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Social games giant lost out to EA's potential $1.3 billion buyout

The realisation last night of EA’s much-rumoured buyout of PopCap has positioned the publisher as one of the powerhouses of digital gaming, according to EA boss John Riccitiello. The outspoken exec told investors last night that the move is EA’s first step toward becoming a $1bn a year digital gaming …

EA has moved to acquire social and casual games specialist PopCap for a deal that could eventually be worth $1.3bn. The publisher has bought the firm – best known for hit casual titles Plants vs Zombies, Peggle,Bejeweled and Zuma – for $650m in cash plus $100m in stock. PopCap’s owners …

Peggle studio 'to accelerate EA push towards a $1 billion digital business'

"Sorry, I might not have been clear. I was simply stating that@TechCrunch‘s article is not true." That claim was this morning made by PopCap’s community rep Jennifer Kye, according the Venturebeat. Shortly afterwards the tweet was deleted. While it may simply be a case of PopCap ensuring that employees stick …

One leading tech site claims to have it on good authority that EA is on the verge of one of the largest acquisitions ever seen in the games industry. If true, TechCrunch‘s claims that EA is the mystery bidder behind a supposed $1bn swoop for PopCap would dwarf the $17m …

Publishing giant 'to spend over $1 billion'

Rumours suggest big-money swoop could be made by Zynga, EA or DeNA

Stark warning issued by Gameloft financial boss; PopCap ponders IPO date

PopCap will host its first two Android games exclusively on the Amazon App Store for 14 days, the company has said. The deal will see the release of PopCap title Chuzzle on Amazon’s mobile store until May 30th. Later in the month, the Android edition of Plants vs Zombies will …