Apple iPhone News

Game publishing giant Electronic Arts (EA) has brought out the popular classic Boggle game for both iPhone and iPod touch that offers consumers the familiar table top game in a convenient digitized form. Just as in the traditional game, players will shuffle 16 six-sided dice, that features letters on each side, and arrange them in a 4 by 4 square grid. Once the dice have been rolled, players attempt to spell out words from the letters in the grid by making connections in the sequences of the letters going up, down, right, left or diagonally. The goal of the game is to score as many points as possible by finding words with the highest point values within a standard three minute time limit.

Three game modes are offered, including Classic with the traditional three minute game time, Advanced where the time limit is customizable and Self Score mode that allows players to set the values of the words they spell in order to challenge themselves as they see fit. Users will use the tap feature of their phone to arrange and select words to spell. The traditional rotating of the letter tray is accomplished through touch and rotate functions while the shaking of the letter dice is emulated using the iPhone’s accelerometer as one would in the original game.

Boggle will keep track of players’ statistics such as longest word spelled, letter used most often and how much you have played in the achievement screen. Players may also utilize the Challenge a Friend feature to compare their scores via e-mail.

The game retails for $3.00 from the App Store and is compatible with iPhone 2.2.1 or later software updates.