Video Gaming News - January 2004
Edison, NJ (January 29, 2004) - Majesco today announced plans to
publish the internet puzzle games Bookworm and Bejeweled for the Game Boy
Advance. Both titles are scheduled for release in 2004.
"Majesco continues to identify sources for innovative products, and the
Internet has grown into a proving ground for games, resulting in products with a
firmly established consumer base and a wide demographic of players," said Ken
Gold, Vice President of Marketing for Majesco. "We are pleased to have the
opportunity to offer fans a new portable way to experience Bookworm and
Bejeweled, as well as the chance to introduce two great titles to the Game Boy
Advance audience."
From Majesco:
In Bookworm, Lex, the lovable bookworm, is hungry and players must feed him
by connecting adjacent tiles to complete words for him to eat. Larger words will
award more points and special letter tiles will award bonus points. However,
players must watch out for those fire tiles. If they burn their way to the
bottom of the letter library, the game is over. Bookworm was created by
web-game-powerhouse, Popcap Games and the Game Boy Advance version is planned
for release in February. Currently, approximately 5 million people play Bookworm
(a.k.a. Bespelled) each month on the various gaming sites.
Later this year Majesco will release Bejeweled, one of Popcap Games' most
downloaded titles, with an average of more than 6 million people playing the
online Java version each month. In Bejeweled, players swap two adjacent jewels
to line up three or more of the same jewel type horizontally or vertically. Game
play is simple, but super-addictive and gamers continue playing until there are
no moves left to make.
For additional information regarding Majesco Sales Inc., please visit the
Majesco website at
www.majescogames.com.
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