peggle-nights posts

Released back in September 2008, PopCap Games's casual puzzle game Peggle Nights is still a highly popular (not to mention addictive) title to play. Now PopCap Games is conspiring to give all of us the full version of the game for free. However this is a catch involved in this deal.

It isn't much of a catch, though. All you have to do is sign up to receive the company's Passport email newsletter. The sign up itself is free and then you can send a free copy of Peggle Nights "to a friend or relative." Of course there's nothing to stop you from sending that free copy to yourself if you have more than one email address and we don't think the gang at PopCap will mind too much.

Download Peggle Nights Demo (24 MB)

Casual game developer and publisher PopCap Games has been on a roll in the past year or so with a number of major sellers including Peggle Nights, Bejeweled Twist and most recently the addictive tower defense game Plants Vs Zombies. All three games have sold very well and Plants Vs Zombies was recently declared to be, " . . . the best-selling game PopCap's ever had"

So what's next for the superstar casual game company. Big Download managed to get one big hint via PopCap's PR head Garth Chouteau: "It will be a sequel to one of our best selling franchises." Hmmmm.... That's all the hint Garth would give us for the moment but we can speculate...how about a new Zuma game? Or maybe a Heavy Weapon sequel? Hopefully we won't have to wait for long.

If you have yet to experience the addictive fun that makes the Peggle series worth trying out, the Steam service has just made it easier to get into "Peggle-mania" (we just made that up so don't go stealing it . . .come to think of it we don't have that power to keep it from being used somewhere else . . .never mind)

Anyway for this weekend only you can get both the original game (Peggle Deluxe) and the more recent sequel Peggle Nights in a bundle for $9.98 via Steam. That's a 50 percent savings from its normal Steam price. It's a small price to pay to fire balls to bounce and hit points to complete the puzzle. That's "Peggle-mania" for you.

"The sun has set at the Peggle Institute, but the bouncy delight has just begun! Join the Peggle Masters on a dreamtime adventure of alter egos and peg-tastic action. Stay up late to aim, shoot and clear orange pegs from over 60 levels, and bask in Extreme Fever glory. Then, take on 60 Challenges for even more rebounding joy!"

Download Peggle Nights Demo (24 MB)

If you are a fan of casual PC games then you know Peggle, the addictive action-puzzle game from Popcap Games. The title combines a colorful art style with gameplay that has you trying to get rid of pegs in each level via firing balls and hoping your shot combined with gravity and bounce-backs from other special ricochet pegs. The game was released in early 2007 and has since been downloaded 20 million times. Peggle got an extra boost thanks to Valve, who included a special version of the game, Peggle Extreme, with every version of their game collection The Orange Box in the fall of 2007, complete with art and sounds from the games in the collection.

Now Popcap has finally released the long awaited next game in the series, Peggle Nights. This new game contains, among other things, 60 new Adventure levels and 60 new Challenge mode levels along with new power-ups, trophies and more. The full version of the game costs $19.99 but a free demo is available. The game will be available for sale on other sites, including Valve's Steam, next month. There's no word on if there will be a special Left 4 Dead version of Peggle Nights released.

Download the Peggle Nights demo from Big Download right now