Mobile

PopCap Discounts All iOS Games, Donates Sales To Japan Relief

Games like Bejeweled, Bookworm, Chuzzle, Peggle and Plants vs Zombies are getting a price drop for 48 hours to raise funds for earthquake-stricken Japan. Partnering with the Red Cross, PopCap will donate all of its revenues from the sale, which begins Saturday March 19 at 9am AEDT and ends 7pm AEDT on Sunday March 20. iPad games will be $2.49 and iPhone games $1.19. Get ‘em while they’re hot and helping folks.


March 10, 2011
In Real Life

The Art, Food And Drinks Of Plants Vs Zombies

Last week’s PopCap Games party at the Game Developers Conference wasn’t just a chance to indulge in Plants Vs Zombies drinks and snacks while watching flowers cavort around the packed room. It was also a chance to check out some really neat concept art from the game and, you now, talk to people.


March 3, 2011
In Real Life

Plants Vs. Zombies Go Go Dancers

Go go dancing sunflowers and pea-shooters caroused at Pop Cap Games’ party last night, chasing and being chased by big-headed zombies among party goers.


February 14, 2011
In Real Life

This Is An Official Plants Vs Zombies Board Game

The Plants Vs. Zombies board game is real. This is a prototype, essentially the rough draft of the game that the people at Screenlife are planning on making. I spotted it at Toy Fair 2011 where it was so new it wasn’t even in Screenlife’s printed brochure.


January 21, 2011
Mobile

Android Users Get Plants Vs Zombies Soon

Plants Vs Zombies, a wonderful video game that is on just about every device other than Androids and toasters, will be out for Androids in “Q2″, the folks at Popcap tell us. That means April-June. We played it briefly this week. Looks sharp. Peggle’s a Q2 Android game too.


January 2, 2011
Mobile

10 Years Of PopCap Games

The makers of massive hits Bejeweled, Peggle, and Plants vs Zombies are eying 2011 as the year for aggressive expansion, PopCap Games head Dave Roberts tells Forbes.


November 16, 2010

Kotaku’s 2010 iPhone Gift Guide

With Christmas not long away, it’s probably a good time to start thinking about what sorts of gifts you want to give and get this year during the holidays.


October 14, 2010
In Real Life

Plants Vs Summer

Kotaku reader Sean was playing Popcap’s brilliant Plants vs Zombies the other day, when he looked at his fan. And had an idea.


September 28, 2010
News

Plants Vs FarmVille

Dave Roberts, boss of PopCap – the guys behind Plants vs Zombies and Peggle – has some none-too-subtle words to say about competitors and FarmVille developers Zynga. [Pic]


September 21, 2010
In Real Life

Plants Vs Zombies, Now In Your World Of Warcraft

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Providing one more reason to never stop playing World of Warcraft, it turns out the game’s latest expansion includes a quest that’s basically a stripped-down version of Popcap’s excellent Plants vs Zombies.