PopCap Games, Inc.

COMPANY» Founded 2000-01-01

Seattle,Washington 98121,United States

PopCap Games is a popular developer and publisher of casual games. To date, they have sold over one billion games. PopCap games are available on the web, PC , PS3,Mac, Xbox, Xbox 360, cell-phones, PDAs, Ipods and some other mobile devices.

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PopCap Games, Inc. is a casual game developer and publisher, located in Seattle (Location), Washington, United States. The company was founded by John Vechey (Person), Brian Fiete (Person), and Jason Kapalka (Person) in 2000. Their first game was Bejeweled (Game), which has sold 50 million units and has been downloaded 350 million times worldwide. Most PopCap games can be played for free in a web browser, with downloadable deluxe versions available. The games can be found on PopCap's official website, as well as other sites such as Yahoo! Games, Shockwave.com, and Microsoft Gaming Zone. Some of the games have also been released on platforms such as cellphones, iPods, Microsoft's Xbox (Platform) consoles and Sony's Playstation 3 console. PopCap was initially known as Sexy Action Cool (based on a Seattle Metro bus ad for the movie Desperado). It was later announced by EA, on July 12th, 2011, that they would acquire PopCap Games for $750 million and $100 million in stock options. Once the deal goes through, PopCap will be part of the EA Interactive department.

Developed Games

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Zuma (Game)

12 December 2003

A serpentine game of colour-matching attrition from PopCap.

PC​ MAC​ X360​ +4

Plants vs. Zombies (Game)

5 May 2009

Plants Vs. Zombies is an action-strategy tower defense-style game developed by PopCap that tasks the player with surviving an onslaught of the undead by growing plants on their lawn.

PC​ MAC​ X360​ +12

Bejeweled 2 (Game)

5 November 2004

A sequel to PopCap's signature tile-matching puzzle game, featuring several new game modes and bigger rewards for larger gem matches.

PC​ MAC​ ANDR​ +8

Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown (Game)

6 February 2006

A sequel to PopCap's fish-eat-fish game, including new environments, new power-ups, and a new story involving a large, mysterious predator.

PC​ X360​ PS3N​ +1

Astropop (Game)

6 April 2004

Astropop is a color-matching block puzzle game with things in common with Money Puzzle Exchanger.

PC​ XBGS​

Peggle Extreme (Game)

11 September 2007

Peggle Extreme is the shorter version of Peggle which was created specially for the Orange Box's release. Players must aim to get the highest score they can and clear a level of "pegs" in the hopes of advancing to the next stage.

PC​ IPHN​

Heavy Weapon Deluxe (Game)

24 February 2005

PC​

Bookworm Adventures (Game)

28 November 2006

Players use their vocabulary to defeat enemies in this PC and DS game by PopCap Games.

PC​ NDS​

Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition (Game)

8 July 2009

Bust pegs in the world of Azeroth with these special World of Warcraft inspired Peggle levels.

PC​

PopCap Arcade Vol. 2 (Game)

27 March 2009

PopCap's second disc of their arcade hits. Includes Peggle, Feeding Frenzy 2, and Heavy Weapon.

X360​

PopCap Arcade Vol. 1 (Game)

15 November 2007

A collection of four of PopCap's greatest endeavors

X360​

Bejeweled Stars (Game)

10 May 2016

A free-to-play Bejeweled mobile spin-off that attempts to take on its imitator, Candy Crush Saga, through multiple levels with different goals, board layouts, and special rules.

ANDR​ BROW​ IPAD​ +1

Published Games

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Plants vs. Zombies (Game)

5 May 2009

Plants Vs. Zombies is an action-strategy tower defense-style game developed by PopCap that tasks the player with surviving an onslaught of the undead by growing plants on their lawn.

PC​ MAC​ X360​ +12

Bejeweled Blitz (Game)

5 April 2010

A spin-off of PopCap's match-three series Bejeweled, focused on quick bursts of gameplay and Facebook social integration.

PC​ ANDR​ BROW​ +3

Astropop (Game)

6 April 2004

Astropop is a color-matching block puzzle game with things in common with Money Puzzle Exchanger.

PC​ XBGS​

Peggle Extreme (Game)

11 September 2007

Peggle Extreme is the shorter version of Peggle which was created specially for the Orange Box's release. Players must aim to get the highest score they can and clear a level of "pegs" in the hopes of advancing to the next stage.

PC​ IPHN​

Heavy Weapon Deluxe (Game)

24 February 2005

PC​

Bookworm Adventures (Game)

28 November 2006

Players use their vocabulary to defeat enemies in this PC and DS game by PopCap Games.

PC​ NDS​

Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition (Game)

8 July 2009

Bust pegs in the world of Azeroth with these special World of Warcraft inspired Peggle levels.

PC​

PopCap Arcade Vol. 2 (Game)

27 March 2009

PopCap's second disc of their arcade hits. Includes Peggle, Feeding Frenzy 2, and Heavy Weapon.

X360​

PopCap Arcade Vol. 1 (Game)

15 November 2007

A collection of four of PopCap's greatest endeavors

X360​

PopCap Hits! Vol 1 (Game)

15 November 2007

Two of PopCap's classics on PlayStation 2.

