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Plants Vs. Zombies Sequel Coming Q2 2013

The dead will rise and the vines will writhe come next Australian autumn, when Popcap Games finally gets around to releasing a sequel to the popular lawn defence game Plants Vs. Zombies. It’s about damn time.


IPhone’s Plants Vs. Zombies Gets Free I, Zombie Mode

An update to iPhone’s Plants vs. Zombies hit today that adds the ability to play as zombies in the game, a new free level and some festive hats for the holiday season.


Google+ Adds Games, Minus The Social Games Annoyances

Google’s latest stab at building a social network, Google+, has (as expected) added games to its ever-growing list of services. And while it may have some many of the usual social games suspects, Google+ Games aims for more privacy and less pestering.


Angry Birds Maker Says It’s Worth More Than PopCap

Whatever Electronic Arts is spending to acquire PopCap, its casual gaming rival Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, would cost more. That’s according to … well, Rovio.


What Does The Big EA Buyout Mean For PopCap Games?

What will the $750 million buy out of PopCap Games, makers of Plants vs Zombies and Bejeweled, do to the beloved developer of quirky, casually engaging games? It could mean you get future PopCap Games faster – but it doesn’t mean the end of games like Peggle in World of Warcraft.


Zombies Welcome Their New EA Masters, Do Not Wish To Eat Their Brains At All

The undead people behind one of PopCap’s most popular games, Plants Vs Zombies, welcome EA’s acquisition of their parent company with open arms, open mouths, and jagged, ichor-dripping teeth.


Electronic Arts Buys Maker Of Bejeweled And Plants Vs Zombies

Electronic Arts is in the Plants Vs Zombies business it seems, announcing today that they have picked up PopCap Games for $US750 million.


Report: Someone’s Buying PopCap Games For A Cool Billion

The makers of Peggle, Plants vs Zombies and Bejeweled are reportedly in the process of being snapped up by someone with very, very deep pockets. The rumoured mystery buyer may be paying more than $US1 billion for the right to PopCap’s brand of casual, commercially successful fun.


PopCap’s Viciously Addictive Bejeweled 3 Coming To Everything

The makers of great, time-stealing games like Peggle and Plants Vs Zombies are bringing one of their biggest successes to consoles and handhelds later this year, with Bejeweled 3 making the leap to five platforms (or three, depending on your point of view).


Boy Creates iPhone Game As PopCap Grants A Wish

We’re all familiar with the Make-a-Wish Foundation, who it supports, and why. With that out of the way, PopCap games today announced that Allied Star Police, by the Seattle-area games designer Owain Weinert (pictured) will soon release for all iOS devices on the iTunes App Store.


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