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Real money invested into in-game virtual currency irredeemable and not transferable to other titles

This month Develop is publishing a series of job hunting tips from the industry's best. Today: PopCap on getting that design job

Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle now available on Android Marketplace

Social gaming engagement 'has increased 71 per cent'

More people are playing social games than ever before, says PopCap. The casual giant found that 71 per cent more play social games today compared to last year – 120m players in total. Plus, the number of ‘avid’ social game players have more than doubled from seven per cent in …

PopCap also turned down deal 'due to rumours of the company's rescinding share awards'

At London Games Conference today, PopCap senior designer David Bishop listed ten ways to fail at mobile gaming. 1: Blank Android. "Don’t publish on Android. It is a complete waste of time," he said. "And absolutely don’t bother with Kindle Fire. Nobody will buy it." 2: Ignore Facebook.Nobody does anything …

PopCap, Zynga, Gameloft, EA and Rovio are leading the charge to publish games for Amazon’s new iPad competitor Kindle Fire, the online merchant has revealed. As well as accessing thousands” of games, users will also be able to use apps including Netflix, Twitter and Facebook when the Android compatible device …

'Thousands' of games and apps to be available on the Amazon device

The casual gaming giant has lifted the lid on its next mobile title: Popcorn Dragon for iOS. The game gives player control over a dragon and challenges them to pop kernels of popcorn using his ability to breath fly. They’ve also got to have the dragon eat as much of …