<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
is	O
a	O
tile-matching	B-Application
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
PopCap	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
differs	O
greatly	O
compared	O
to	O
previous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
has	O
received	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
plays	O
similarly	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
features	O
a	O
ranking	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
increases	O
depending	O
on	O
how	O
well	O
the	O
player	O
plays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
unlocked	O
when	O
Level	O
10	O
in	O
Classic	O
is	O
completed	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
,	O
while	O
it	O
is	O
unlocked	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
in	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle	O
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
mode	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
DSiWare	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
mode	O
requires	O
two	O
copies	O
of	O
either	O
version	O
with	O
two	O
Nintendo	O
DS/DSi	O
systems	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
PopCap	O
Games	O
 '	O
Bejeweled	O
,	O
which	O
began	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
casual	O
game	O
franchises	O
,	O
garnering	O
350	O
million	O
downloads	O
,	O
25	O
million	O
sales	O
,	O
and	O
releases	O
on	O
various	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
consoles	O
,	O
and	O
mobile	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
the	B-Device
iPod	I-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
establishing	O
PopCap	O
as	O
a	O
notable	O
developer	O
and	O
significantly	O
increasing	O
the	O
casual	O
game	O
market	O
,	O
Bejeweled	O
,	O
made	O
up	O
30-to-40-percent	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
revenue	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twists	I-Device
release	O
,	O
claimed	O
company	O
workers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
match-three	B-Application
gameplay	I-Application
was	O
implemented	O
in	O
titles	O
like	O
Columns	B-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
Bejeweled	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
popularize	O
it	O
with	O
casual	O
gamers	O
,	O
influencing	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
several	O
more	O
products	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
began	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
Bejeweled	O
series	O
,	O
Zongo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
switched	O
to	O
a	O
Bejeweled	O
spin-off	O
named	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
staff	O
,	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
took	O
an	O
estimated	O
three-to-four	O
year	O
development	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
budget	O
of	O
$1	O
–	O
1.5	O
million	O
and	O
two-to-seven	O
workers	O
,	O
larger	O
than	O
the	O
usual	O
PopCap	O
project	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
most	O
casual	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twists	I-Device
development	O
influenced	O
PopCap	O
to	O
have	O
multiple	O
people	O
involved	O
in	O
future	O
projects	O
;	O
Kapalka	O
felt	O
technical	O
issues	O
early	O
in	O
development	O
could	O
have	O
been	O
solved	O
sooner	O
if	O
multiple	O
developers	O
were	O
there	O
to	O
fix	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kapalk	O
described	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twists	I-Device
code	O
as	O
a	O
Bejeweled	O
2	O
variant	O
with	O
alterations	O
"	O
hacked	O
in	O
and	O
then	O
out	O
again	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
,	O
a	O
new	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
and	O
engines	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
PopCap	O
's	O
pipeline	O
;	O
this	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
1080p	O
quality	O
and	O
True	O
3D	O
that	O
could	O
still	O
be	O
seen	O
at	O
lower	O
resolutions	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
resource	O
management	O
and	O
source	O
control	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
graphics	O
to	O
be	O
imported	O
faster	O
,	O
the	O
ResourceGen	O
tool	O
was	O
created	O
;	O
it	O
allowed	O
multi-layered	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
.PSD	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
imported	O
directly	O
into	O
the	O
code	O
instead	O
of	O
having	O
to	O
break	O
down	O
layers	O
of	O
a	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
was	O
initially	O
released	O
on	O
PC	O
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
on	O
Origin	O
for	O
PC	O
and	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
as	O
of	O
now	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	O
platform	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
only	O
features	O
Classic	O
and	O
a	O
3-minute	O
version	O
of	O
Blitz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
was	O
ported	O
over	O
to	O
cellphones	O
through	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
downloadable	O
version	O
of	O
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DSi	I-Device
through	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DSi	I-Device
Shop	O
's	O
DSiWare	B-Device
platform	O
on	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DSi	B-Device
version	O
contained	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
's	O
Classic	O
Mode	O
and	O
an	O
exclusive	O
multiplayer	O
Battle	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
who	O
had	O
two	O
DS	B-Device
systems	O
with	O
two	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
battle	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DSiWare	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
3DS	O
 '	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
on	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DSiWare	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
discontinued	O
in	O
March	O
2023	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
3DS	O
and	O
Wii	O
U	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bejeweled	B-Device
Twist	I-Device
was	O
claimed	O
by	O
PALGNs	O
Kimberley	O
Ellis	O
and	O
IGNs	O
Levi	O
Buchanan	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
polished	O
casual	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