PS2​

Insaniquarium Deluxe (Game)

8 September 2004

A fish tank management game published by PopCap Games.

PC​

Heavy Weapon: Atomic Tank (Game)

17 January 2007

Heavy Weapon: Atomic Tank is an update to PopCap Games' Heavy Weapon for PC.

PS3N​ XBGS​ ZEBO​

Company details

Name

PopCap Games, Inc.

Abbreviation

Founded

1 January 2000

Location

Seattle,Washington 98121,United States

Website

http://www.popcap.com/

Aliases

Developed Games

• Zuma (Game)
• Plants vs. Zombies (Game)
• Bejeweled 2 (Game)
• Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown (Game)
• Astropop (Game)
• Peggle Extreme (Game)
• Heavy Weapon Deluxe (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures (Game)
• Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition (Game)
• PopCap Arcade Vol. 2 (Game)
• PopCap Arcade Vol. 1 (Game)
• Bejeweled Stars (Game)
• PopCap Hits! Vol 1 (Game)
• BookWorm Deluxe (Game)
• Mystery P.I. Portrait of a Thief (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 (Game)
• Bejeweled LIVE (Game)
• Mystery P.I.: Stolen in San Francisco (Game)
• Zuma Blitz (Game)
• Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time (Game)
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Published Games

• Plants vs. Zombies (Game)
• Bejeweled Blitz (Game)
• Astropop (Game)
• Peggle Extreme (Game)
• Heavy Weapon Deluxe (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures (Game)
• Peggle: World of Warcraft Edition (Game)
• PopCap Arcade Vol. 2 (Game)
• PopCap Arcade Vol. 1 (Game)
• PopCap Hits! Vol 1 (Game)
• Insaniquarium Deluxe (Game)
• Heavy Weapon: Atomic Tank (Game)
• Peggle Nights (Game)
• Mystery P.I. Portrait of a Thief (Game)
• Zuma's Revenge (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures Volume 2 (Game)
• Peggle: Dual Shot (Game)
• Bejeweled LIVE (Game)
• Mystery P.I.: Stolen in San Francisco (Game)
• Zuma Blitz (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Plants vs. Zombies (Franchise)
• Bejeweled (Franchise)
• Mystery P.I. (Franchise)
• Peggle (Franchise)
• Amazing Adventures (Franchise)
• PopCap Hits! (Franchise)
• Bookworm (Franchise)
• PopCap Arcade (Franchise)
• Zuma (Franchise)
• Escape (Franchise)
• Feeding Frenzy (Franchise)
• Vacation Quest (Franchise)
• Chuzzle (Franchise)
• Jinsei Game (Franchise)
• Monopoly (Franchise)
• Pokémon (Franchise)
• Puzzle Quest (Franchise)
• Warcraft (Franchise)

People

• Ben Croshaw (Person)
• Laura Shigihara (Person)
• Michael Jackson (Person)

Characters

• Crazy Dave (Character)
• Bjorn (Character)
• Jimmy Lightning (Character)
• Kat Tut (Character)
• Lord Cinderbottom (Character)
• Claude (Character)
• Lex the Bookworm (Character)
• Renfield (Character)
• Splork (Character)
• Tula (Character)
• Berg (Character)
• Burt (Character)
• Dracula (Character)
• Frankenstein's Monster (Character)
• GLaDOS (Character)
• Gnorman (Character)
• Heavy (Character)
• Hogger (Character)
• Illidan Stormrage (Character)
• Jeffrey (Character)

Concepts

• Digital Distribution (Concept)
• Steam (Concept)
• Origin (Concept)
• Achievements (Concept)
• Hidden Objects (Concept)
• Block Matching (Concept)
• Xbox Game Pass (Concept)
• Xfire (Concept)
• Xbox One Backwards Compatibility (Concept)
• EA Access (Concept)
• Sunflower (Concept)
• Undead Invasion (Concept)
• 2D (Concept)
• Power Up (Concept)
• Steam Play (Concept)
• Color Blind Assist (Concept)
• High Score (Concept)
• Leaderboard (Concept)
• Pictographic Level Design (Concept)
• Boss (Concept)

Locations

• Underwater (Location)
• Cemetery (Location)
• Cave (Location)
• Desert (Location)
• Egypt (Location)
• Garden (Location)
• Space (Location)
• Suburbs (Location)
• Alcatraz (Location)
• Ancient Greece (Location)
• Asia (Location)
• Attic (Location)
• Basement (Location)
• Bathroom (Location)
• Bridge (Location)
• Dock (Location)
• Europe (Location)
• Farm (Location)
• Garage (Location)
• Gas Station (Location)

Objects

• Gem (Object)
• Jewel (Object)
• Tree (Object)
• Water (Object)
• Coin (Object)
• Flowers (Object)
• Hammer (Object)
• Pea (Object)
• Beard (Object)
• Book (Object)
• Diamond (Object)
• Key (Object)
• Rock (Object)
• Skull (Object)
• Vase (Object)
• Arrow (Object)
• Axe (Object)
• Ball (Object)
• Boat (Object)
• Bok Choy (Object)