Update: PopCap co-founder John Vechey has confirmed the layoffs in a blog post on PopCap's official site. His full statement is below: "Twelve years ago we founded PopCap. We never imagined the games ...

John Vechey, one of the founding members of Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies developer PopCap, has left the studio and its parent company Electronic Arts. "The future is bright for PopCap," Vechey said ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amazon’s clever moves to change (and own) the Android app market space just got lots better: PopCap, a hugely successful games company, has signed an exclusive deal to launch its Android games with ...

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 ...

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 ...