This Week in the Mercury

Wet Hot American Fall

Film

Wet Hot American Fall

The Northwest Film & Video Festival Goes A-Scoutin'


SOLD OUT

Columns

SOLD OUT

What's in Store



Sunday, September 21, 2008

World of Warcraft, Bejeweled Link Up (Possibly Form Voltron)

Posted by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli on Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 10:43 PM

bejwow2.jpg

In the unnecessarily decadent tradition of the Matryoshka or the Turducken, this Thursday, PopCap Games will release a version of hyper-addictive puzzle title Bejeweled to be played within World of Warcraft.

PopCap spokespeople broke the news to Wired's me earlier this week along with a story of why they're the one Seattle corporation you shouldn't firebomb during the next WTO riots.

It seems the game was originally created by a San Jose State University student. When PopCap found out, instead of suing the kid, they gave him a high-five, hired him, and officially published his creation.

Even better news? World of Warcraft players won't have to pay a cover charge to enjoy Bejeweled in between slaying orcs and lying about their cyber infidelities: The add-on is entirely free.

As the game isn't technically an official release, it's hard to say where you'd have to go to snag a copy upon release, but my money is on one of the larger World of Warcraft modding sites.

Comments (2) RSS

Showing 1-2 of 2

Add a comment

Back in the days of Everquest 1 there was a tetris/bejeweled puzzle game that used spell icons for the blocks.

Considering WoW's downtime vs. EQ1's downtime, I don't know when you'd have time to play a game. In EQ 1 there were 15 minute boat rides, hour long corpse runs, and raiding could take 8 hours to get about 1/4 of the loot you get in WoW.

Just saying...

Posted by Alf on September 22, 2008 at 9:59 AM | Report this comment

Lord, you left the comment I was about to leave.

Posted by ROM on September 22, 2008 at 11:54 AM | Report this comment

Add a comment

/images/adoftheweek.gif

ad of the day

beautiful kitty has gone missing from SE 35th & SE Morrison
Keep an eye out for our dear kitty! Her name is Bramble Rose & she is a torti with long hair and a white face/chest & paws... pink nose.. She is extremely cute & affectionate- please call 503-913-1937go


post an ad
Point Juncture, WA Point Juncture, WA

All contents © Index Newspapers, LLC

605 NE 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97232

Contact Info | Privacy Policy | Production Guidelines | Terms of Use