Chronicling the Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup scene. SEE MORE by Todd Bishop on Jul 12, 2011 at 1:18 pm July 12, 2011 at 5:36 pm [Updated at 3 p.m.] The rumors were true: Seattle-based PopCap ...

Chronicling the Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup scene. SEE MORE by John Cook on Jul 12, 2011 at 9:06 pm July 13, 2011 at 8:58 am PopCap Games never really operated by the book. The Seattle game ...

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, ...

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 ...

So the rumors turned out to be true: Electronic Arts, one of the world’s largest games publishers, is snapping up PopCap, the company that won’t stop cranking out sequels to Bejeweled (you know, the ...

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 ...

PopCap Games has had no shortage of creativity over the years — its huge casual game hits include Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies. The company generated more than $100 million in revenues last year, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Casual game developer PopCap Games is broadening its horizons and moving full force into the console and handheld marketplace. To facilitate the move, the Seattle-based company has hired Xbox Live ...

Jason Kapalka, PopCap's co-founder and chief creative officer, says he was half-joking when he pitched a game concept that combined Final Fantasy's role-playing action and Bejeweled's addictive casual ...

[UPDATE] Bejeweled, Peggle creator said to be evaluating purchase offers from unnamed buyers; Zynga, EA, Tencent named as possible suitors; more sources point to EA. Multiple unnamed sources have ...