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Oculus VR has hired former Plants vs Zombies 2 senior producer Bernard Yee, adding yet another industry veteran to its ranks. Speaking with GamesBeat, Yee discussed his experience with a VR demo visiting Valve earlier this year that prompted his interest in the budding tech. "I was really blown away …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare confirmed for PlayStation consoles
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will launch on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 hardware in August, developer PopCap has confirmed. The studio officially announced the editions for Sony’s PlayStation consoles, after having teased them late last week with a nod to Sony’s Sly Cooper. Both will launch on August …
Read More »EA pulls original Peggle in New Zealand as F2P version is introduced
A free-to-play version of PopCap puzzler Peggle has arrived on the iOS App Store – at the expense of the existing paid version. Pocket Gamer reports that while the new version is broadly the same as the original release in gameplay terms, it does change a few elements – such …
Read More »Microtransactions are coming to Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
EA has said that microtransactions will be added to console title Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare this week. Until now the title’s in-game currency has only been earnable by completing in-game tasks but, as is the way with many EA titles, an upcoming update will soon offer the chance for …
Read More »PopCap vet forms dev support studio PlayFab
New support services firm is totally focused on gaming
Read More »Layoffs hit PopCap
Studio makes staff redundant as it focuses on mobile games, live services and new IP
Read More »EA PopCap pulls new Plants Vs Zombies 2 IAPs after player backlash
Spokesperson claims fees for previously free items were 'part of a small-scale test'
Read More »Delay for Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare on Xbox One
PopCap has revised its release date for Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare on Xbox One. The game, which lands first on Xbox before migrating to other platforms, had initially been pencilled in for a February 20th release in Europe. That date has now changed to February 27th. The American date …
Read More »Last PopCap co-founder takes studio helm
CEO Dave Roberts and co-founder Jason Kapalka leaving January 8th
Read More »Plants vs Zombies 2 launches on Android
Plants vs Zombies 2 has launched for Android devices, available now as a free download on the Google Play store. To celebrate the platform release, which requires an Android 2.3 device or newer,PopCap has discounted the in-game Jalapeno item for the week. The Android release arrives two months after the …
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