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Read More »PvZ: Garden Warfare strictly multiplayer, will carry mid-tier price
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will be a multiplayer only affair, a fact EA states will allow the publisher to sell it at a lower price online and at retail. Speaking with Shacknews, creative director Justin Wiebe confirmed that the FPS-take on PopCap’s tower defense franchise will be multiplayer only. …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies 2 PopCap’s biggest release ever, according to CEO
PopCap CEO Dave Roberts has dubbed the iOS launch of Plants vs Zombies 2 the company’s biggest release to date. Speaking with Geekwire, Roberts spoke on the free-to-play offering’s tremendous launch that has it on top of Apple’s app store charts – though the executive declined to dive into specific …
Read More »Former Valve, PopCap developers form Temple Gates Games
Former Plants vs Zombies developers Tod Sample and Jeff Gates have split from their current positions at Valve to form new indie studio Temple Gates Games. IGN reports that the pair have split amicably with Valve following a short stint serving as remote employees for the company. "We were working …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies 2 pushed past July release date
Plants vs Zombies 2 will miss its previously announced release date of July 18th, PopCap has confirmed. The developer took to Twitter to reveal the delay, but declined to explain the cause of the setback and failed to provide a specific readjusted launch date. Plants vs. Zombies 2, originally slated …
Read More »E3 2013: EA unveils Garden Warfare, Peggle 2
Popcap launching third-person action title in Plants vs. Zombies franchise
Read More »Report: EA closes PopCap Vancouver and Quicklime
Publisher continues wave of cutbacks as part of reorganisation
Read More »PopCap exec quits for Tilting Point
Giordano Contestabile takes on role as VP of product management and revenue at creative agency
Read More »PopCap’s Giordano Bruno Contestabile joins Tilting Point
Creative agency Tilting Point has named former PopCap man Giordano Bruno Contestabile as its new VP of product management and revenue. The move brings an end to the exec’s five-year stint at the EA-owned casual games studio, where he most recently served as executive producer to the Bejeweled franchise. Before …
Read More »PlayJam hires ex-PopCap director as head of games
Sameer Baroova to coordinate with developers for content on GameStick and the PlayJam Games Network
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