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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:11 |
More games, more platforms, more players, more fun
In a press release available on their website, PopCap Games have announced that they have been taken under the wing of EA. Alongside the statement, PopCap detailed what this means for them as a company:
1. EA is being rebranded to Poptronic Arts
2. Sim Zuma: The SwampLife Edition
3. Peggle: Dead Space – Bjorn’s Breakfast
4. Bejeweled Battlefield Blitz
5. Plants vs. ZombEAz: NFL Lockout Edition http://www.trueachievements.com/customimages/001619.jpg
They kid, they kid! Don't worry! Before you hit 'post' on that comment, this isn't the case at all. After a moment of levity, PopCap continued to say:
Ok, not really.
It means PopCap will join forces with one of the world’s largest game publishers, giving us access to many more resources and a greatly expanded global audience. It doesn’t mean that PopCap is going away or changing what we do or how we do it. On the contrary, PopCap’s creative culture is the main reason EA was interested in us. We’re not changing our focus from creating awesome casual games everyone can enjoy.We can take from this that PopCap have been acquired by EA, yet may be left to work in the manner that they are accustomed to. The difference will come where they push out the final products to the customer, and the resources made available to the studios to develop their games.
So what should you really expect from us in the future as part of EA? More! More games, more platforms, more players, and more fun.
PopCap has been around for more than ten years now, and we look forward to bringing you great games for at least another decade to come!The purchase is said to have set EA back around $650-750 million, so it's not a decision they'd have taken lightly.
The proof will be, as they say, in the pudding. We'll have to keep an eye on the movements of PopCap and their corresponding output in the future to see what this truly means for the company.
What are your thoughts on the meeting of these two outfits?
Credit goes to Neko Pounce for this story |
Last post: 25 Jul 11 at 07:10
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:12 |
| A sad day for creativity, a great day for the bottom line. |
Kids over Wife over Xbox (honest) |
Last post: 21 May at 18:41
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:14 |
| Quickly get the online achievements! |
Last post: 09 Apr at 20:18
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:15 |
| Could be good. At least it's not Activision. |
Last post: 21 May at 20:03
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:15 |
| Wow that alot of money lol,wish i had some of it lol :) |
Last post: 12 Nov 12 at 17:02
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:15 |
| Well now we have more crap games with even crappier online achievements to look forward to.. Yay! |
Last post: 14 May at 21:08
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:16 |
| I'm surprised Microsoft didn't scoop them up. I guess this means we can expect more games from PopCap! |
“A man chooses, a slave obeys.” |
Last post: Today at 06:58
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:17 |
| Yesterdays news lol. Anyways they did it because EA owns Pogo and Pogo sucks. So far the only pogo game on XBLA is BoomBoomRocket (which I love) unless they have another game I don't know of. This is just EA admitting their version of Popcap sucks and they want the real Popcap =P |
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:18 |
| Looks like Peggle's servers will be shut down soon. |
Last post: 21 May at 18:55
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:19 |
| More games, more platforms, more players, and more fun. Oh, but fewer servers of course! |
Last post: Today at 05:37
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:20, Edited on 13 July 11 at 13:21 by AC1DGro0ve 3o3 |
| ...oh yeah, and I heard they're shutting down PopCap and making all their games unobtainable. |
Last post: Today at 00:45
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:23 |
| I heart Z0MBIE5 said:A sad day for creativity, a great day for the bottom line.I was going to make some type of EA locking out achievements joke based on yesterday's news, but I saw this comment realized the truth behind it. Unfortunate. |
I miss the good old days of WW2 Call of Duty |
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:23 |
| Rhino Van Dam said:Quickly get the online achievements!this xDDDDDDDDDDDD |
Last post: 21 Sep 12 at 20:01
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:24 |
| I heart Z0MBIE5 said:A sad day for creativity, a great day for the bottom line.How aptly put. |
Last post: 19 May 12 at 00:36
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:25 |
I understand the hate, but can I get me some Peggle: Dead Space up in here?
IT'S JIMMY LIGHTNING. OH NO...A NECROMORPH. LOOK OUT JIMMY. |
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:28 |
| so peggles servers will be getting shut down soon ???? |
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:32 |
| Brought to you by Karl's Jr. |
Last post: Today at 09:35
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:34 |
| I would be interested in knowing when the server structures at Microsoft leased by Popcap will go to the hands of EA. Which will then probably shut down some of them! |
Last post: 15 May at 17:10
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:34 |
| UGH. No. |
Last post: 25 Feb at 17:27
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Posted on 13 July 11 at 13:35 |
| Does that mean plants VS zombies 2??? or DLC! COME ON GUYS is it only me who loved that game! |