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Read More »PopCap acquires ZipZipPlay
Washington-based casual games stronghold PopCap has made the surprise acquisition of social dev ZipZapPlay. PopCap has for years been considered a buyout target itself, though in recent months rumours have spread the Bejeweled company is seeking stock market floatation. The combined dev workforce has improved PopCap’s expectations for Facebook game …
Read More »How the PSN outage has affected devs
Develop speaks to developers to hear what affect the PSN outage has had on them
Read More »Zynga empire stretches to Washington
New Seattle outfit on hiring run for web engineers
Read More »Apple blocks new PopCap game
In news that will generate plenty of publicity and surely not cause too much unease at casual giant PopCap, new release Unpleasant Horse has been blocked by Apple. The game is the first release from PopCap’s new satellite studio 4th & Battery, whose self-defined goal is to "quickly try really …
Read More »PopCap launches ‘experimental’ dev
Casual giant PopCap has opened the doors on a new ‘design centre’, offering its developers and designers a place to realise creations of a more lo-fi aesthetic than typical releases from the Plants vs Zombies outfit. "4th & Battery is a pressure valve intended to keep our heads from exploding," …
Read More »PopCap launches new games ‘design center’
Unpleasant Horse the first release from experimental games label 4th & Battery
Read More »Plants vs Zombies shuffling to PS3
One of PopCap’s biggest hits, colourful tower defence title Plants vs Zombies, is coming to PS3. The conversion is being handled by Sony Online Entertainment, the studio which also bought fellow PopCap title Bejeweled and Peggle to PS3. PvZ is one of six new titles SOE is bringing to PS3, …
Read More »PopCap console games head to retail
Some of PopCap’s most popular casual games are making their way to UK retailers thanks to Mastertronic. The titles will arrive as boxed releases on Xbox 360 and DS for the first time in Europe, with Mastertronic responsible for publishing and distributing the titles. PopCap Hits – which includes Bejeweled …
Read More »PopCap expands to Windows Phone in hiring spree
Plant vs Zombies studio to double size of 60-man studio
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