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Ex-PopCap and Blizzard staff to open new multi-platform developer on the San Francisco Peninsula
Read More »PopCap working on ‘Team Fortress 2 style Plants vs Zombies game’
Popcap is looking for a software engineer to build a triple-A console title using the Frostbite 2 engine. The game will be developed by the Burnaby branch of the company that made its fame with casual titles like Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies. "PopCap Burnaby working with Frostbite 2 on …
Read More »PopCap working on triple-A console title
Burnaby studio hiring for Frostbite 2 powered 'TF2-inspired Plants vs. Zombies game'
Read More »PopCap signs connected TV deal
Cross-platform games solution provider Antix Labs has been in operation for more than five years, but in some respects its ‘share and play’ gaming tech was ahead of its time. However, the UK firm has been busy recently by enabling itsGame Player for connected TV OEMs, while itrolled out into …
Read More »EA closes PopCap Dublin
96 developers affected as Ireland office shuts its doors
Read More »UPDATED: PopCap Dublin closes its doors; 96 jobs lost
PopCap Dublin has been closed by parent company EA. The news comes after management admitted last month that 50 jobs had been lost from PopCap’s Seattle office and an unspecified number shaved from its Irish operations. The company then went on to say that it had entered into an exploratory …
Read More »Gibeau: PopCap cuts due to "duplicative" roles with EA
The recent job cuts at PopCap were due to roles that were duplicative” of those that already existed at parent company EA. That’s according to EA Labels boss Frank Gibeau, who says that the loss of jobs is a normal and expected process as part of any takeover. Typically at …
Read More »Gibeau: Mobile is putting consumers off social
Zynga encountering problems as it is too heavily reliant on social, says EA exec
Read More »PopCap layoffs part of ‘efficiency savings’ at EA
Casual games developer to focus more on mobile and move away from social
Read More »PopCap co-founder deflects job loss vitriol from EA
The co-founder of PopCap has insisted that the job losses at his studio would have been considerably worse if it did not have the backing of EA. It was reported overnight that a number of jobs have been lost at the developer, backing up rumours that have been circulating in …
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