When Ken Moss started at the video game company Electronic Arts a little more than four years ago, he was one of the only EA employees working out of PopCap Games… Read More
When game developer PopCap announced last week that it was cutting staff at its Seattle headquarters, the company didn’t say how many employees would be losing their jobs. But a… Read More
PopCap, developers of such game titles as “Plants vs. Zombies,” “Bejeweled” and “Peggled,” announced on Tuesday that it was laying off a portion of its staff at its Seattle headquarters.… Read More
Match-3 games may be the perfect mobile entertainment apps. They’re easy to learn, can continually challenge you with ever-more-difficult puzzles and are just as fun whether you play for five minutes… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com Once upon a time, there was an exclusive club that only allowed technology companies worth $1 billion to join. While that sounds like an opening line to a… 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
PlayStation owners who have wanted to play Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare will now be able to do so later this summer. Seattle-based PopCap Games announced today that it will release… Read More
During the eight years he spent working for Seattle-based PopCap Games, James Gwertzman witnessed the company make the transition to a free-to-play monetization strategy. It wasn’t easy. Suddenly, PopCap had… 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
Seattle-based PopCap today laid off an unspecified number of employees. The company, which was swooped up by Electronic Arts for $1.3 billion in 2011, said that the layoffs will help… 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
Candy Crush is coming to Wall Street. According to a report by the Telegraph, King, the makers of Candy Crush Saga, have filed for a secret public offering under the… Read More
For Android owners who have been chomping at the bit to play Plants vs. Zombies 2, there’s good news to report today. Sources tell Polygon that PopCap’s massively-popular game will launch on Android… Read More
After John Riccitiello stepped down in March, gaming giant Electronic Arts has been on the hunt for a new top exec. Now, EA, which owns Seattle’s PopCap Games, has announced… Read More
PopCap is already hitting it out of the park with the just-released Plants vs. Zombies 2 and the Seattle-based company just announced some cool Kinect and SmartGlass integration planned for… Read More
Plants vs. Zombies 2 has been downloaded more than 16 million times since its release last Thursday, making it the largest mobile game launch in the history of Electronic Arts,… Read More
Seattle’s PopCap Games has long stood for excellence in casual gaming, and this week’s release of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time is no exception. As the game’s tagline suggests,… Read More
Wow, that didn’t take long. Within an hour of hitting Apple’s app store this morning, the new Plants vs. Zombies game had rocketed to the top of the charts. The… Read More
The zombies are here! The zombies are here! Seattle’s iconic Space Needle has been taken over by those marauding zombies from PopCap Games, which today is releasing “Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s… Read More
If you’ve been itching for a new plant-based home defense game, Seattle’s PopCap Games has you covered. PopCap, which was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2011, released “Plants vs. Zombies… Read More
The Space Needle has already been the backdrop of an attack by Angry Birds. Now, the Zombies are coming! To celebrate the release of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About… Read More
Plants vs. Zombies fans have reason to be happy today: The second installment of PopCap’s popular game is officially arriving next month and it won’t leave any dents on your wallet. PopCap today… Read More
While we don’t have many more details about the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies, PopCap did just release a new video on YouTube featuring several people from all ages begging the company… Read More
Electronic Arts slashed jobs at its Los Angeles and Montreal offices earlier this year, and next up on the chopping block appears to be Vancouver’s PopCap hub. EA, which owns Seattle-based PopCap, confirmed… Read More
After more than four months from its release in the Canadian App Store, PopCap’s Bookworm Heroes is now available globally for iOS devices. The turn-based game is an adaptation of… Read More
Electronic Arts today announced that it is retiring three of its popular Facebook games, including The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society. The online gaming news site Gamasutra calls the move a… Read More
No, the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies hasn’t arrived yet (it’s coming this summer). But in the meantime, PopCap is introducing an adaptation of the original game called Plants vs.… Read More
PopCap Games is losing the executive producer of its Bejeweled franchise. Giordano “Gio” Contestabile is stepping down from the EA-owned property, news that comes just a few days after EA CEO… Read More