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PopCap downplays Peggle DS rumours

The green light on dual screen peg-popping pleasures yet to be lit

PopCap downplays Peggle DS rumours
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Ah, Amsterdam. Canals, pretty girls on bikes, beer with extra foam and thick clouds of smoke. It seems that roving editor Jon Jordan may have been breathing a little too deeply…

Following on from our story yesterday about PopCap bringing its highly successful casual game Peggle to DS, we've received further correspondence from the company.

"There are always rumors flying around regarding casual games and where they're headed, and in this case the rumor mill seems to have gone into overdrive; this is a perfect example of why our company policy is to not comment on future plans until they're finalized," PopCap's vice president of Video Game Platforms, Greg Canessa stated.

"We have ambitious plans for many of our titles including Peggle, and are eager to bring its peg-popping pleasures to as many appropriate platforms and devices as possible. But Nintendo has not approved this product, we have not signed a developer to port Peggle to DS, and we have not green lighted this project."

Basically then, the official line is that Peggle remains a PC, Mac and iPod-only property.

Chris James
Chris James
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