Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Vechey, one of the founding members of Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies developer PopCap, has left the studio and its parent ...

PopCap’s new game studio, 4th & Battery, is gearing up for the release of its second game. And it’s an oldie, but a goodie. PopCap is re-releasing Candy Train, a game that the company first introduced ...

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Dave Roberts, chief executive of Electronic Arts’ PopCap Games division, is retiring from the game studio that he joined almost nine years ago. Cofounder John Vechey will take over the job of running ...

There's a lot of talk about the evolving business models of the game industry, but one fundamental is often overlooked: there's no substitute for good games. And there are few in the industry, ...

When veteran games publisher EA announced that it had acquired Bejeweled Blitz creator PopCap, it was scary to think of what might happen to the Seattle-based casual and critical hit machine. Game ...

PopCap, the Seattle video-game studio behind “Bejeweled” and “Plants vs. Zombies,” is laying off about a quarter of its staff in the hope that a “smaller, leaner” studio will be able to find success ...

One of the video game industry’s most consistent hitmakers is taking things to the next level. PopCap Games, the creator of titles such as “Bejweled,” “Zuma,” “Bookworm” and “Peggle” – has raised ...

Layoffs are hitting Seattle-based social game company PopCap (Plants vs. Zombies, Bejeweled, Peggle). Studio co-founder John Vechey has confirmed that 50 employees across PopCap's North American ...