Puzzle Kingdoms is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive

Infinite Interactive

Infinite Interactive was a video game developer with headquarters in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. The company was founded by Steve Fawkner in 1989. After a long alliance with SSG, resulting in the development of the Warlords series of games, Steve moved on to make Infinite totally independent in...

 for the PC

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, Nintendo DS

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 and Wii

Wii

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. The PC version is currently only available to download online through services such as IGN

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's Direct2Drive and Steam.
Like Infinite Interactive's previous game Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a game developed by Australian company Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher. The game combines role-playing with strategy and puzzle elements...

, Puzzle Kingdom relies on a core combat mechanic similar to Bejeweled

Bejeweled

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, though this offering incorporates turn-based strategy

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 elements as well. Puzzle Kingdom also shares the same game universe as Puzzle Quest, the fantasy world of Etheria from the Warlords

Warlords (game series)

Warlords is a computer game series created by Steve Fawkner, in which role-playing elements are combined with strategy in a fantasy setting. The series has been split into two different games lines, the traditional turn-based strategy Warlords series , and a newer real-time based strategy Warlords...

game series.

See also

• List of puzzle video games
• Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
  Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
  Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a game developed by Australian company Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher. The game combines role-playing with strategy and puzzle elements...
  
  
• Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
  Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
  Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, or Galactrix, is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade, and PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network service....
  
  

External links

• Puzzle Kingdoms official website
• Puzzle Kingdoms DS Review at DigitalSomething