GamesRadar - Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

'Classic' PSP games coming to PlayStation Store (News)

Sep 9, 2008

"While it doesn't quite fulfill our wish list of PSP games we'd most want to purchase by download and run from a single Memory Stick, D3 Publisher's "classic" catalog is coming to PlayStation Store (the PC one) this September. Props for being ahead of the curve. Up for digital delivery will be:"

MGS4 makes last stand against casual games (Feature)

Jun 9, 2008

“We’re in the era of casual games, and it’s time to say ‘this is for the hardcore gamer’,” says Hideo Kojima, creator of Metal Gear Solid 4. “So it’s really, really important [MSG4] succeeds.” Has he got a point? With budgets spiraling (a decent next-gen title costs anywhere from $20-40 million) companies are becoming more risk-averse, keener on pumping out sure things than trying out new ...

GDC '08: Puzzle Quest was deemed too risky (News)

Feb 24, 2008

Just like the Beatles, Puzzle Quest was turned down many times before D3 Publisher took the game on, Infinite Interactive CEO Steve Fawkner told the audience at his Game Developers Conference session.

Fawkner said that the pitching process was incredibly frustrating, which he illustrated with a cartoon. He said, "because it was deemed an 'innovative product,' it was difficult to sell the idea. We had one publisher who said they loved it, but they wouldn't publish it because they had no idea how many copies it would sell." A while later, the same publisher asked for more copies of the game, and Fawkner presumed this was because it had changed its mind on publishing the title. "They said 'no'," he laughed. "They just wanted more copies because everyone was playing it in the lunchtime in their office."

More Puzzle Quest On The Way (News)

Feb 8, 2008

D3Publisher of America has confirmed that a second entry in the ultra-addictive Puzzle Quest franchise is due this year. No further details on the title are available, though company also revealed it will be publishing a Shaun the Sheep video game and another Ben 10 title.

Released last year, the Infinite Interactive-developed Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords took the gaming community by storm with its addictive combination of color-matching combat and RPG-style quests. The initial Nintendo DS and PSP editions were followed by PC, PlayStation 2, and Wii iterations along with an Xbox 360 release via the online Xbox Live Arcade.

Kotaku's 2007 Games of the Year and Overall Game of the Year (News)

Dec 29, 2007

Kotaku's Brian Crecente writes:

"Our first-ever Game of the Year awards was a pretty straight forward deal. I asked all of the writers to submit a list of three games for each category and the three that showed up most in each category made it as a finalist. Once we had the list of finalists I asked each writer to go through and order the finalists and then tallied the vote. The one with the most points was named Game of the Year, the runner-up was named Not Quite Game of the Year. The game with the most votes for Worst Game of the Year received that dubious honor."

Super Mario Galaxy won Kotaku's Overall Game of the Year award. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune came as second, it won the Not Quite Game of the Year award. (Kotaku posted the overall results as a separate post, see the link at the Alternative Sources below for more details.)

Puzzle Quest Sweeps Australian Developer Awards (News)

Nov 19, 2007

The Game Developers Association of Australia announced its 2007 Industry Award winners at the conclusion of its Game Connect: Asia Pacific 2007 Conference and Expo, at an annual dinner that convened 200 GDAA members, industry guests and government representatives to hear the news.

The categories were largely swept by Infinite Interactive's Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, which earned Best Game, Best Console Title, Best PC Title, Best Handheld Title and Best Gameplay.

Puzzle Quest expands platforms (News)

Jul 17, 2007

D3Publisher has announced its plans to release Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords to Wii, PS2, Xbox LIVE Arcade, and mobile devices. The prospective release date for Wii, PS2, and mobile versions has been set to early 2008, while XBLA will be having crazed Puzzle Quest fanatics downloading in just a few months. “The gaming community has offered such warm support and we are elated to open the game up to more fans by offering new ways to play,” said Steve Fawkner, lead ...

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (Review)

Jun 22, 2007

Sometimes, explaining the mechanics of a puzzle game is nightmarishly difficult. It's usually some variation of "this colored widget goes there, and if you make a certain shape, more widgets blast in from some direction", but filling in the details is a pain. Not so with Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. If you've ever played Bejeweled - and several million people have - you know 90% of what this game is about. The remaining ten percent sure is interesting, though. Yes, you're basically ...

D3 Buys Puzzle Quest Developer (News)

Jun 21, 2007

Puzzle Quest was a surprise hit for publisher D3. Likely tuning into that, D3Publisher of America has decided to purchase Vicious Cycle, the developer behind the PSP SKU of Puzzle Quest.

Vicious Cycle is the first developer acquisition by D3. In addition to Puzzle Quest, Vicious Cycle has a number of games in the works, including PSP exclusive Dead Head Fred. Previously they've developed such titles as the licensed game Flushed Away and Marvel Trading Card Game.

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Trailer - 03-21-07 (Video)

Mar 21, 2007

Head to head puzzles and single player rewards systems head your way in this portable genre mash-up.

New puzzler delves into RPG territory (News)

Feb 9, 2007

D3Publisher is bringing another Bejewelled-influenced puzzle game to DS that incorporates a story-driven RPG mode to the experience.

Set in a land known as Etheria in an age of warlords, Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords places you in the role of a sword-wielding warrior who must save Etheria from evil.

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - hands-on (Preview)

Jan 3, 2007

You can play them any time you want over the internet. You can download them to your cell phone for a few measly dollars. Heck, sometimes they even come pre-installed on your computer... for free. So what could possibly compel someone to pay full price for a portable 2D puzzle game that looks suspiciously similar to Bejeweled? In short - magic, monsters and multiplayer. On the surface, upcoming PSP and DS game Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords does look and play an awful lot like ...

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (Screenshots)

Dec 11, 2006

Alternate Ending Area (Hint)

Dec 4, 2007

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