Bejeweled is turning ten this year, and it looks like we get all the presents! To celebrate, Popcap is kicking off a 10 month long Bejeweled bonanza with contests, prizes, new games Bejeweled, new ways to play, and a community wide Bejeweled Blitz competition.

“Bejeweled has obviously succeeded beyond our wildest dreams,” said Jason Kapalka, co-creator of the game and co-founder and chief creative officer at PopCap. “When Brian Fiete, John Vechey and I built the game ten years ago, we had no grand aspirations for it or PopCap, we were trying to survive as a company during the depths of the dot-com collapse. Little did we know we’d still be selling copies of Bejeweled a decade later!”

Bejeweled was originally launched in Spring of 2000 titled, “Diamond Mine,” and has since undergone a few makeovers, adding “twist”s, and spanning across multiple platforms, selling more than a staggering 50 million copies worldwide, and according to PopCap, “and the company continues to sell a copy of Bejeweled every 4.3 seconds.”

So, look for all things Bejeweled this for the rest of this year, the first being a “Show Your Bejeweled Love” contest, which will commence next month and encourage Bejeweled fans to celebrate the original match 3 in creative audio and video forms. Complete details will follow! As for now, get your jewel matching finders ready, it’s going to be a great year!