PopCap Games Acquired by Electronic Arts

PopCap Games Sells for 'Over $1 Billion'

PopCap Games, which brought us such classic casual games as Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies, has been acquired by Electronic Arts for an undisclosed fee; TechCrunch puts the PopCap sale price at over $1 billion.

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Plants vs Zombies (PC) Gameplay

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The frontrunner in the "who is buying PopCap" discussion was Bay Area Facebook behemoth Zynga.

Plants vs Zombies was originally a PC game (for Windows and Mac) before rocketing to dizzying levels of fame as an iPhone (and later iPad) game. Bejeweled began life as a browser-based Flash game in 2001. 

PopCap Games is an offshoot of casual-gaming development house Pogo.