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Peggle

Platform(s): Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Genre: Puzzle
Publisher: PopCap
Developer: PopCap
Release Date: Feb. 27, 2007

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PopCap Confirms Unauthorized Peggle Clone is Unauthorized

by Adam Pavlacka on June 17, 2011 @ 11:45 a.m. PDT

Want to be a Peggle Master? Take your best shot! Shoot and clear the orange pegs to achieve Extreme Fever as 10 outlandish teachers help you rise to Peggle greatness.
If you happen to be an avid casual game player (or not so casual even) you're probably familiar with Peggle. It's on many platforms, but it isn't on Facebook.

In May, developer PlayQ launched HotShot on Facebook which appears to be a straight-up copy of Peggle.

We reached out to PopCap for comment and received this official statement from spokesman Garth Chouteau: "I can certainly confirm it's not authorized... Beyond that, we're not commenting further at the moment."

Jeff Green, PopCap's social media director was a bit more direct when commenting on HotShot in his personal Twitter feed sarcastically observing the lifted elements with, "Those guys really should have just gone for it and called their game Puggle."

Don't believe us? Have a look at the screenshots below and decide for yourself.

Peggle:

HotShot:

We'll have more on this story as it develops.


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