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Angry Birds Rio is a puzzle video game developed and published by Rovio for Apple iPhone, inspired by the the blockbuster Angry Birds and the hit animated movie Rio. The game release date to be announced later.

In the game, the original Angry Birds are kidnapped and taken to the magical city of Rio, where they eventually escape their captors and set out to to save their friends, Blu and Jewel -- two rare macaws and the stars of the movie Rio. Like the incredibly-popular original edition, Angry Birds Rio features hours of gameplay, physics-based demolition challenges and loads of replay value -- all with unique twists based on the feature film. Angry Birds Rio launches 45 dedicated levels and offers regularly-added new levels via app updates.

Liqua Pop is puzzle video game developed and published by Electronic Arts for Apple iPhone. This innovative match-3 puzzler from iChromo includes advanced liquid simulation features and spectacular graphics for hours of addictive, droplet popping fun!

In Liqua Pop, Toadie the Frog really wants to get to the top of the leaf so he can move on to new and exciting levels – and you’re the only one who can help! Pop matching color droplets by dragging them together and clear the way for Toadie.

2Bit is a puzzle video game developed and published by Industrial Brothers for Apple iPhone. In 2Bit, your aim is to successfully navigate your way through The Grid while avoiding a series of shooting turrets, trip wires, hydraulic plugs, screwblades and much, much more!

Your 2Bit can only move forwards and backwards but the challenges become more numerous and more frequent as you negotiate a series of ever more challenging obstacles. It's simple to play, hard to master and extremely addictive. 

Hop is an adventure puzzle video game published by 505 Games for Nintendo DS, set for release on March 29, 2011. The game is based on Universal Pictures upcoming animated comedy Hop. In the game, play as Fred as you help the Easter Bunny's son, E.B., save Easter from a fluffy coup d'etat led by Carlos and his fellow chick workers! Hop your way through the Easter Bunny's top-secret candy factory on Easter Island, solve puzzles and sugar shock your enemies as you turn them into delicious chocolate treats. Play through a wide variety of mini-games and modes, including helping E.B. realize his dream of becoming a famous rock-'n'-roll drummer!

•Whacky weapons, including chocolate super soakers, gumball shooters and cotton candy canons;

•Movie Locations in 3D — Play through actual locations from the film in 3D, including Hollywood and Easter Island;

•Tons of mini-games, including Whack-a-Bunny, Bowling for Candy and the epic Easter Egg Hunt.

3D Twist and Match is a puzzle video game for Apple iPhone. The game is developed by Sanuk Games and published by BulkyPix. The game challenges your dexterity and imagination. You are tasked with rotating 3D objects to match their shaded silhouettes.

The game features 10 themes: Beach, Halloween, Christmas, Jungle, Food, Vehicles, Tools, Music, Sports and Electronics, 3 Game modes: Arcade, Frenzy and Free Play and 3 Levels of difficulty. There are 200 objects to match and oodles of trophies to unlock!

3D Twist and Match game features:

•10 themes: Beach, Halloween, Christmas, Jungle, Food, Vehicles, Tools, Music, Sport, Electronics...

•3 Game modes: Arcade, Frenzy and Free Play

•3 Levels of difficulty

•200 objects to match

•Oodles of trophies to unlock thanks to Game Center compatibility

Cardboard Castle is a puzzle video game for Apple iPhone, available now at App Store. The game is developed by White Birds Productions BulkyPix and published by BulkyPix. In the game, a fearless knight travels his realm in search of frightened orphans, damsels in distress, and the occasional princess to save. He meets various obstacles and dangers in his path such as hideous monsters, hellfire, and dark bottomless pits - that YOU have to help him overcome. How? Well, If a dragon blocks your path, simply strike a match, and Poof! No more dragon! If a wall is proving tiresome, simple snip it down with scissors. Can you avoid the pitfalls and not wind up as papier-mache?

Storm is a puzzle video game published by Zoo Games for Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), release date to be announced later. In the game, players control the weather, breathing gusts of wind, summoning torrents of rain, and calling down thunderous claps of lightning. The goal is to manipulate the environment in order to move a series of seeds from the beginning of the level to the end, navigating treacherous terrain and puzzling pitfalls along the way. Collecting power spheres, players charge their elemental abilities and master the awesome power of nature in Storm.

Puzzle Agent 2 is an adventure videogame for iPhone and PC, release date to be announced later. The game is developed and published by Telltale Games. Puzzle Agent 2 is Inspired by the popular Professor Layton games, Puzzle Agent centers on unusual happenings in the Nordic town of Scoggins, Minnesota, and garnered PC Gamer’s Puzzle Game of the Year in 2010, along with much critical acclaim. In the second Puzzle Agent game, ace puzzle investigators will return to the snowy mid-west to help Agent Tethers solve the mystery haunting the realm.

