'Ruby Blast' coming to phone and tablets 'later this year'

Zynga's Ruby Blast is coming to phones and tablets later this year.

Ruby Blast, Zynga's Bejeweled-inspired arcade title, is coming to phones and tablets this year, the developer announced at its Zynga Unleashed 2012 press conference.

Ruby Blast was released last week on Facebook and Zynga.com, and tasks players with matching three or more gems alongside its heroine, Ruby. In its Zynga Unleashed 2012 press conference, Zynga included the title under the umbrella of its Zynga Arcade family, which also includes Slingo and Bubble Safari.

Zynga.com boats that Ruby Blast utilizes Fast Load technology, which Zynga explained during the press conference as offering the ability to resume a game without load times.

Ruby Blast is also the first of Zynga's games to have been developed by its Seattle studio, which was founded in 2010.