In Real Life

Plants Vs. Zombies Toys Want To Eat Your Money, Not Your Brains

The next time your neighbour tells you there’s a zombie on your lawn, you can finally reply, “Thanks! Isn’t it cute?” And ideally, your neighbour will have meant the cute little toy zombie from Plants vs. Zombies and will agree with you. (Either that, or you’ll be eaten by horrible, slavering zombies. As happens.)


April 19, 2012
Mobile

Massive Plants Vs. Zombies iPad Update Hitting Any Minute Now

The people behind Plants Vs. Zombies are adding a ton of new stuff to the iPad version of the game today. That is, it’s “new” if you haven’t played other versions of the game, that is. But, hey, these added modes, all of which have appeared in other, more expensive versions of the game, are mostly pretty good.


March 8, 2012
PC

Go Diving For Treasure In PopCap’s Latest Facebook Game, Solitaire Blitz

PopCap’s latest Facebook Blitz game is Solitaire Blitz. Playable on Facebook, the treasure-diving solitaire game pits you against friends to win underwater treasures. You can learn more and play here.


February 28, 2012
News

PopCap: Free-To-Play Doesn’t Have To Hurt

Kotaku AU

There’s an air of scepticism that surrounds free-to-play games — can they possibly be any good if they’re offered for free? Surely there must be a soulless, money-grabbing hook embedded into the game somewhere, right? According to PopCap’s Giodano Contestabile, players need to dispel these preconceptions.


January 6, 2012
Mobile

The Non-Boring Version Of Bejeweled That I Can’t Stop Playing

Bejeweled is an eye-roller. It’s The Da Vinci Code of video games or the Lady Gaga or whatever your favourite example is of something that far too many people are into.


December 22, 2011
Mobile

PopCap’s Plants Vs. Zombies X-Mas Package Teases Upcoming Popcorn Dragon Game

It’s Christmastime, one of the few times where old-fashoioned snail matters anymore. Some companies send clever cards, like the ones we featured yesterday. Other companies send ViewMasters, the old-school 3D viewer that told stories through a series of still film frames.


December 8, 2011
Mobile

PopCap Yanks Bejeweled 2 + Blitz From iTunes To Split It In Two

PopCap Games is “retiring” Bejeweled 2 + Blitz from iTunes today, replacing it with another version of Bejeweled that sells for the same price, but which doesn’t come with Blitz.


November 28, 2011
In Real Life

Nobody Likes Zynga

Zynga rocketed to fame with titles like FarmVille and Mafia Wars. When Mafia Wars 2 launched, the number of players peaked at 2.5 million, but dropped to 900,000 earlier this month, with players complaining that the game just wasn’t as fun.


October 25, 2011
In Real Life

Zombies Don’t Understand Pumpkin Carving, But They Dance

It’s Pumpkins Vs Zombies as PopCap’s zombie temp worker tries his hand at gourd gutting and cutting. Then a rave breaks out.


October 13, 2011
News

How PopCap Acquired EA

At GDC online this morning, PopCap co-founder John Vechey gave a keynote in which he discussed PopCap evolution from a PC game company into a social game company, and how embracing change has allowed them to grow and thrive in a shifting industry. The largest change, he said, came from PopCap’s acquisition by EA earlier this year.