Bust-a-Move Universe is a puzzle video game developed by Taito and published by Square Enix for Nintendo 3DS, release date to be announced later. It is the next iteration in the popular puzzle series that has remained a fan favorite since it first appeared in 1994 as a TAITO arcade game. While the standard gameplay mechanics remain the same – connect three or more colorful bubbles to make them disappear – several enhanced features will also make their debut in BUST-A-MOVE UNIVERSE.

Bust-a-Move Universe game features:

•ENDLESS BUBBLE-POPPING FUN: Clear round after round in Puzzle Mode with its explosive boss battles, or take on 100-second, 300-second or Nonstop Bubbles in Challenge Mode.

•SIMPLE GAMEPLAY MECHANICS: Shoot, connect and burst bubbles of the same color

•FULL 3-D EFFECTS: Engaging gameplay in a vibrant, 3-D universe

•FAMILIAR CAST: Iconic characters Bub and Bob are instantly recognized by gamers as the heroes of BUST-A-MOVE and BUBBLE BOBBLE

Chainz Galaxy is a puzzle video game for PC system, release date to be announced later. The game is developed and published by MumboJumbo.

In the game, you’ll twist and turn your chains to make colorful matches of three or more to eliminate them from the board and build up a colorful linked world.

Four fresh game modes: Classic, Arcade, Puzzle, and Strategy let you go at your own pace until you run out of links, or race against the clock to see how many chains you can make before time runs out! In Classic mode, you can rattle your chain links in seven stages for 50 levels. Or, test your skills in 15 timed levels in Arcade mode. Try out the 10 Puzzle levels or the nine Strategy games that feature three different difficulty settings—can you conquer the high score on each one?

Ilomilo is a puzzle video game, release date for Xbox 360 to be announced later. The game is developed by Southend Interactive and published by Microsoft Game Studios.

In the game, where the player controls two fellows named ilo and milo. The two friends always seem to get separated from each other in the surrealistic and ever changing world they inhabit, and the goal of each level is to reunite them. Players can change control between Ilo and Milo, or two players can control both Ilo and Milo. Because only one character can be "active" at any time, players in multiplayer alternate between controlling their given character and using a "pointer" to help guide the active player. "Eggs" are also hidden on certain levels which are only accessible in multiplayer. Levels are made up of various cubes, some of which Ilo or Milo can pick up and carry in order to place elsewhere in the level, opening a path for the other to travel on. Different cubes have different effects, such as some which extend across gaps or some that allow Ilo or Milo to fall through and end up on the other side. There are also carpets which allow characters to walk on different sides of the cubes and switches which activate bridges. Hidden throughout the levels are various fragments, which when collected piece together postcard memories, explaining some of the game's backstory. There also small creatures called Safkas hidden in each level, which unlock bonuses when collected. Additional content is also available if the player also owns A World of Keflings or Raskulls.

Ilomilo game features:

•Singleplayer story taking you through 4 different environments in the world of ilomilo.

•Cooperative gameplay mode for two players, each player controlling a character.

•Famous cameo characters from other games are hidden in the world for players to find.

•Online Leaderboards: Compare online who has completed the levels in the most clever way.

•Unlockable mini game: Play the ingenious retro 2D mini game ilomilo shuffle with its own competitive leaderboard.

Bejeweled Blitz Live is a puzzle video game developed and published by PopCap Games for Xbox 360, release date to be announced later. Bejeweled Blitz LIVE offers Xbox 360 players the same fast paced 60-second action found in the popular Facebook variant of Bejeweled Blitz, but with all new modes, including 16-player simultaneous Party mode and head-to-head Battle mode over Live.

Beyond crystal-sharp, high-definition graphics, Bejeweled Blitz LIVE for XBLA boasts two styles of play: classic and an all new twist. In addition to real-time leaderboards driving up-to-the-minute scores from you and your friends, the game also provides the all new Friendscore. Friendscore allows you to combine your score with the scores of your Xbox LIVE friends for the highest weekly and all-time totals.

In Stacking, a family of Russian stacking dolls has been separated by tough economic times. The youngest doll, Charlie Blackmore, begins a heroic effort to bring his family back together. But he's one size smaller than any other doll in the world. Game players will help Charlie, who is all too accustomed to being overlooked and dismissed – too small to be of any real consequence – discover that his size can be his greatest strength.

•Explore a world like no other: Embark on imaginative adventure set in the 1930's silent movie era and discover a rich, open world environment filled with Russian stacking dolls of all shapes and sizes. The first location and hub of the game is the hustling and bustling, Royal Train Station.

•Meet interesting characters, each with a unique talent: Every stacking doll has a special talent/ability that can be useful in solving a challenge, or just fun to perform. Stack into another doll that is one size bigger to utilize their special talent. Only the special talent of the larger doll can be performed, not the doll on the inside. Un-stack to revert back to the smaller doll to use that doll's special talent.

•Solve challenges your way: To progress through the game and gain access to new areas, players have to problem solve their way through various challenges that include distracting a guard or get past a blocked entrance. Make conversation with nearby dolls to get helpful hints and clues. Use different combinations of special talents to find workarounds to advance through the game.

•Fun for everyone: Because challenges can be solved multiple ways, the game offers ample replayability and rewards for core players while still being accessible to casual players.

