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PopCap Is Ready to Deliver Plants vs. Zombies Merchandise

Video game developer PopCap Games has announced that it has entered into licensing agreements with a number of partners aimed at using its intellectual property to create a number of real world items, starting with products based on Plants vs. Zombies, which should be released before the end of spring. The list of p...

1 May 2012
19:31 GMT

Plants vs. Zombies Now Available for Download on PS Vita

PopCap has just deployed its award winning Plants vs. Zombies tower defense game on the PlayStation Vita, allowing owners of the new console to download this special version of the very popular game on their handheld device. Plants vs. Zombies has delighted millions of players from all over the world across a variet...

23 February 2012
03:17 GMT

SSX Got Ideas from World of Warcraft, Plants vs. Zombies, Need for Speed

The new, rebooted SSX offers more content than all the titles in the series taken together, according to one of the leading developers working on it. Todd Batty, who is the creative director working on SSX, told CVG that, “I think the size and scope of our world and the number of tracks is an order of magnitud...

25 January 2012
12:11 GMT

“Plants vs. Zombies” Now Available in the Android Market for $2.99

Electronic Arts has finally launched “Plants vs. Zombies” game in the Android Market. The publisher tipped the game’s release in the Android Market a few days ago, but didn’t disclose any exact launch dates. Fortunately, it only took one day for Electronic Arts and PopCap to make this add...

14 December 2011
19:01 GMT

PopCap Says 31 Million Social Gamers Are Paying for In-Game Items

Video game developer and publisher PopCap Games has talked about the results of a new study that shows that more than 31 million gamers who are engaged with social games are paying for in-game items and more will do so in the coming years.The number represents 26 percent of all those who are engaged with titles in th...

5 December 2011
15:11 GMT

CrossOver Games 10.2.0 Available for Download

CrossOver Games, a commercial graphical user interface built on the latest versions of Wine, is now at version 10.2.0. CodeWeavers, the developers of CrossOver Games interface, have released a maintenance update. Without any further ado, here are the changes found in CrossOver Games 10.2.0:· The behavior of Pl...

30 November 2011
05:00 GMT

Kindle Fire Will Get Jenga, Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, Cut the Rope

Amazon has announced that it has entered into partnership with video game developers like Zynga, Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio and PopCap, which means that more than a thousand apps that are already available on Android will also be delivered on the Kindle Fire when it is launched in the United States on November ...

10 November 2011
05:52 GMT

PopCap and Electronic Arts Are Alike, Says CEO

The big business news of the month when it comes to the video games market is the acquisition of PopCap by publisher Electronic Arts, with the value of the transaction set to reach 750 million dollars. But the main executive of PopCap believes that the main benefit to his own company is represented by the buyers a...

27 July 2011
03:10 GMT

Electronic Arts Announces 750 Million Dollars PopCap Acquisition

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase developer PopCap for the initial sum of 750 million dollars, with the deal set to close during the month of August. The publisher says that it will initially pay 650 million dollars in cash to those at PopCap while...

13 July 2011
03:01 GMT

Plants vs. Zombies Now Available on Windows Phone 7

Owners of handsets powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system have now the possibility to download and install a new highly popular game, namely Plants vs. Zombies. Already available on a wide range of other platforms out there, both on mobile devices and on desktop PCs, the game was just brought t...

23 June 2011
04:34 GMT

Plants vs. Zombies Gets Exclusive Content for Chinese Site Renren

PopCap Games, a video games developer and publisher best known for its casual games, has announced that it was entering into an exclusive partnership with Renren, a Chinese social networking site, to deliver an exclusive version of its hit game Plants vs. Zombies. The new release will have the added name Social Ed...

19 May 2011
13:01 GMT

Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies on Windows Phone in Late June

Owners of devices running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system would soon gave the possibility to enjoy a series of new, appealing games on their handsets, including the popular Angry Birds from Rovio, or Plants vs. Zombies from PopCap.We already knew that these games were set to make an appearanc...

