Remember this rumour we speculated on a while back? Well, turns out we were right. PopCap has indeed been acquired by EA for no less than $750 million. That’s no chump change, even for EA which is one of the largest publishers in the videogame industry. PopCap is among the strongest developer/…
Read MoreCasual game jaggernaught, PopCap games, is reportedly in the process of being sold for $1 billion. Only thing is, no one seems to know who is buying. A number of names are being thrown around – everything from Zynga through to Amazon. Who do we think is a candidate for…
Read MoreCasual game jaggernaught, PopCap games, is reportedly in the process of being sold for $1 billion. Only thing is, no one seems to know who is buying. A number of names are being thrown around – everything from Zynga through to Amazon. Who do we think is a candidate for…
Read MorePopCap has branched into more experimental projects, launching a new label, 4th & Battery, to allow small teams to get creative. The label already has one title attached, called Unpleasant Horse, the new direction is a big new opportunity for PopCap, which has traditionally stuck to high quality, but distinctly…
Read MorePopCap has branched into more experimental projects, launching a new label, 4th & Battery, to allow small teams to get creative. The label already has one title attached, called Unpleasant Horse, the new direction is a big new opportunity for PopCap, which has traditionally stuck to high quality, but distinctly…
Read MoreApparently, playing video games can help depression. An experiment from East Carolina University’s Psychophysiology had nearly 60 (half of which served as controls) subjects – all meeting the criteria of clinical depression – play three casual games – Bejeweled 2, Peggle and Bookworm Adventures. According to the study, those that…
Read MoreApparently, playing video games can help depression. An experiment from East Carolina University’s Psychophysiology had nearly 60 (half of which served as controls) subjects – all meeting the criteria of clinical depression – play three casual games – Bejeweled 2, Peggle and Bookworm Adventures. According to the study, those that…
Read MoreOne of the main reasons bosses hate Facebook, Bejeweled Blitz is about to come to XBLA. Publishers, PopCap Games promises all the speedy, 60-second-at-a-time match-3 action that the Facebook version offers, with a few new modes to boot. The main new mode is 16-player simultaneous Party mode and head-to-head battle…
Read MoreOne of the main reasons bosses hate Facebook, Bejeweled Blitz is about to come to XBLA. Publishers, PopCap Games promises all the speedy, 60-second-at-a-time match-3 action that the Facebook version offers, with a few new modes to boot. The main new mode is 16-player simultaneous Party mode and head-to-head battle…
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