Tag archive: Popcap

Social and casual game maker PopCap—which was recently acquired by gaming giant Electronic Arts—has published the results of a new survey (PDF) that finds nearly half (48 percent) of people who cheat at online social games like Farmville and Mafia Wars are also cheaters at life, doing things like stealing towels and magazines from hotels and waiting rooms, illegally parking in handicapped spaces, and even cheating on their partners… Read More

Following Barnes & Noble's scathing attack on the Kindle Fire during its Nook Tablet unveiling, Amazon has hit back with its own Kindle Fire press release. Today, the online retailer announced its lineup of launch apps for the Kindle Fire. Among them are Netflix, Pandora, and a number of other apps that were thought to be strengths of the Nook Tablet. It looks like those in the market for an e-reader tablet this holiday season (or we… Read More

EA recently announced that it has acquired PopCap Games, which has been called the Pixar of the gaming world. The little indie developer that could is now part of the massive publisher that is EA, which doesn’t exactly sit well with PopCap enthusiasts. According to PopCap’s Garth Chouteau, they needn’t worry. “Given the structure of the deal and earn out portion of the deal, it’s safe to say that PopCap will remain an autonomous entity and the… Read More

There is a rumor circulating that PopCap Games, the makers of several popular casual games, is being sold for the tidy sum of $1 billion USD. According to TechCrunch, catalyst for the rumor, multiple sources have crossed streams and said that PopCap is in the process of being acquired. However, the buyer is currently unknown. You may know the the Seatle based gaming company from such hits as: Plants vs Zombies, Peggle, Zuma and of course… Read More

A few days ago, PopCap announced its new experimental game studio, 4th & Battery. The studio plans to develop and release conceptual games that don't quite make it through PopCap's rigorous development phases. Unpleasant Horse is the first of those games. A play off of Angry Birds, it follows a black flying horse (half cute, half disturbing) that jumps on other ponies backs to stay afloat. Unfortunately for those ponies, the… Read More

PopCap is the Pixar of the casual games world. It's games are universally praised by critics and players of all ages and it has a rigorous internal process for coming up with ideas and polishing them into first class experiences. Few studios do a better job. Plants Vs Zombies, Bejeweled, Peggle, Zuma, Bookworm, and Chuzzle are a few of their more popular hits. However, with such dedication to quality comes a lot of abandoned game… Read More

Can playing casual video games be good for you? They might be if you suffer from clinical depression, according to the results of a new study carried out at East Carolina University (ECU) and underwritten by PopCap. The study followed 60 subjects suffering from clinical depression, and measured the effect that playing three family-friendly, non-violent games had upon their symptoms and mood. The result: subjects who played the casual games saw… Read More

Casual and social game publisher PopCap commissioned a survey of almost 5,000 consumers through Information Solutions Group looking at how U.S. and UK gamers approach casual and social games. More than 1,200 of the respondents played games on social networking sites at least once a week…but these people don't seem to be the young tweens glued to their phones and Facebook and tweets: instead, the “average” social gamer… Read More

Casual game maker PopCap seems to have another hit on its hands with the whimsical Plants vs. Zombies, a strategy-based game in which wacky zombies try to invade your house…and, of course, your only real defense is a garden of assorted zombie-destroying plants. We know it doesn't make any sense, and that's part of the fun—and lots of computer users would seem to agree, since the downloadable version of the game available via the Web… Read More