Bejeweled Blitz is originally a Facebook application

Facebook

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 which is developed and published by PopCap Games

PopCap Games

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. It soon expanded into a downloadable game, based on the then-in-development Bejeweled 3 engine, due to popularity of the differences from Bejeweled 2

Bejeweled 2

Bejeweled 2 is a web-based game, sequel to Bejeweled, developed and published by PopCap Games. In 2004, Bejeweled 2 Deluxe was released. They both add extra game modes and features to the game. Bejeweled 2 Deluxe, like all PopCap titles, is available on a "try before you buy" basis...

and its new graphics. As with the Bejeweled series

Bejeweled (series)

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, Bejeweled Blitz is based on the Shariki

Shariki

Shariki is a puzzle game by Russian programmer Eugene Alemzhin, developed for DOS in 1994.The goal of the game is to gain progressively higher scores by matching three or more balls of the same color in line . These balls then explode and a new ones appear in their place...

game mechanic. It is the fourth game of the multi-selling Bejeweled franchise and is available on iOS

IOS

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as part of the Bejeweled 2 iOS application.

Gameplay

The goal of Bejeweled Blitz is to match gems and Multipliers in order to get the highest score possible in one minute. By connecting with Facebook, players can compete with others for a high score on leaderboards.

The main game screen is an 8 x 8 grid of gems. Players make lines of three by swapping gems with adjacent gems. When a match is made, the matched gems disappear and more gems fall into the board from above. Special gems can be created by making matches of 4 or more.

Unlike the previous games in the series, Bejeweled Blitz allows the player to swap gems while gems from previous matches are still falling.