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Not Everybody Is Losing Money (Just Ask PopCap!)

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Times are tough. You’re no doubt sick of hearing that. But it’s true! Money is tight for developers and publishers the world over. Unless your name is Nintendo or Activision. Or, in this case, PopCap.

The developers of Peggle and Bejeweled, having picked up some sales data from the NPD Group, announced today that retail revenues were up 85% in 2008 over the 2007 numbers.

Impressive! Even more so when you remember that the NPD Group don’t track digital downloads, so sales were in all likelihood even higher.

Goes to show, even in tough times, you make good games, people will buy them.

PopCap Retail Sales Up 85% [Edge]

The Twisting Revolution Has Finally Landed In Australia

Kym Weathersten — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:20:21 +0000

A few weeks back we told you about Bejewelled Twist’s official launch on PopCap. The day marked perhaps the greatest accomplishment in game design since at least 2005, when the last Bejewelled game was released, with news that gamers could twist their gems, as opposed to merely shifting them. Yes, it was genius.

Well hold tight because the gaming revolution has hit Australia; from today Bejewelled Twist will be available through Bigpond Games, for just $26.99. And you know what that means, right? We antipodeans can now twist to our hearts content- or at least until May 2009 when Bigpond’s exclusive distribution rights to the game run out.