Poker Blitz from Zynga: The ‘poker game for the masses’

Zynga’s Texas HoldEm poker game is one of the most popular on Facebook, with a loyal following of about 30 million monthly active users, according to AppData . For those who aren’t poker pros but still want to try their hand at a less intimidating version of this classic card game, Zynga Casino General Manager Har ‘Sim” Mimran says his team is launching Poker Blitz , a new “poker game for the masses.” While Sim was tight-lipped on the exact details of the game, he tells us that “Poker is a hard genre for a small niche of people …

New 500k Bejeweled Blitz medals dressed up for St. Patrick’s Day

Bejeweled Blitz , one of the most popular, addictive, and innovative puzzle games of all time, has done some major improvements to itself since its debut. Along with the introduction of jewel boosts in January , the game gave us higher scoring medals for players to showcase their record-breaking skills, but even this pales in comparison to their weekly real world prize drawings . Anyway, each holiday, the game dresses up the medals in silly costumes and seasonally appropriate designs.

Big Fish launches My Tribe for Facebook: Build a tribe, make it grow

Now that millions are flocking to Facebook games like FarmVille and Pet Society , we’re also seeing another big trend — established game publishers translating their existing games into something a little more social. We’ve seen this with Bejeweled Blitz from PopCap (with much success) and more recently with Faunasphere from Big Fish Games. Looks like Big Fish plans to keep socializing its existing games, with today’s launch of My Tribe, the casual gaming company’s second Facebook game.

Zynga’s Texas Hold’em offers Xbox 360 Elite as poker grand prize

Virtual games offering non-virtual goods as prizes and incentives to play are nothing new. Games like Bejeweled Blitz and Texas Hold’em don’t have any animated pixel rabbits to give away in an attempt to get you to come back for more. Instead, PopCap Games runs a weekly tournament where the current grand prize is a Mazda3 i Sport 4-door sedan ! And this is also not the first time Zynga has pulled an Xbox 360 Elite out of their magic hat, as ten consoles were being offered in November at their last shootout tourney

Bejeweled Blitz offers new prizes for March

As if the addictive fun of Bejeweled Blitz wasn’t enough reason to play the game practically non-stop, publisher Popcap recently announced its biggest month of random prize drawings ever for the hit Facebook game. Through March 9, players that register at least 1 million team points on the game will be eligible to win one of 16 iPod Touch units. Not bad in itself, but it pales in comparison to the prize Popcap has promised for later in the month: a new Mazda3 iSport 4-door sedan! With nearly 11 million monthly users , your chances of actually winning any of these prizes are vanishingly slim.

PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies biggest iPhone game launch – ever

If you’re not familiar with the game Plants vs. Zombies, you’re missing out on a casual gaming gem with a diverse fan base, everyone from the hardcore Halo player to the harried housewife

Bejeweled celebrates 10 years of addictive gaming

Next to Tetris, Bejeweled from Pop Cap is easily one of the most addictive game in history. So, it’s no surprise that publisher PopCap is celebrating the gem-swapping games’ –and its many iterations –10-year anniversary. In honor of this milestone, PopCap says it will introduce an “all new way” to play Bejeweled Blitz this year, and in March, hold a ‘Show Your Bejeweled Love’ contest, where fans will profess their love via video or audio

Bejeweled Blitz says ‘we’re sorry’ – gives away 50,000 free coins

When the Bejeweled Blitz update launched on January 26, things didn’t run as smoothly as planned. Players were appearing, then disappering from leaderboards and many complained the game wouldn’t load at all. After a few days, PopCap says the game collapsed due to a “trillion exploding gems” all at once, and after a few days of retooling, the problems seemed to be fix.

Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone — delayed!

PopCap, the makers of Bejeweled Blitz (one of our favorite Facebook games), has announced via Twitter that Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone will be delayed until mid-February

Bejeweled Blitz down for maintenance, new update imminent

We’ve been waiting for the Bejeweled Blitz update — complete with coins and boosts — to arrive on Facebook, and it’s our guess that the changes are coming soon, based on the fact that the game is down for maintenance. For those who are desperate for a Bejeweled Blitz fix, Pop Cap is offering gem-swapping game Bejeweled 2 for PC and Mac for $10 (that’s half off the regular price), for a limited time.

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