PopCap Games is an American company that develops and publishes casual computer games . Located in Seattle , Washington , USA . Founded in 2000 by John Vechi, Brian Fighty and Jason Kapalka. Currently, this company employs more than 400 people. The main form of distribution of the company's games is digital distribution according to the “ try and buy ” model, which allows you to try the game before buying.
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| Type of | Private company |
| Base | 2000 |
| Location |  Seattle |
| Key figures | John Vechee, Brian Fighty, Jason Kapalka |
| Industry | |
| Products | Bejeweled , Zuma and Plants vs. Zombies |
| Number of employees | 400 [1] |
| Parent company | Electronic arts |
| Site | PopCap.com |
The company's first game, Bejeweled , was sold with a total circulation of over 25 million. The company's games go on various platforms, including web applications, computers, game consoles and mobile devices. Among these platforms are PC , Mac , Xbox , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 , iPod classic , iPhone / iPod Touch , Android and others.
On September 11, 2007, PopCap Games, with the patronage of Valve, released the free Peggle - Peggle Extreme promotion for games from The Orange Box [2] .
Content
Games
Rewards
According to information on the company's official website, it received at least 25 industry awards, including the Hall of Fame status in Computer Gaming World for Bejeweled .
PopCap Games Framework
The company published in the public domain the “engine” used in its games under the name PopCap Games Framework (also known as SexyApp Framework ). The engine is a set of software libraries written in C ++ that allows you to quickly develop games "in the style of PopCap" for Microsoft Windows . It is part of a program for collaborating with external developers that offers them game publishing services.
Sources
- ↑ PopCap Games - About Us . Archived on April 5, 2012.
- ↑ Peggle Extreme . Steam Date of treatment August 12, 2009. Archived on April 5, 2012.
Links
- Company website (eng.)
- Mobile version of the site (English)