Sure shot: PopCap's Peggle integrated into World of Warcraft
Your good-things-in-the-most-unlikely-of-places dose for the day: after the integration of casual staple Bejeweled into the game last September, PopCap has announced a free downloadable addon to World of Warcraft that lets you play their popular pachinko/pinball/plinko mashup Peggle entirely inside the MMO itself.
The addon is more than a simple UI enhancement, though, PopCap and Blizzard have tied the two games together by adding a new /peggleloot command that lets players "roll" for loot by taking their best Peggle shot.
PopCap's also fully themed the addon with new unlockable 'talent trees' with special abilities that give your shots a chance to 'crit' on peg hits, unique 'Peggle master' characters, and twelve levels based on Azerothian locations.
See more screenshots and download the free addon here.
Bejeweled, Peggle World of Warcraft addons [PopCap]
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Trent Hawkins
#1 – 1:48 PM April 23, 2009
my god... the only thing that could be a bigger deterrent to human interaction would be a fully functional holodeck.
FnordX
#2 – 1:58 PM April 23, 2009
When you have to duct tape another game into your game, maybe that's because there's not enough game already in your game, and you should focus on making your game more fun to play instead?
Or am I just talking crazy talk?
Lord_Humungous_Head_Veins
#3 – 2:03 PM April 23, 2009
oh my god. This is absolutely incredible. I can't imagine anything else that would bring me back to WoW than this! But seriously, that's absolutely ingenious that it's tied into the game. Peggle shots for lewts!!! hahahaha
Flickering
#4 – 2:59 PM April 23, 2009
Actually having looked at the addon, the conclusion that Blizzard is somehow in cahoots and has provided deep integration appears to be simply a leap of faith. This is all Popcap's own doing, and /peggleloot requires that the group is divvying up their own loot (Master Looter), and that everyone trusts Peggle (There's no real protection against cheating).
bardfinn
#5 – 2:59 PM April 23, 2009
Given the ridiculous number of other pop culture references in WoW, I suppose it was only a matter of time before they brought in "Yo Dawg, I herd you like gamez, so we put a game in your game so's you can play while you play!"