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Puzzle Blox Arcade! X-mas Fun brings you all the Puzzle Blox you love in a beautiful new winter theme:

• Free “Merry Christmas” theme
• New high quality graphic mode; especially designed for Motorola Droid and other high-end Android devices!
• Further reduced memory needs for faster and smoother game play

As usual you can grab Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade! from Google™ Android Market, SlideMe.org, AndAppStore.com or directly from the download page.

Enjoy!

Ho, ho, ho!

Just want to let you know about a li’l Christmas present I have for you: Puzzle Blox Xmas Fun! featuring a brand new theme. Again I’m able to use the brilliant graphics designed by Jojo from deleket.com mixed with my own artwork. Puzzle Blox Xmas Fun! will be available as a FREE update to both Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade!

Check out the screen shots below:

The update will be available within the next few days. Tell me how you like the new graphics

Enjoy!

André

Puzzle Blox Arcade! (FREE)

Uploaded yet another new Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade! release 2.0.8 this morning:

• Slightly reduced memory needs and increased performance
• Fixed minor drawing issues on devices with different screen sizes
• Re-encoded sound for less memory needs and better compatibility with newer Android revisions
• Improved error logging

Grab it from Google™ Android Market, SlideMe.org, AndAppStore.com or directly from the download page.

Sorry for the update spam but I had to release a new version of Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade! today. This one fixes a compatibility issue with Android 2.0 devices, namely the Motorola Droid.

Please find the latest release published to the Android Market and alternative market places as usual.

Puzzle Blox Arcade! (FREE)

Uploaded a new Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade! release this morning:

• Slightly enlarged blocks in Arcade! and Challenge game mode
• Fixed rare “force close” issues during game start
• Fixed progress dialog issue when resuming previously started game
• Improved Archos 5 support

Grab it from Google™ Android Market, SlideMe.org, AndAppStore.com or directly from the download page.

Enjoy!

James, aka @AndroidNewb, from AndroidGuys.com has posted a review of Puzzle Blox you definitely need to check out!

Overall, I would highly recommend the game.  It is fun, challenging, polished and a great use of the Android platform.  With my predisposition for puzzle and phone games, I decided to test it’s universal appeal and ran it through my “wife test” (my wife is not a big fan of video or phone games) and it passed with flying colors; didn’t get my phone back for a couple of hours and even then only because I got a call.  The cons listed are annoyances, but are far out weighed by the enjoyment of the game.

Read the full story over here: http://www.androidguys.com/2009/10/30/app-review-puzzle-blox/

Puzzle Blox Arcade! (FREE)

Puzzle Blox (2.95 €)

It’s done Finally the all new Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade! have hit Google Android Market.

• Puzzle Blox - All the Puzzle Blox you already know including two new play modes Arcade and Challenge, new graphics, new sound effects, more levels and more fun. This upgrade will be available for FREE for all existing users of Puzzle Blox.
• Puzzle Blox Arcade! - Completely FREE game including the brand new unlimited Arcade play mode. This is not a demo or trial version but a full game! And it includes over a dozen of demo levels of the original Puzzle Blox game. Puzzle Blox Arcade!

New game modes:

• Arcade!: The screen will start filling with blox continuously. Remove groups of three or more adjacent blox by tapping the screen before it fills up completely. Try tilting and twisting your mobile to regroup the blox to achieve even bigger combos! Ideal for casual gaming in the tram or while waiting for your lunch.
• Puzzle: Classic Puzzle Blox with 100 tricky levels to solve in 4 difficulties. This is Puzzle Blox at its best!
  
• Challenge: Puzzle mode is not challenging enough? Then try playing against the clock, solve levels with only a minimum of moves, achieve big combos or beat the high scores in this brand new game mode.

New graphics and three completely new themes:

• Aztec takes you to the legendary treasures of Middle and South America.
• Retro was designed in the spirit of golden video games era in the 80th and turns your mobile into a classical handheld gaming device!
• Halloween is a special gift for all you Frankensteins, vampires and witches! This high quality bonus theme is only part of the full Puzzle Blox release.

Have a happy Halloween, pals & gals!

André

It’s official now. The new Puzzle Blox release will appear in Google Android Market on Saturday, October 31st… Halloween.

It features all the good stuff already seen in previous Beta versions plus various fixes and improvements. Thanks for testing, pals and gals!

Again here’s a short overview what’s to come:

• Puzzle Blox - All the Puzzle Blox you already know including two new play modes Arcade and Challenge, new graphics, new sound effects, more levels and more fun. This upgrade will be available for FREE for all existing users of Puzzle Blox.
• Puzzle Blox Arcade! - Completely FREE game including the brand new unlimited Arcade play mode. This is not a demo or trial version but a full game! And it includes over a dozen of demo levels of the original Puzzle Blox game.

Stay tuned and while you’re waiting join me on the official Puzzle Blox Fan page on Facebook if you like!

Update Oct. 27th: Are you hosting your own web blog? The new Puzzle Blox Press Kit is available for download now.

Update Oct. 31st:

Puzzle Blox and Puzzle Blox Arcade!

are available for download

from the Google™ Android Market now!

Have fun!

André

PocketGamer.co.uk features a short cover story about the upcoming Puzzle Blox release.

Created by lone developer André Rabold, Puzzle Blox is a neat twist on the match-three puzzler template, requiring you to physically tilt the handset to adjust the position of the blocks.

In fact, the twist is so neat that the game was nominated as one of the top five Android puzzle games at the Android Network Awards 2009. [...]

Check out the full story here: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/Puzzle+Blox/news.asp?c=16389

What are your plans for Halloween?

I have added a great new theme as a little Halloween gift for you: The creepy Puzzle Blox Halloween Edition   The blox graphics are licensed for Puzzle Blox and have originally been designed by Jojo Mendoza from Philippines. He does an awesome work in designing icon sets and avatars and I can only recommend you to check out his web site!

This brand new theme is exclusive to the paid version of Puzzle Blox for now. But don’t worry, I will publish more themes for the Arcade! version in future, too.

Hope you like it

André