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 ...

PopCap co-founder John Vechey announced today that he will be leaving the Seattle-based game development studio just nine months after taking the top job from former CEO Dave Roberts. PopCap ...

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 ...

Casual games are the stuff that fuel mobile gaming. If you play on a cell phone, a PDA, a Blackberry, an iPod or even on an airplane seatback, chances are your games of choice are the simple, yet ...

The subtitle to PopCap’s best-selling smash Plants vs Zombies unintentionally has two meanings. The subtitle “It’s About Time,” is specifically a reference to the game’s setup, which sends players ...

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 ...

Five years after being scooped up by Electronic Arts, PopCap Games’ Seattle home still resembles a quirky startup. A human-sized zombie statue greets visitors in the lobby. A main meeting room is ...

King’s Candy Crush Saga has ruled the “match-3” game category on mobile for several years now. But that title once belonged to match-3 pioneer PopCap Games and its Bejeweled title. Now, Electronic ...

PopCap has acquired social games developer ZipZapPlay. ZipZapPlay is a venture-backed developer that primarily works on games for Facebook. The developer previously released the Facebook game Baking ...

Just about everyone knows who PopCap is whether they know the name or not. That's because just about everyone who has ever played a game has played, at the very least, "Bejeweled." The gem-swapping ...