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Blizzard’s homages to Defense of the Ancients, Left 4 Dead and Bejeweled are playable, fun, and (best of all) free. Earlier today, at the BlizzCon 2010 opening ceremonies, the PC developer announced that it would releasing four free mini-games built within the StarCraft II map editor – all of which were available on the show floor. How do they hold up when they’re actually played? Surprisingly well. As the name might indicate, Starjeweled is Blizzard’s own take on PopCap’s immensely popular Bejeweled. While the standard match-three gameplay is as familiar as ever (it’s hard to mess that up), Starjeweled throws […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/26/26024.png