![]() ![]() At the basic level Insaniquarium is just about owning fish: decorative wet idiots who can't be trusted not to starve. Insaniquariumĭrop a pellet and one of your guppies either eats it and grows, or doesn't and turns belly-up. Then Flow stops being a peaceful interactive screensaver, abruptly becoming a game about the circle of life. Creatures one level over are always visible and as you shift, the outline of a ray three times your size might suddenly stop being a blur and become an orange threat ready to eat you. You're a microscopic wormy creature gobbling up plankton-like blobs: eat a blue one and travel to an ocean plane one shade lighter, eat a red one and travel to a deeper blue. The bit in Spore where you're a single-celled creature working up the food chain was essentially an interactive screensaver, but still one of its best parts. The best underwater games draw inspiration from the life cycles of marine creatures, from what it's like to move through water, from all the dangers and wonders of the ocean. ![]() They're not first-person shooters set at the bottom of the sea or games about fish who are also secret agents. If we're going to get wet, it's better when games dedicate themselves entirely to representing the experience of being underwater. Swimming controls usually fill us with dread because they don't get the same care or finesse as everything that surrounds them. Other company and product names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners and are used for the benefit of those owners.Underwater levels in platformers, token diving sections in open-world games-they're usually not great. or its licensors and may be registered in some countries. The PopCap logo and all other trademarks used herein that are listed at are owned by PopCap Games, Inc. PopCap is the only casual games developer with leading market share across all major sales channels, including Web portals, retail stores, consoles, mobile phones and MP3 players. Constantly acclaimed by consumers and critics, PopCap’s games are played on the Web, desktop computers, myriad mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PCs, iPod, iPhone and more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS), and in-flight entertainment systems. Its timeless games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled®, has sold more than 25 million units across all platforms. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of over 200 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, and Shanghai. PopCap Games ( is the leading multi-platform provider of “casual games” - fun, easy-to-learn, irresistible computer games that appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106. (As is the case with regular Peggle Nights, the new Challenge Mode challenges in the level pack can only be accessed once Adventure Mode has been completed.) Even players who have the free trial version of Peggle Nights can play a couple of the new bonus levels. ![]() Peggle Nights owners simply download and install the Holiday 2008 bonus level pack file from and launch Peggle Nights to start playing the all-new levels and challenges. The new levels in the Holiday 2008 level pack all have winter and/or holiday themes, and several also feature imagery and characters from other PopCap games, including obscure titles such as Iggle Pop™, Dynomite™, and Pixelus™. “For the legions of Peggle Nights fans, this is a small, early holiday gift from us, in thanks for that support.” “We can’t get enough of Peggle ourselves, so there’s a selfish motive behind introducing additional levels for Peggle Nights on a frequent basis,” explained Sukhbir Sidhu, Studio Director at PopCap and co-creator of Peggle and Peggle Nights. Additional level packs will be forthcoming in 2009 and beyond. The new levels can be played in the Quick Play or Duel modes of Peggle Nights, and there are also ten new challenges in Challenge Mode based on the new levels. Available exclusively at .uk, the Peggle Nights “Holiday 2008” level pack features five all-new levels, with holiday themes or themes related to other PopCap® titles – or in some cases, both. Five New Themed Levels and Ten New Challenges – PopCap and Holiday Themed – Now Available for DownloadĭUBLIN, Ireland - PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced the immediate availability of the first FREE “level pack” for Peggle™ Nights. ![]()
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