PopCap Games and Taito announced a partnership this morning that would oversee the launch of a new "dedicated mobile social game service" in Japan. The service is named, appropriately enough, Pop Tower. The service will add an "all-new metagame with RPG elements" to several of PopCap's titles (Bejeweled, Chuzzle, and Zuma were all named), unifying multiple PopCap properties under one persistent leveling system.
Beyond unnamed new modes being added and the RPG metagame, additional "social elements" will give players the opportunity to communicate with friends. As we've come to expect with most games moved from the Western market to the East, microtransactions will play a major role in the monetization of Pop Tower's titles, allowing for the purchase of "in-game virtual goods and premium service options." And hey, if that means we can play as Björn the Unicorn across multiple PopCap titles and persistently level him up, consider us sold.
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Posted: Nov 11th 2010 7:51PM PR0F3TA said
i just bought Bookworm and its great, can't seem to get past lvl 12 though.
Posted: Nov 11th 2010 7:57PM Shadowbender said
There seems to be a surge of social games news.
Posted: Nov 11th 2010 9:18PM Lerkero said
Anyone interested in checking out a game that sort of combines the shooting of Space Invaders and the puzzling of Bejewled should play Popcap's "Astropop". If Popcap were to make an Astropop 2 I would be very pleased if it were a little more like Space Invaders and had an adventure to it.
Posted: Nov 11th 2010 10:30PM Drakkenfyre said
AstroPop. One of the few PopCap games that didn't become a megahit, and spawn several sequels. It's an awesome game. It, like Insanaquarium, need a sequel.
It's also the first game of their's that had 3D acceleration.
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It's also the first game of their's that had 3D acceleration.
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