PopCap Games

PopCap Games was founded by John Vechey, Brian Fiete, and Jason Kapalka in 2000. They originally incorporated as "Sexy Action Cool", a phrase taken from a poster of Desperado. Their first title was a strip poker game called "Foxy Poker" and was supposed to be a revenue stream for its future titles. Their first creation was the game Unpleasant Horse. On July 12, 2011, Electronic Arts announced that it was acquiring PopCap for $650 million with an additional $100 million stock option. On August 21, 2012, PopCap laid off 50 employees in North America in a move to address a shift to mobile and free-to-play games and evaluated ceasing operations of its Dublin studio. The Dublin studio was closed on September 24, 2012. In 2014, Vechey was the last of the founders to announce his departure from the company. This followed Kalpaka's resignation earlier the same year. Fiete left in 2010, prior to PopCap's acquisition by EA. == Games developed ==

PopCap has developed over 60 games over the past 25 years. Games developed by PopCap include Bejeweled, Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, and Bookworm. Bejeweled Bejeweled is a series of tile-matching puzzle video games created by PopCap Games. Bejeweled was released initially for browsers in 2000, followed by five sequels: Bejeweled 2 (2004), Bejeweled Twist (2008), Bejeweled Blitz (2009), Bejeweled 3 (2010), Bejeweled Stars (2016) and more, all by PopCap Games and its parent company, Electronic Arts. Plants vs. Zombies Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense and strategy video game developed and originally published by PopCap Games for Windows and OS X in May 2009, and ported to consoles, handhelds, mobile devices, and remastered versions for personal computers. Peggle Peggle is a series of casual puzzle video games created by PopCap Games. Peggle was released initially for desktop in 2007, followed by five sequels: Peggle Extreme (2007), Peggle Nights (2008), Peggle Dual Shot (2009), Peggle 2 (2013) and Peggle Blast (2014). Zuma Zuma is a tile-matching puzzle video game developed and published by PopCap Games. Zuma was released initially for multiple platforms, followed by one enhanced version, Zuma Deluxe, and two sequels: ''Zuma's Revenge! (2009), and Zuma Blitz'' (2010). == References ==