Bejeweled (series)

Bejeweled
Genre(s)Puzzle
Developer(s)PopCap Games
Publisher(s)PopCap Games
Electronic Arts
Creator(s)Jason Kapalka[1]
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
Windows Phone
Windows Mobile
Mac OS X
iOS
Android
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Nintendo DS
Wii
Java ME
Adobe Flash
Palm OS
Symbian^3
PlayStation Vita
Online
Arcade
First releaseBejeweled
May 30, 2001
Latest releaseBejeweled Champions
September 9, 2020
Spin-offsBejeweled Twist, Bejeweled Blitz, Bejeweled Stars

Bejeweled is a series of tile-matching puzzle video games created by PopCap Games. Bejeweled was released initially for browsers in 2001, followed by seven sequels: Bejeweled 2 (2004), Bejeweled Twist (2008), Bejeweled Blitz (2009), Bejeweled 3 (2010), Bejeweled Legend (2012, in Japan only) Bejeweled Stars (2016), and Bejeweled Champions (2020) all by PopCap Games and its parent, Electronic Arts. More than 10 million copies of Bejeweled have been sold, and the game has been downloaded more than 350 million times.[2] By February 2010, Bejeweled sales hit 50 million. The figure includes the original game, plus the Blitz and Twist versions.[3] An arcade version was released in Q3 2013.

  1. ^ "Bejeweled® Deluxe Readme". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  2. ^ Ward, Mark (2008-03-18). "Casual games make a serious impact". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  3. ^ Alexander, Leigh (February 10, 2010). "Bejeweled Sales Hit 50 Million". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 7, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.