Planet Spogg today announced the release of Crosswise tournament, a multiplayer word game similar to Scrabble. The game can be played against people from all over the world. Other tournaments in word and puzzle games are soon to follow. (PRWEB) April 8, 2005 -- Since being founded one year ago, Planet Spogg has created a number of unique multiplayer online games. These casual games can be played directly on the www.spogg.com website, are written in Java and work on any operating system. The new tournament version of the Crosswise game takes the player interaction to a whole new level. Viktor Lidholt, lead developer said: "We have always wanted our games to be a platform for communicating with people, a way to make new friends online. With the new tournament game we have developed this concept even further. People are able to watch the game as it progresses and cheer on their favorite players." Traditionally, when thinking of multiplayer games it is often first person shooters of different kinds. Planet Spogg is breaking new ground, and allowing a different group of people to join the multiplayer gaming community. More than half of the players at www.spogg.com are female and the site has players of all ages. But the thing that makes Planet Spogg's games truly unique is the way that they are integrated with the website's community functions. You can meet someone in a game, then view their personal image albums, sign their guest book or add them to your buddy list. Membership at Planet Spogg is free, but you can optionally buy a gold spoggling membership for $4 USD a month. Paying for a membership will guarantee you a place in the tournaments if a lot of people sign up, and will give you many extra functions such as image albums, a journal and advanced game statistics. Planet Spogg's games can be played at http://www.spogg.com. For additional information and a free full membership for evaluating the games please contact Viktor Lidholt at e-mail protected from spam bots. A screenshot from the game can be downloaded from http://www.spogg.com/app/downloads/Crosswise.jpg