Neowin News Feed for: Popcap games

Plants vs Zombies 2 confimed for a July 2013 launch

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:39:39 +0100

PopCap Games has announced that Plants vs Zombies 2, the sequel to the hit tower defense game, will be released in July 2013. No platforms or other details were announced. Read more...

Get Plants vs. Zombies free for Halloween

Christopher White — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:59:55 +0100

PopCap Games has teamed up with the American Dental Association to give everyone a free copy of Plants vs. Zombies for Halloween. The idea is to give a fun game instead of cavity-inducing candy. Read more...

PopCap Games confirms layoffs of 50 team members

John Callaham — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:31:12 +0100

One day after PopCap Games announced plans to release a sequel to Plants Vs Zombies, the casual game developer announced plans to lay off a number of its team members. Read more...

Rumor: Zynga offered PopCap Games a $1 billion cash deal

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:33:52 +0100

While Electronic Arts announced a deal earlier this week to acquire the casual game publisher PopCap with $750 million in cash and stock, a new story claims via unnamed source that PopCap actually got another... Read more...

Report: Microsoft missed out on acquiring PopCap Games

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:15:58 +0100

On Tuesday, Electronic Arts officially announced that it was acquiring the successful casual game developer and publisher PopCap Games. The asking price for the Seattle-based company will be at least $750 million with possibly more... Read more...

EA confirms purchase of PopCap Games for $750 million

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:35:17 +0100

Electronic Arts has made it official. After rumors of its pending purchase of casual game developer and publisher PopCap Games hit the Internet a few weeks ago EA has now made it official today. The... Read more...

Report: EA in "late stages" to acquire PopCap

John Callaham — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:02:34 +0100

On Wednesday, TechCrunch first reported via unnamed sources that casual game developer and publisher PopCap Games was getting close to being acquired for a whopping $1 billion by an unknown party. At the time, PopCap... Read more...

Rumor: PopCap to be bought for $1 billion?

John Callaham — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:03:24 +0100

Perhaps the biggest game publisher in the casual game space, PopCap, is rumored to be in the middle of a buyout deal that could be worth over $1 billion. The source of this speculation is... Read more...

PopCap Games plans to launch IPO around November

John Callaham — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:41:59 +0100

One of the biggest publishers of casual games on the PC, Mac, consoles and now mobile phones is prepping up to launch a public stock offering later this year. Reuters reports that PopCap Games is... Read more...

Plants vs Zombies finally coming to Android devices this month

John Callaham — Tue, 17 May 2011 14:32:41 +0100

One of the most addictive games of all time is finally coming to an Android-based phone and/or tablet near you. PopCap's hugely successful and acclaimed tower defense game Plants Vs Zombies will be released via... Read more...