TINcan! Escape is a puzzle video game for Nintendo DS, set for release on February 22, 2011. The game is developed by Phenomedia AG and published by MumboJumbo.

In the game, when the smartest, nicest robot in the world goes missing, it’s up to you to help him find his way home! Dr. B. Hasty created the beloved TINcan, her pride and joy and one of the world’s friendliest robots. But just before the good doctor unveils her invention to the world, Dr. E. Ville kidnaps TINcan! Now the team is looking to you to help find him!

An easy-to-learn, addictive puzzler, TINcan takes you through 55 levels of maze fun that can be easily navigated with the NDS stylus. Plot your strategy and put your plan in action in TINcan!

TINcan! Escape game features:

•Top NDS Screen lets you navigate from TINcan's point of view

•55 levels in 3 different settings for hours of fun

•Help TINcan plan his great escape!

Block Rogue is a puzzle adventure video game developed and published by Buzz Monkey Software for the Apple iPhone. Jump into a gargantuan dungeon with 300 rooms, challenging puzzles, intriguing mysteries, and...shhhh!...lots of secrets in Block Rogue. Use your ingenuity and puzzle-solving skills to see if you can escape!

Block Rogue starts out as a simple block-pushing puzzle game, but quickly introduces complex amalgamations of rolling boulders, death rays, rising columns, switches, traps, and more, through eight different game mode combinations.

You find yourself in a massive dungeon and you’re suffering from amnesia. Your lost memories, however, have been thankfully preserved in a magical talking mirror. The magic mirror says your name is Ilbin and you must push some puzzle blocks around to open a door to the next room where another puzzle awaits. Conquering each puzzle presents you with a choice: Left or Right? The path you choose will determine which puzzles you'll confront and which hidden secrets you'll find. With over 300 dungeon rooms with mind-bending configurations, Block Rogue players will enjoy hours of challenging fun.

But the Block Rogue adventure doesn't stop there. Selecting the "Random" game mode generates hundreds of brand new puzzles using ingenious and sinister puzzle-generating algorithms. So even after you've solved the mysteries of Block Rogue, the game never truly ends!

The UnderGarden is an upcoming puzzle adventure videogame for Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), release date to be announced later. The game is developed by Vitamin-G and published by Atari.

The game offering a puzzle exploration experience designed for gamers who have an affinity for solving new-style puzzles, The UnderGarden is a casual zen-like game that challenges players to explore beautiful underground caverns filled with strange life forms; physics based puzzles and plenty of hidden secrets. The world comes alive and music evolves as players get deeper into the world of The UnderGarden. With local co-operative gameplay, players can chill out,work together to solve puzzles and explore the world. The UnderGarden offers 20 different levels of modern exploration filled with brain teasing physics and eco-friendly puzzles that evoke an emotional response to the beauty and calm of this underwater oasis.

Shift Extended is a puzzle videogame for Sony PlayStation Portable, release date to be announced later. The game is developed by Fishing Cactus / Armor Games and published by Zallag.

In the game, locked up with other subjects of a scientific experiment, Subject 32763 must figure out a way out. Escape the many traps of the game and find your way through this gigantic maze. But the path to safety is not clearly visible ... or is it? Use the "SHIFT" function to radically the architecture of the levels. White becomes black, the ground is now air, up is down and left is right: everything is shifted 180 degrees. This allows the player to shift the environment at will and therefore find new ways to get to the exit.

Raskulls is a puzzle video game for Xbox 360, set for release on December 29, 2010. The game is developed and published by Halfbrick Studios. Raskulls is an entirely original puzzle platformer with a rich single-player campaign and addictive online multiplayer component. Gameplay blends platforming, puzzle and racing. With hundreds of blocks arranged in Tetris-style fashion throughout each world, players must use a block-smashing wand to find their way through the level in the most efficient way possible. Some levels are simple point-to-point or lap footraces, while other modes involve diffusing bombs and conserving block-bashing "ammo". Up to four players can race with heaps weapons and powerups in a huge variety of levels and modes.

DodoGo! Challenge is a puzzle videogame for the Nintendo DSi and sequel to the 2010 adventure puzzle game hit DodoGo, developed by Alien After All and published by Neko Entertainment. The game release date to be announced later.

DodoGo! Challenge is a Nintendo DSi stylus touch based game that is full of surprises and bonus levels. The story of DodoGo! Challenge begins in the Cretaceous period on Domo Island where the survival of the Dodo is threatened by a tidal wave that has swept away the inhabitants home, leaving their eggs treacherously scattered across a desolate rock in the middle ocean.

Featuring nearly 100 captivating missions, players using their Nintendo DSi stylus to guide eggs back to their nest through a range of inhospitable environments whilst encountering predators, obstacles and pitfalls along the way. Players are armed with a toolbox and their own creativity as they manage the environment to lead the Dodo eggs to safety undamaged. Players progress through levels interacting with their environment to progress by digging, filling, sawing, scraping and cutting.