19 May 2011
03:42 GMT

Plants vs. Zombies Hits Android Free for One Day at Amazon

Before the month of May is over, mobile phone users who own devices running under Google's Android operating system would have the possibility to enjoy a new, highly addictive game on their devices, namely Plants vs. Zombies from PopCap Games.The company has just announced that the new mobile game is expected t...

17 May 2011
05:04 GMT

EndWeekGame: April 29

Andrei Dobra: I might be going out of the city this weekend, but this doesn't mean that gaming will take a back seat to scenic strolls on the country side.Quite the opposite, as I'll no doubt squeeze in some Portal 2 before I head off and probably entertain myself with a few PopCap titles on my iPhone.First...

29 April 2011
16:51 GMT

MWC 2011: Best Mobile Games for 2010 Revealed by IMGA

IMGA (International Mobile Gaming Awards) has announced during the 2011 Mobile World Congress the results of the 7th annual mobile games competition. We have previously reported, one month ago to be more precise, all the nominees for the world's best Mobile phone games. The 30 titles nominated in six categori...

21 February 2011
10:48 GMT

Bejeweled 2 for Android Now Available for Download

Back in January 2011, PopCap teased Android fans with a couple of shots of Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle games running on the Nexus One Android-powered smartphone. After previously announcing in November 2010 that it is working on Android versions for some its popular arcade games available on PC, such as Bejewel...

21 February 2011
06:46 GMT

Plants vs. Zombies and Chime Super Deluxe Coming to PlayStation Network

The PlayStation Network is set to receive two very popular downloadable games in the following months, with PopCap and Zoe Mode announcing that Plants vs. Zombies and Chime Super Deluxe, respectively, will be launched for the PlayStation 3. First off, we have Plants vs. Zombies, PopCap's extremely popular tow...

31 January 2011
14:21 GMT

Bejeweled and Zuma Developer Details Growth Plans

PopCap Games, the developer behind hit casual titles like Bejeweled, Zuma or Plants vs. Zombies, has just detailed its growth strategy for the new year, and even teased at a potential initial public offering (IPO), which could draw in investors. PopCap is currently an extremely profitable independent games develop...

5 January 2011
15:51 GMT

Plants vs. Zombies Comes to World of Warcraft Through Cataclysm

Cataclysm, the upcoming third expansion for the World of Warcraft MMO, will be allowing players to experience a clone of the popular casual game Plants vs. Zombies, as reimagined by Blizzard, presumably with full support from PopCap.The World of Warcraft version of Plants vs. Zombies is called Peacebloom vs. Ghouls a...

22 September 2010
16:33 GMT

Microsoft Tried to Acquire PopCap for 5 Million Dollars

An executive working at video game maker PopCap has claimed that hardware maker and video game publisher Microsoft has tried to acquire the company, with the offer worth no less than 5 million dollars.Jason Kapalka, who is the creative director at PopCap, talked to Developer about the offers, saying that, “I do...

13 September 2010
15:01 GMT

Plants vs. Zombies Comes to the Nintendo DS in January 2011

PopCap Games has announced that it will continue to increase the number of platforms for its hit title Plants vs. Zombies with the Nintendo DS handheld being confirmed as getting a version of the game at some point during January 2011.PopCap is saying that the Nintendo DS version of the game will have all the game mo...

24 August 2010
09:02 GMT

Research: Review Scores Are Important in Game Purchase Decisions

A recent study conducted by Electronic Entertainment Design and Research and the Southern Methodist University has given credence to the claims of many companies in the video game industry that review scores can affect sales. The researches used PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies to see if critics had any bearing conce...

7 July 2010
05:51 GMT

PopCap Believes the iPad Will Be Huge

Apple is already eating into the market share of the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable with the iPhone and the huge amount of small videogames available through the App Store.And the iPad, the new touch-enabled tablet that the company unveiled last month, could offer a further gaming device, one ready to offer...

17 February 2010
14:21 GMT

PC Sales Charts – Zombies Edition

PC gaming is a genre that hasn't been really appreciated lately by a lot of analysts who said that it wouldn't stand a chance against the current generation of consoles and that developers would realize the big features that these have against the PC. But week after week though, things are still going well...

14 May 2009
11:11 GMT


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