Wow... five million Bejeweled Blitz Facebook players? Amazing!

And it looks like the idea started as a joke:

PopCap Bejeweled Blitz Press Release

Julia G



 
 

Hi All,

I just recorded a short video that shows you how
to get the most out of the new Bejeweled Blitz
Stats:

http://www.bejeweledlover.com/bjbstatsp/

Julia G

 
 

The PopCap Bejeweled Blitz development gang have been busy!

For one thing, Bejeweled Blitz has gotten so popular that it overloaded the servers, and they had to upgrade.

Over the last several hours, the game has been taken offline several times, and they mentioned that some of the scores from early play this week were lost, but I didn't notice any lost scores from members of my team.

The other thing is that they are adding new features to the game.

I caught a glimpse of the ability to click on a new "star" icon for your teammate and see a comparison of your top weekly scores vs. their top weekly scores for the past five weeks.

They are still working on that, because a subsequent release didn't have that, but it's something to look forward to!

I know they've been up all night working on these enhancements and server upgrades so we can have the best Blitz gaming experience.

Julia G