宝石迷阵Bejeweled开发者PopCap近日宣布将推出旗下另外一个风行全球的游戏Zuma祖玛（玛雅主题游戏）facebook版。据之前的数据显示，Zuma祖玛在facebook外的其他平台上诸如iphone上，已经有超过2000万次的下载。

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PopCap公司首席创意官Jason Kapalka表示Zuma祖玛是和宝石迷阵Bejeweled完全不一样的游戏，前者是一款需要快速反应能力的技巧游戏，曾经引起了很多休闲游戏玩家的关注。

PopCap, creators of one of the most popular casual games of all time with Bejeweled, have announced they are bringing their secondmost popular game, Zuma, to Facebook.  The game has sold 20 million units worldwide in its iPhone, casual and downloadable forms.  The Mayan-themed game revolves around blasting small balls from the center pedestal at orbs that snake around the outside of the screen.  The Facebook version will have leaderboards and other social features.  Read more below.

It looks like the game will be launched into Beta in about 3 weeks, so early August.

“We’ve received a ton of feedback regarding how players consume Bejeweled Blitz and other leading social games, and incorporated a number of those insights into this initial phase of Zuma Blitz, with more to come,” said Jason Kapalka, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at PopCap. “Zuma is a very different game than Bejeweled, so the social adaptation has gone in different directions. Zuma is already a fast-paced arcade game, so the challenge was to make it feel approachable to players of all skill levels, even with just sixty seconds to play.”

You can expect the game to include features similar to Bejeweled Blitz:

* Weekly tournaments and leaderboards

* New levels introduced regularly

* An “experience points” system to unlock additional features and capabilities

* A “Treasure Chest” virtual currency-based system for obtaining in-game power-ups

* New features such as time extenders, score multipliers and the “Hot Frog” speed mode

* Additional information on friends’ in-game performance and status such as medals won, achievements earned at various point thresholds and experience level