Sequel to Original Peg-Popping Phenomenon Features All-New Peggle Masters and Gameplay Content; Available Exclusively First as a Digital-Only Title for Xbox One
Dubai—December 10, 2013 — PopCap Games, creator of some of the world’s most beloved video game franchises
and a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:
EA), today launched
Peggle™ 2,
the anticipated sequel to the number 1 puzzle game of 2007. Available exclusively
first as a digital-only title on Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment
system from Microsoft, Peggle 2 features
the peg-popping greatness of the original with plenty of new features and fun. Peggle 2 offers 60 levels, 60 trials,
Peg Party multiplayer action, and four all-new Peggle Masters and power-ups at the price of $11.99 and is
available now from the Xbox Live Games Store at http://bit.ly/Peggle2.
“With Peggle 2 we’re taking everything that our
fans love about Peggle and bringing it to another level,” said Jared Neuss, Lead Producer
on Peggle 2. “The new Peggle Masters have tons of personality, their powers are all
completely over the top and there is a massive amount of content for players to
explore.”
Just as in the classic original, Peggle 2 combines elements of pinball,
pachinko and billiards and adds liberal doses of whimsy, fun, excitement, and
challenge – not to mention rainbows and a fifth of Beethoven.
Key features
include:
·
Five
Peggle Masters, each with multiple costumes
·
60
all-new gameplay levels
· 60 all-new trials
· 180 objectives
· Achievements and 1,000G to collect
· Peg Party mode for multiplayer fun!
· High-Definition graphics and orchestral audio
specific to each Master
· Kinect gesture and voice commands for in-game and
menu controls (in some markets)
· Save and share your best, craziest and most amazing
shots via Xbox One Game DVR and Upload (Xbox Live Gold membership required,
sold separately)
Peggle 2 comes initially with five Peggle masters / power-ups, with more coming
in future content updates. Returning from the original Peggle is Bjorn the
unicorn, whose Super Guide power-up displays the path of the ball’s first
bounce (enhanced and improved compared to the original Peggle). The four new Peggle 2 masters are as follows: Berg, a lovable yeti whose Deep Freeze
power causes pegs to slip and slide into each other, often with devastating
chain reactions; Gnorman, a small
gnome with big dreams and a power (Uber Volt) which supercharges the ball with
electricity that lances out to strike two additional pegs for each hit peg; Jeffrey, a laid-back troll with a
Bowlder power-up that smashes through pegs and bricks with crushing finality;
and Luna, a mysterious, but loveable
ghost girl whose Nightshade power turns blue pegs into spectral shadows through
which the ball can pass to reach difficult orange pegs – while racking up all
the points from phantom blue pegs to boot.
Peggle 2 is available now at http://www.xbox.com/xbox-one/games/peggle-2/. For more information visit www.popcap.com, press assets are available at http://info.ea.com. To join the conversation, like
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