EA, already a massive player in the mobile gaming arena, has purchased Bejeweled publisher PopCap Games in a deal that could be worth up to $1.3 billion. EA has paid $650 million, plus $100m in stock, with the deal expected to be finalised in August.

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PopCap, the mastermind behind the hugely addictive Plants vs Zombies and Bejeweled is set to be bought for in excess of $1 billion. 

Current rumours point to Electronic Arts as the buyer. Zynga had allegedly been involved in the deal but as...

PopCap, maker of such games as the popular Bejeweled, has revealed a profile of the average social gamer from a recent survey carried out in the UK and the US.

The "social gamers" survey covered consumers who play games on social networking...

PopCap has just announced the launch of its hit game Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone and iPod touch.

The game is said to be faithful to the original design of PC and Mac versions, but with some specific adaptations, which includes special...

The smash hit casual game Plants Vs Zombies, which showed up earlier in the year, has been turned into a free Flash game by developers PopCap. It's available to play now on the company's website.

If you've not given it a go, you have to place...

Popcap's excellent "Plants vs Zombies" tower-defence game, which scored a whopping 9/10 when Pocket-lint reviewed it, appears to be shambling slowly towards other platforms, moaning "braaaaains".

The company's senior director of public relations,...

As far as gaming reputations go, PopCap Games are right at the pinnacle of all things great and good. With titles like the huge worldwide smash Peggle, the addictive Zuma, and the lovable Bookworm Adventures, PopCap have built themselves into a well recognised...

Games maker PopCap has revealed results of a "pilot study" that set out to assess if casual gaming could aid weight loss.

The company has concluded that "casual gaming could be an effective tool in the fight against obesity by helping dieters...

PopCap Games is probably best known for its sublime puzzler, Bejeweled. Hugely successful, with more than 5 million sold since 2001, Bejeweled was recently inducted into the Computer Gaming World Hall of Fame, the first puzzle game to be honoured like...