We had previously reported that PopCap Games had been purchased for a fiendishly $1 billion. Rumors swirled as to who the buyer was, with speculation being that it was Electronic Arts. In a press release issued yesterday, EA announced an agreement to purchase PopCap for $650 million plus $100 million stock and multi-year earn-out. EA [...]
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Popcap Games Acquired For One BILLION Dollars?
June 22nd, 2011
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Did EA just buy Popcap Games, makers of Peggle and Plants vs Zombies among other things? TechCrunch is reporting that someone just shelled out $1,000,000,000 for the casual game giant, and EA is one of the names in the mix. Other potential buyers include Chinese megacorp Tencent. Nothing official announced, and no one is responding to [...]
PlayStation Phone Coming To Verizon This Spring
February 14th, 2011
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Sunday, Sony Ericsson announced that Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, otherwise known as the PlayStation Phone, will be available this Spring in the U.S. through Verizon. No exact date or price was given, but we did learn that the phone will be running the latest version of the [...]
Xbox Live Arcade House Party Games Get Release Dates
February 8th, 2011
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The Xbox Live Arcade House Party starts a week from tomorrow February 16th. First up is Hard Corps: Uprising a 2D shooter that serves as the prequel to Contra: Hard Corps. It will run you 1200 Microsoft Points. On the 23rd of February you can spend 800 Microsoft Points on Bejeweled Blitz Live especially if [...]
Plants Vs. Zombies Shuffles to the PSN
January 31st, 2011
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There’s no point in trying to run away from the zombie horde. It’s practically everywhere, and now it’s coming to your PlayStation 3. Plant’s Vs. Zombies, the strategy game that pits an arsenal of household vegetation against the brain-hungry undead, is making its way to the PSN. There has been no mention of a date [...]
Join The Xbox Live Arcade House Party In February
January 6th, 2011
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Microsoft just doesn’t know how to quit applying a theme to weeks of Xbox Live Arcade games. Starting February 18th is the House Party, and when you see this lineup, any worries you had about these theme weeks getting stale will be put to rest. First up is the indie PC sensation Torchlight and it’s [...]
Broke Gamer: PopCap and Amazon Madness
December 29th, 2010
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PopCap Games is celebrating being in business for a full 10 years, and they are thanking the fans for their success by discounting downloadable games 50% until January 2nd. This discount, however doesn’t apply to game bundles of Bejeweled 3. Sorry, mom. Amazon.com is also having a sale on games, just because that’s what Amazon does. [...]
Plants Vs. Zombies On Xbox Live Arcade 9/8
August 3rd, 2010
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is there really anything else to say? Plants Vs Zombies. Xbox Live Arcade. September 8th. 1200 MS Points. Ok, I guess I could also say, it’s the first time the game will be in HD and will feature co-op and versus modes. Well, well worth the price. Read a preview on IGN.
It’s A Pegglepalooza This Week
November 17th, 2009
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Peggle and Peggle Nights are coming to PSN on Thursday the 19th. Peggle will run you a cool $9.99, while it’s sequel is only $4.99. One day earlier on the 18th, XBLA will get Peggle Nights for 400MS points. Peggle Nights for both systems are considered add-ons for Peggle, so yes, you must own Peggle [...]
Gyromancer Available November 18
November 6th, 2009
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Just one day after every game ever comes out PopCap and SquareEnix will unleash evil upon the world with the release of Gyromancer. It’s the addictiveness of a PopCap game combined with the leveling and questing of a JRPG. Basically people will lose their jobs and their homes. No word on a price, but we [...]