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What Does The Big EA Buyout Mean for PopCap Games (and for Bejeweled in World of Warcraft)?

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:00:00 EDT

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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. More »

Plants vs. Zombies vs. Adversity

Joshua Rivera — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EDT

PopCap games is auctioning off art from its games for children's charities in the US and UK. The auction runs from now until July 12- and 100% of the proceeds go to said charities. [http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/06/popcap-auctions-sketches-of-zombies-unicorns-for-childrens-charities.ars] More »

Bejeweled Proposed As A Clinical Treatment For Depression And Anxiety

Mike Fahey — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:00:00 EST

While more mainstream video games are under fire for causing depression, a new study at East Carolina University finds that playing casual puzzle games is an effective way to combat clinical depression and anxiety. Guess who underwrote the study? More »

Android Users Get Plants Vs. Zombies This Spring

Stephen Totilo — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:52:00 EST

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. More »

Ten Years of PopCap Games

Brian Crecente — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:00:00 EST

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. More »

You Are A Cat Eating Sushi Playing Peggle

Mike Fahey — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:00 EST

If you enjoy Peggle, felines, and raw fish rolled in rice, the you'll love Sushi Cat, a game about getting a cat fat enough to activate an automatic door. More »

PopCap Just Handing Out Peggle Nights Like It Grows On Trees

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:00:00 EST

PopCap Games is practically giving away Peggle Nights, offering the PC and Mac nighttime sequel to the amazing Peggle for little more than signing up for a PopCap Passport account. That's just a few keystrokes and checkbox clicks! More »

So Now I Have My Own iPhone — What Games Should I Get?

AJ Glasser — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:00:00 EST

Usually the best gifts we get for the holidays are the ones we buy for ourselves. In my case, this would be an iPhone. More »

It's A PopCap App Sale

AJ Glasser — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:30:54 EST

Looks like I picked a good time to finally get an iPhone. PopCap Games — developers of many addictive games like Peggle and Bookworm — are having an App Store sale. More »

Peggle, Peggle Nights Pegged For PlayStation Store Posthaste

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:20:08 EST

PlayStation 3 owners are in for a double shot of Peggle this Thursday. The North American PlayStation Store adds both Peggle and the expansion Peggle Nights, PopCap Games announced today. More »

Peggle Nights Gets An Extra Ball On Xbox Live Arcade

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Peggle Nights - the joyous expansion to the joyful Peggle - will soon be making the jump from personal computer to Xbox 360. More »

Steam Launches "Family" Section, Please Don't Roll Your Eyes

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:30:00 EDT

Valve announced on Friday the launch of the "Family Gaming" genre on their online store Steam, an entire new wing of the digital shopfront dedicated solely to games your mum, dad or gran might enjoy. More »

Peggle Gives Away World of Warcraft-Themed Game

Brian Crecente — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

PopCap Games today released a standalone World of Warcraft-themed Peggle mash-up for free on their website. More »

$1 Peggle "Hacked" The iPhone Store

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:30:00 EDT

If you took advantage of the crazy $1 Peggle sale that took place last week, congratulations. You're not just the proud owner of one of the best casual games around. You were also part of an experiment. More »

Peggle For The iPhone Goes Cheap

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:00:00 EDT

Need a little EXTREME FEVER on the go? The iPhone version of the highly addictive Peggle is just 99 cents today via iTunes. Like other versions of Peggle it packs in awesome gameplay and comes highly recommended. Buy it! [iTunes] More »

iPhone Peggle Is Out

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:00:00 EDT

You know it, you love it, it's Peggle. The highly addictive puzzle game has already appeared on Windows, Mac, XBLA and the Nintendo DS. More »

Blizzard Hires Casual Games Guru From PopCap

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:00:00 EDT

The former general manager of Xbox Live Arcade and v.p. at Peggle studio PopCap is going to Blizzard. Let the development speculation begin. More »

PopCap Heard You Liked Peggle, So It Put It In World of Warcraft

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:30:00 EDT

You thought the addition of Bejeweled to World of Warcraft was a potentially potent potable? That's nothing compared to the deadly cocktail that is PopCap's Peggle, also available to play in Blizzard's ultra-popular MMO. More »

Peggle XBLA Review: Extreme Fever!!!

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:30:07 EDT

PopCap Games' Peggle comes to Xbox Live Arcade, bringing the super powered pachinko-esque, point and shoot gameplay to Xbox 360s. It's incredibly addictive, the aim of PopCap's casual games. More »

Xbox 360 Catches EXTREME FEVER From Peggle In March

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:40:00 EST

Peggle is coming to the Xbox 360 and its coming in March. Hard. Yeah, that's this month, meaning you have but mere weeks to sort out your life before you catch EXTREME FEVER. More »

Welcome Your New PopCap Overlords In 2009

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:40:46 EST

If you're not already on board with PopCap Games' brand of casual thrills, you've never played Peggle. But you will bow before PopCap, as the publisher is expanding its casual efforts in a big way. More »

Not Everybody Is Losing Money (Just Ask PopCap!)

