Puzzle Quest getting XBLA expansion, fans asked to name it

by Jason Dobson { Mar 17th 2008 at 10:15AM }

Puzzle Quest was among our favorite titles released last year over Xbox Live Arcade, with the unlikely mix of casual puzzling and role-playing edging its way into several of our staff's top picks for 2007. Now publisher D3 has announced that the game will soon be getting what it calls a "tremendous amount" of new content by way of an upcoming downloadable expansion. There's just one problem -- it needs a name.

The add-on, which promises a new villain in Antharg, the Lord of Plague, as well as new spells, items, and quests on top of four new hero professions (Bard, Rogue, Ranger and Warlock), is currently being dubbed " Puzzle Quest: 1.5," but that name is hardly appropriate. To this end, D3 is calling for players to submit name suggestions on the official Puzzle Quest website starting today at noon through Friday, March 21. Once a name has been decided, the expansion will be made available this spring over Xbox Live. We're already brainstorming our ideas -- might we suggest Puzzle Quest: The Addictioning?

Tags: antharg, breakingnews, d3, d3-publisher, d3publisher, expansion, puzzle-quest, puzzlequest, xbla, xbox-live, xbox-live-arcade, xboxlive, xboxlivearcade

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Erwos @ Mar 17th 2008 10:29AM

Well, _great_. Now I need to buy it on the 360 for the expansion, and sell my copy on the DS. Thanks, D3!

(Best f'ing game ever.)

itsburnsie @ Mar 17th 2008 10:38AM

I don't know if it's the BEST game ever, but damn if it isn't the most addicting game ever... and I used to play WoW.

I'll probably keep my DS copy, but now I'll have to get the 360 arcade version too.

fizzbang @ Mar 17th 2008 10:37AM

Any idea if it'll raise the level cap? I hit level 50 long before the endgame on the DS, and it kind of killed my desire to continue.

Then again, perhaps it wouldn't be a problem if I hadn't been using the knight's mega-XP-combos-of-doom.

Donald @ Mar 17th 2008 10:45AM

Puzzle Quest: Crack Cocaine

itsburnsie @ Mar 17th 2008 10:58AM

Puzzle Quest 2: The Quest for More Money

Mystic @ Mar 17th 2008 11:02AM

How about they fix the DRM problem FIRST!!!!!!

Windex @ Mar 17th 2008 7:00PM

Agreed, they promised a patch in 2007!

Ninegauger @ Mar 17th 2008 11:14AM

I might buy the 360 version now I guess... the lure of Achievements and new content might be too much for me. I'm curious why the area is in the south when it seemed to me there was a lot more unused map area to the west.

Dave @ Mar 17th 2008 11:22AM

Puzzle Quest 1.5: Return of the Cheating AI

Geist @ Mar 17th 2008 1:09PM

Now with more "goddamn-it-there's-no-way-you
-just-made-5-quadruple- matches-in-a-row-you-
goddamn-stupid-thing-arrrgh-I-hate-you-
-I-will-only-play-30-more-minutes" moments!

zero2dash @ Mar 17th 2008 11:33AM

Puzzle Quest: C-C-C-C-Combo Breaker!!!

Ryan Henson Creighton @ Mar 17th 2008 11:39AM

Puzzle Quest: Hope You Still Like Bejwelled, Muthaf*cka

343 Guilty Fart @ Mar 17th 2008 12:38PM

Exactly why the game didn't appeal to me.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Mar 17th 2008 1:38PM

no one doesn't like bejeweled. The ones that say they don't never played it or are lying.

Yeah, thats my ultimatum of the day.

343 Guilty Fart @ Mar 17th 2008 1:50PM

Sorry, just not a fan of games with bricks falling down, except for Tetris of course.

Matt @ Mar 17th 2008 11:57AM

Puzzle Quest 2 : Because you were just about able to close your eyes and not see the game.

Digitcon @ Mar 17th 2008 12:01PM

Love the game, extra content would be awesome, in a terrible terrible way. I was finally sleeping again.
Crafting that Godlike Item nearly broke me.

Now if the website wasnt utter crap, and actually had any info on this naming contest it would be really helpful.