PopCap Prepping Second Edition of Bookworm Adventures

July 15, 2009

PopCap
Prepping Second Edition of Bookworm Adventures

Bookworm Adventures 2 Arrives in
One Month, Takes Players on All-New Literary Escapades; Adds New Monsters, New
Tile Types, Book-Based “Companions” and More

PopCap Games today announced that
Bookworm Adventures 2 will launch on the Web for PC one month from today. The
sequel to the 2007 original takes players into three new literary landscapes and
adds reams of new features and fun touches to the most popular digital word game
franchise of all time. Available beginning July 30 exclusively on PopCap.com,
BWA 2 will carry a list price of US$19.95.

“Bookworm Adventures Volume 2
exceeds its predecessor both in wordy fun and goofy puns,” said Tysen Henderson,
Executive Producer at PopCap. “From the crazy book themes and brand-new game
play to the powerful new ‘companions’ who join Lex on his adventure, Bookworm
Adventures Vol. 2 takes the original word-game-with-light-role-playing-game play
and runs in some exciting, funny new directions.”

In the Bookworm Adventures series,
players take on the role of Lex the bookworm, leading him through a series of
well-known books and fictional characters which Lex must overcome by forming
words from an ever-changing set of letter tiles. Making longer and more complex
words gives Lex greater fighting prowess, while special “gem” letter tiles offer
a range of power-up effects of their own. Various potions and treasures give Lex
added power, defense, health, and dozens of other persistent or one-time
abilities. In the new sequel, wild card “rainbow” tiles, 20 new treasures and
zany literary “companions” – fictional animal allies including Mother Goose and
the Cheshire Cat – all provide players with even more ways to spell
S-U-C-C-E-S-S. Three new mini-games augment those from the original BWA,
offering a total of six different “side quest” activities to earn additional
potions and power-ups.

New Features in Bookworm Adventures
2 include:

• 3 all-new books of ten chapters
  each: “Fractured Fairytales,” “The Monkey King” and “Astounding Planets”!

• All-new infinite Replay mode! Pick
  a book, fight foes and score big points!

• 6 mini-games, including all-new
  “Mutant Words,” “Golden Coins” and “Word Up”!

• Battle more than 130 ferocious new
  foes while wielding over 20 terrific new treasures!

• Companions! Literary figures join
  Lex and battle by his side!

• Rainbow Tiles! New potent wild
  card tiles allow you to build the gigantic words of your dreams!

• Arena mode! Spell quickly to
  defeat your toughest enemies!

• Achievements – earn trophies,
  points and badges!