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST

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. More »

Peggle...On iPhone!

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:30:00 EST

Ah, Peggle. You either love it, or you've never played it. While the game's just fine on PC, it's always seemed more suitable for on-the-go gaming, much like Tetris was on the GameBoy. More »

Peggle DS Gets A Release Date

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:30:00 EDT

Oh dear. No sooner do I ween myself off my chronic Advance Wars: Days of Ruin addiction than we get a release date for Peggle DS. That date is March 3, 2009. Wonderful. Now I can waste as much time playing it on my DS as I waste playing it on the PC. Effectively doubling the amount of time I waste on a daily basis. Thanks! More »

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:40:00 EDT

Out of obligation (and a dash of personal interest in the series still intact) I'll be playing through the rest of Silent Hill: Homecoming this weekend. The game ships to North America on Tuesday, meaning a review is in order. It's going to mean a bit of backtracking, unfortunately. Perhaps re-tracking, as I'll have to revert to an older save to get the job done. More about that on Tuesday. More »

Peggle XBLA Spreads The Addiction With 4-Player Multi

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:40:00 EDT

Know what's awesome? Peggle. Scoff if you must, but it's taking every molecule of willpower to continue with this post instead of just saying "Fuck it" and playing some Peggle. Fortunately, the Xbox Live Arcade release of PopCap Games' Peggle appears to be inching ever closer to release, now slated for a "sometime in 2008" release. The price? Cheap, at 800 Microsoft Points according to a new interview with PopCap's Greg Canessa. Sure, this whole level pack business will drive the price up, but its Microsoft Points, imaginary fun money with no real value. Plus, there's four-player multiplay via Xbox Live planned. Off to find a new vein for my Peggle addiction! Peggle on XBLA: 4 player multiplayer, 800 MS Points, no level packs at launch [Talking About Games via X3F] More »

Rez, Lumines Dev Bringing Peggle To DS

Leigh Alexander — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDT

Peggle fans can now cement their addiction, since PopCap's now bringing the popular casual game to DS with a little help from Q Entertainment, developers of Rez, Lumines and Meteos. More »

Peggle Perfection Requires A Dash Of Madness

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:40:29 EDT

Have you ever played Peggle? If not, it's one of the more surprisingly addictive titles to come out of the PopCap Games stable of brightly colored "casual" games. Even if you have played Peggle—or Peggle Extreme, the ~~free~~ Half-Life themed version that's included in The Orange Box—an 18 million point round might not blow your hair back. So when watching this clip, via Waxy, the first minute or so might not impress. The fanatical, bordering-on-insane planning, however, as demonstrated moments later, might. It also might frighten. More »

Casual is Complex: The PopCap Model

Maggie Greene — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Gamasutra has an interesting interview up with some of PopCap's people — co-founder John Vechey, CEO David Roberts and PR director Garth Chouteau — talking about the PopCap model and structure and the casual market at large. It's a reasonably lengthy interview with a couple of gems contained within: More »

Peggle...For The DS! [UPDATE]

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:20:00 EST

Yes, Peggle is coming for the DS. Don't act so surprised. John Vechey, co-founder of Peggle devs PopCap, announced the title at the Casual Connect conference, which is being held in Amsterdam. That should be all you need to know! Peggle, for the DS. If you're wondering about a release date or price, sorry, they don't have that yet. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about, consider that Peggle on the PC has now been downloaded over 10 million times. More »

PopCap on Unicorns, Casual Market, and Making Games

Maggie Greene — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:30:52 EST

Jason Kapalka, co—founder and Chief Creative Officer of PopCap Games, sat down with Alec Meer to chat about a whole host of issues — unicorns, match three games, and the casual market. It's an interesting interview that touches on a number of issues surrounding the casual market: who's playing these games? Is there a market outside the aggressively casual? And is PopCap returning 'credibility' to puzzle games? More »

Popcap Pops Peggle to iPod

Mike Fahey — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:20:23 EST

Well it's a banner day for iPod gamers, if such a thing exists. Along with Sonic the Hedgehog from Sega, that king of casual PopCap Games have released an iPod version of their popular puzzler Peggle onto the iTunes Store today. Sharing Sonic's $4.99 price point, the game contains all 55 levels, 10 magical powers, 75 Grand Master challenges and th two-player duel mode from the PC and Mac versions. The game's aim and shoot mechanic seems perfect for the iPod's click wheel, making me wonder how well Bubble Bobble would translate. If I had one of those newer, cooler iPods I would definitely purchase Peggle, simply because of the comfort I found playing it while I waited for the Orange Box to download over Steam. Of course I never played it again after that, but I am a fickle gamer, dammit. More »