine Newsroom
Filed under Features
Congratulations to loyal Blast Magazine reader Jeff Hunt for being the most recent winner of a Blast Magazine prize package.
This month’s package included a full-size official poster from the movie “The Diving Bell And The Butterfly” with the film’s official soundtrack courtesy of Miramax. Jeff is also receiving a copy of outlandish new DVD, “Cougar [...]
December 18, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Gaming News, Science and Technology
One of the most successful casual games ever has been released for iPods via direct download from iTunes for $4.99. [...]
November 13, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Features, Science and Technology
Okay listen up. I got five commercial copies of Roxio Crunch video conversion software for Mac/PC ($39.99) and two copies of Popcap Arcade Volume 1 for Xbox 360 (also $39.99).
I have explicit instructions to give them away to my readers, but I’m going to make you work for them.
This will be an easy one. Take [...]


