For more on the game, check out GameSpot's review of Bejeweled 2 Deluxe for the Xbox 360. Bejeweled 2 Deluxe was actually an Xbox 360 launch game in 2005, helping to establish the Xbox Live Arcade downloadable-game service out of the gate. The other PopCap Games set to appear on the PS3 are Zuma, Heavy Weapon, Feeding Frenzy, and Peggle.Īll five games have already been released on multiple platforms. The first of those games, Bejeweled 2, will arrive later today as part of the weekly PlayStation Store update, and will cost $9.99. The casual-games publisher has entered into an agreement with Sony Online Entertainment to see five of its games appear on the PlayStation Network downloadable-game service. Thousands of innocent jewels, vaporized!įor example, today PopCap is scratching Sony's PlayStation 3 off of the list. PopCap efforts such as Bejeweled and Zuma have spread from the PC to the PlayStation 2 and the iPhone, and the list of platforms that haven't played host to the publisher's wares seems to get shorter every day. Zombies.The casual-gaming boom has benefited a number of companies, but few have capitalized on the trend like PopCap Games. Only one question remains: what will happen to PopCap's exciting new game Johnny Minkley's Meat Ceiling PopCap's triumphant Plants vs.
Let's hope Battlefield 3 and Mass Effect 3 can recoup some of that money. "We're not changing our focus from creating awesome casual games everyone can enjoy," the company said.īuying the digital clout of PopCap is an impressive statement of EA's intent to aggressively pursue digital gaming.ĮA snapped up prominent social gaming outfit PlayFish in 2009, in a deal worth $400 million. PopCap will be able to draw on deeper resources and distribute to a wider audience worldwide. "What does this mean for the future? It's simple: 1, EA is being rebranded to Poptronic Arts 2, Sim Zuma: The SwampLife Edition 3, Peggle: Dead Space – Bjorn's Breakfast 4, Bejeweled Battlefield Blitz 5, Plants vs.
"As some of you may have heard, we recently announced that PopCap Games is being acquired by Electronic Arts, a small mom-and-pop boutique software publisher," wrote PopCap.
PopCap will be given an additional $550 million in bonuses in next few years for hitting money-making milestones. Zombies creator will receive $650 million in cash and $100 million in stock. The Bejeweled, Zuma, Peggle and Plants vs. Now, PopCap has more resources, and bigger dreams, but the good news is that it’s still all about making irresistible games everyone will enjoy. EA has bought casual gaming giant PopCap Games in a deal worth $1.3 billion. PopCap Games was founded in 2000 in a Seattle attic apartment by three twenty-something refugees from the dot-com start-up wars who wanted to make fun video games for anyone to pick up and play.
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