PopCap Games announced the release of a free level pack for Peggle Nights. The level pack, Holiday 2008, is available at popcap.com and contains five new levels complete with holiday themes.The new levels can be played in duel or challenge mode. The challenge mode was not forgotten, the holiday pack adds ten new challenge levels as well.

“We can’t get enough of Peggle ourselves, so there’s a selfish motive behind introducing additional levels for Peggle Nights on a frequent basis,” explained Sukhbir Sidhu, Studio Director at PopCap and co-creator of Peggle and Peggle Nights. “For the legions of Peggle Nights fans, this is a small, early holiday gift from us, in thanks for that support.”

PopCap plans to release more level packs in 2009.

Press Release Follows:

SEATTLE, Washington – December 17, 2008 — PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced the immediate availability of the first FREE “level pack” for Peggle™ Nights. Available exclusively at Popcap.com, the Peggle Nights “Holiday 2008” level pack features five all-new levels, with holiday themes or themes related to other PopCap® titles – or in some cases, both. The new levels can be played in the Quick Play or Duel modes of Peggle Nights, and there are also ten new challenges in Challenge Mode based on the new levels. Additional level packs will be forthcoming in 2009 and beyond.

“We can’t get enough of Peggle ourselves, so there’s a selfish motive behind introducing additional levels for Peggle Nights on a frequent basis,” explained Sukhbir Sidhu, Studio Director at PopCap and co-creator of Peggle and Peggle Nights. “For the legions of Peggle Nights fans, this is a small, early holiday gift from us, in thanks for that support.”

The new levels in the Holiday 2008 level pack all have winter and/or holiday themes, and several also feature imagery and characters from other PopCap games, including obscure titles such as Iggle Pop™, Dynomite™, and Pixelus™. Peggle Nights owners simply download and install the Holiday 2008 bonus level pack file from Popcap.com and launch Peggle Nights to start playing the all-new levels and challenges. Even players who have the free trial version of Peggle Nights can play a couple of the new bonus levels. (As is the case with regular Peggle Nights, the new Challenge Mode challenges in the level pack can only be accessed once Adventure Mode has been completed.)