Within the game's main 'Adventure' mode, Peggle is divided into fifty-five levels. Gameplay Screenshot of a typical Peggle level in the Xbox Live Arcade's 'Peg Party' mode. Peggle initially sold slowly but was boosted by the inclusion of a specially designed demonstration in Valve's The Orange Box, and has since been downloaded over 50 million times. Special powers associated with a diverse of cartoon 'Peggle Masters' can be activated to aid the player in this task.
Inspired by pachinko and bagatelle, each level of Peggle challenges the player to shoot a limited supply of balls at a field of colored pegs to clear out specifically marked pegs while attempting to achieve a high score through skilled shot planning. PopCap, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts, announced Peggle 2 at E3 2013. A sequel was released in September 2008, titled Peggle Nights. Initially released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X systems in 2007, it has since had versions released for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, the Nintendo DS (with the help of Q Entertainment), Windows Mobile, iOS, Zeebo, and Android the game has also been ported as a Java application, and an extended minigame incorporated into the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft. Peggle is a casual puzzle video game developed by PopCap Games.
