PopCap will be able to draw on deeper resources and distribute to a wider audience worldwide. "What does this mean for the future? It's simple: 1, EA is being rebranded to Poptronic Arts 2, Sim Zuma: The SwampLife Edition 3, Peggle: Dead Space – Bjorn's Breakfast 4, Bejeweled Battlefield Blitz 5, Plants vs. "As some of you may have heard, we recently announced that PopCap Games is being acquired by Electronic Arts, a small mom-and-pop boutique software publisher," wrote PopCap. PopCap will be given an additional $550 million in bonuses in next few years for hitting money-making milestones. Zombies creator will receive $650 million in cash and $100 million in stock. The Bejeweled, Zuma, Peggle and Plants vs. And/or pitch in to help Brandon Boyer with a similar Humble Bundle sale of Devolver games.EA has bought casual gaming giant PopCap Games in a deal worth $1.3 billion.
If you don't any of them, go chuck in some money for the fight against cancer and have fun while feeling good about yourself. Zombies is the tower defense game in which you place spitting flowers to protect your home from the zombie hordes. Bejeweled 3 is the most modern edition of the match-three puzzle game your Mum plays while she's pretending to listen to you on the phone (and which I play while lounging on the couch). Zuma has a similar ball-firing mechanic, but is about matching three colours in a snake of similar balls. I like to play it with a crowd gathered around a projector screen at house parties. Specifically, Peggle is a pachinko-like arcade game in which you fire balls to clear pegs, presented in a silly, emphatic style, replete with bombastic blaring of Ode to Joy whenever you clear the final peg. If you were a regular reader of RPS circa 2007-2010, you'll already know what all these games are and why they're great.
Maybe this is Kindness Week and we only just realised? You'll even get Origin and Steam keys for each one. Zombies, Zuma's Revenge and Peggle Nights. Pay more than $6 and you'll also get Plants vs. Pay more than $1 and you'll get a copy of Peggle (download size: one Peggle), zen-like match three puzzler Bejeweled 3, word puzzler Bookworm Deluxe, and two other games. Two charities, in fact, between which you can choose your split: the V Foundation for Cancer Research, and The Melanoma Research Alliance which specifically fights skin cancer. This week's Humble Weekly sale is a PopCap bundle, but with an added twist: EA are giving 100% of their cut to charity.
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