Here’s some exciting news for those of us who love games and want as many as possible for our iPhones. PopCap Games, the leading online company for casual gameplay, has released a version of its premier game for the iPhone. Bejeweled, the popular jewel-pattern game has been called PopCap’s flagship game and now there’s a version for the iPhone.
This version of Bejeweled has been specially designed to work with the iPhone’s screen size and input controls. Working with Polish developer Arkadiusz Mlynarczyk, who developed a Bejeweled clone called Diamenty for the iPhone, PopCap has transformed the familiar game with specialty controls to take advantage of iPhone’s unique touch screen capabilities.
Bejeweled was a clear choice for the iPhone due to the game’s vertical orientation. The game takes advantage of iPhone’s landscape capabilities as well. If you turn the iPhone, the game will zoom in on the active part of the screen; making selecting individual gems a little bit easier.
Not only is Bejeweled super fun (personally, I’ve played it far too much), but PopCap’s new version is absolutely free. Bejeweled and Zuma (another popular PopCap game) have both been available on video iPods for a year and have both been great successes. It’s easy to speculate, then, that this will not be the last game that PopCap develops for the awesome-game-lacking iPhone.
For more information on this game app as well as info about PopCap Games check out PopCap’s Bejeweled Press Release.