Pluto VR, the Seattle-based virtual reality startup co-founded by PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey, has raised $13.9 million in a Series A funding round. The company, which is developing applications for… Read More
John Vechey greets me at the door of a strikingly spacious one-floor office in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, just off the water at Salmon Bay. The PopCap Games co-founder, now leading a startup… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show we go deep on the topic of virtual reality — hearing why Todd Bishop thinks it’s so cool and how it almost made… Read More
As the co-founder of PopCap Games, John Vechey helped create some of the most compelling and beloved games for PCs, consoles and mobile devices. Now, the 37-year-old Seattle entrepreneur sees… Read More
PopCap co-founder John Vechey announced today that he will be leaving the Seattle-based game development studio just nine months after taking the top job from former CEO Dave Roberts. Vechey… Read More
PopCap’s John Vechey has some very basic advice for King Digital Entertainment: Make great games. The Candy Crush Saga-maker finally priced its public offering this evening at $22.50 a share… Read More
Since PopCap was acquired by Electronic Arts nearly three years ago, the Seattle-based game maker has had its fair share of troubles: Layoffs, game cancellations, studio closures and executive departures.… Read More
PopCap co-founder and General Manager John Vechey sat down to an Ask Me Anything Q&A session on Reddit today, and the results were interesting. Vechey, who recently took the reins of… Read More
PopCap CEO Dave Roberts will be retiring after eight years at the Seattle-based game studio, the Electronic Arts unit known for such hits as Plants vs. Zombies and Bejeweled. PopCap… Read More
PopCap Games is cutting back even further, announcing today that it closed its offices in Dublin, Ireland. Ninety-six employees are losing their jobs as a result of the closure, which… Read More
Entrepreneurs need all sorts of personality traits in order to be effective leaders, from honesty and passion to confidence and fearlessness. But at the GeekWire Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards Thursday… Read More
One of the coolest things about PopCap Games — which sold to Electronic Arts last year in a deal valued at up to $1.3 billion — is that the co-founders… Read More
We had a great time talking with John Vechey, one of the co-founders of PopCap Games, on this weekend’s GeekWire radio show and podcast — exploring topics including the origins of the… Read More
More than a decade ago, in the middle of the dot-com bust, John Vechey, Jason Kapalka and Brian Fiete founded PopCap Games and debuted their first puzzle game, which came… Read More