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Real-life Bejeweled: Hasbro, PopCap bringing video games to the real world

These days, it’s not surprising to see traditional board games like Monopoly and Scrabble move from the physical to the… Read More

Valve acquires two-man, San Fran-based Star Filled Studios

Bellevue-based Valve has acquired Star Filled Studios, a two-man development team founded by ex-PopCap and Blizzard employees Jeff Gates and… Read More

Calling all zombologists: Plants vs. Zombies trading cards now available

For those who just can’t get enough Plants vs. Zombies, today PopCap debuted new trading cards that will help fans… Read More

PopCap pulls plug on Dublin office, cutting 96 jobs

PopCap Games is cutting back even further, announcing today that it closed its offices in Dublin, Ireland. Ninety-six employees are… Read More

PopCap Games cuts 50 staffers as it grapples with ‘completely different world’

Just over a year after Electronic Arts agreed to pay up to $1.3 billion for PopCap Games, the maker of… Read More

PopCap launches new game, Plants vs. Zombies store amid EA buyout speculation

Much is happening for PopCap this week, with the launch of new game Vacation Quest and an online Plants v.… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: What’s new in games, phones, Mac OS X and more

We’ve got a lot to talk about on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, starting with our thoughts on the… Read More

PopCap’s next wacky creation: A talking, dancing 3D ‘Zombatar’

The first question I ask Van Riker, marketing manager for PopCap’s hit game Plants vs. Zombies, is a simple one: What’s… Read More

Casino giant IGT goes social, launches Vegas slot machine favorite on Facebook

International Game Technologies — which purchased Seattle social game maker Double Down Interactive for up to $500 million in January… Read More

Zynga unveils Ruby Blast, a high-speed race to find treasure and show up friends

Zynga has launched its new social game, Ruby Blast, a high-speed race of digging for hidden treasure in an ancient… Read More

Comments of the Week: Ballmer and basketball; Sword fighting authors; etc.

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “I’ve been writing science and historical fiction for three… Read More

Jersey grandmother to play ‘Solitaire Blitz’ for 30 hours to set Guinness Record, raise money for clean water

File this under awesome. A 68-year-old grandmother from New Jersey is going to play Solitaire Blitz for 30 hours to… Read More

PopCap Games cancels Bejeweled Blitz on Google+

PopCap Games is pulling its popular Bejeweled Blitz puzzle game from Google+, saying that it wants to focus efforts on… Read More

PopCap goes native in Japan with new ‘Bejeweled Legend’

Seattle’s PopCap Games this morning released a new installment in its classic Bejeweled franchise, but this one comes with a… Read More

PopCap’s John Vechey on the power of listening, and how they turned down a $300M buyout

Entrepreneurs need all sorts of personality traits in order to be effective leaders, from honesty and passion to confidence and… Read More

Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards: Vote for Deal of the Year

From IPOs to M&A deals to big venture capital financing rounds, today’s featured category in the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards… Read More

New iPad: First impressions, and 5 locally grown apps to try

We’ve been spending some quality time with a new iPad here today at GeekWire, focusing on the new and updated apps… Read More

PopCap doubles down on Facebook games with grand opening of Lucky Gem Casino

This could get pretty interesting. PopCap Games this week launched a new series of casino-style games on Facebook in which… Read More

Seattle’s gaming industry: A hidden success story that keeps on growing

Seattle’s gaming industry doesn’t always get the respect it deserves. But the industry is a very big business, and it… Read More

Electronic Arts posts $1 billion in digital revenues in 2011

Buoyed by the strength of PopCap Games and new titles such as Star Wars: The Old Republic, Electronic Arts today… Read More

Morning Radar: Steve Jobs is ‘most fascinating’ of 2011; Cheezburger’s latest; Big Fish; Wetpaint and more

A quick rundown of stories and offbeat tidbits catching our attention this morning … Pet and animal lovers can now get… Read More

Generation Gamer: NWCN takes an inside look at the booming video game industry

Valve Software co-founder Gabe Newell, DoubleDown Interactive CEO Greg Enell, ZipLine Games co-founder Todd Hooper and many others from Seattle’s… Read More

Podcast

PopCap’s secret? A willingness to kill games if they’re not fun

We had a great time talking with John Vechey, one of the co-founders of PopCap Games, on this weekend’s GeekWire… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Amazon Price Check, Twitter revamp, and guest John Vechey, PopCap co-founder

On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about the controversy over Amazon’s new Price Check app, the… Read More

Name that Tech Tune for a chance at a PopCap prize package

Updated below with answer and winner. This week’s Name That Tech Tune challenge is a fun one, and we have… Read More

Is Zynga’s culture really rotten at the core? Hear how Mark Pincus described the mission in April

The New York Times published an unflattering story this past weekend about the hard-charging culture of game maker Zynga, noting… Read More

Startup secrets from PopCap’s Dave Roberts, and why it really matters to be lucky

What made PopCap Games such a blockbuster success? Well, a lot of things went into the Seattle company’s growth over… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: PopCap’s founders and their big EA deal

More than a decade ago, in the middle of the dot-com bust, John Vechey, Jason Kapalka and Brian Fiete founded… Read More

Hey, we’re no Silicon Valley, but Seattle is rising as a tech hub

I am always interested in how national publications perceive Seattle’s technology community. After all, as long time journalists covering the… Read More

Geek of the Week: Giordano Contestabile, PopCap Games mobile strategist

Our latest Geek of the Week, Giordano Contestabile, is working at one of the most interesting intersections of technology right… Read More