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• Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare PC release set for June

  EA has confirmed the PC version of Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will be released on June 24th.

• Peggle 2's Xbox One reign kicks off with a tease of a trailer

  For the time being, the only place to play Peggle 2 is Xbox One, and if you need a bit of a push or want to see what you’re missing, this launch trailer has the meat.

• PopCap vows to bring games to new platforms more quickly

  From today Android users can play Plants vs. Zombies 2, PopCap’s free-to-play tower defense game, around two months after it first released on iOS. PopCap had admitted that it has struggled in the past with bringing its games to other platforms, but they believe they’re now getting the hang of it.

• Peggle 2 and Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare coming to Xbox One first

  Peggle 2 and Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will arrive on Xbox One before anywhere else, Microsoft has announced.

• PopCap to make AAA title for consoles

  The studio behind Plants Vs. Zombies, Bejeweled and Peggle has posted an ad in search of a generalist software engineer to build a AAA console title and with experience using the Frostbite 2 engine.

• Plants vs Zombies downloads offered as sugar-free Hallowe'en treats

  Popcap and the American Dental Association have joined forces to help combat “zombie mouth” this Hallowe’en.

• Zen Pinball 2: PS3 & PS Vita release date confirmed

  Zen Pinball 2 is heading to PS3 and PS Vita in September, and will come with a mystery PopCap-flavoured surprise.

• Stand down: EA denies reports of imminent lay-offs

  EA has denied it’s preparing for a massive rearrangement of staff, with as many as 1,000 jobs reported to be on the chopping block.

• Next PopCap iOS game revealed

  EA has announced in New York City today that the latest game from casual game mega-company PopCap will be called Popcorn Dragon.

• Rumour: Social games giant Zynga to acquire mobile dev Astro Ape

  The Farmville and Mafia Wars Facebook behemoth looks to be in the process of snapping up mobile gaming studio Astro Ape, according to a report by Business Insider.

• PopCap: Working on EA properties "would really make sense"

  PopCap and EA sitting in a tree, working on each others’ IPs.

• EA puts a ring on PopCap: What fits and what doesn't

  EA and PopCap are officially an item. “Pegglefield” jokes aside, is the sky falling in? Is this a giant, JR-shaped nail in the company’s creative coffin? Nathan Grayson does the thinking for you.

• The Weekly Wrap – EA-PopCap, TF2 goes F2P

  Love, loss, car chases, frequent Godzilla references – The Weekly Wrap has one of these things. Read on for the shocking answer, along with a nice helping of the week’s biggest news.

• PopCap: Working on multiple platforms at once leads to "lowest common denominator thinking"

  360-PS3-PC. It’s the simultaneous game release Holy Trinity, and without it, all our goat sacrifices would be in vain. Also, business models. PopCap worldwide game development head Ed Allard, however, isn’t quite so gung-ho about the industry standard. After all, what’s the point of developing for multiple platforms if your game only fits one of […]

• Wednesday Shorts: Naughty Bear, TERA, Vindictus, PopCap Android, Black Ops

  Loads of little stuff happening for your Wednesday. More than your brain can handle, so, we’ll make it short and sort-of sweet for you.

• Tuesday shorts - HOARD dates, WOW housing, other STUFF

  Because there are loads of little stories and not loads of time.

• Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies for Android dropping "summer 2011"

  After a quick – though hardly subtle – tease yesterday, PopCap’s given VG247 a teensy bit more info on its upcoming Android offerings.

• PopCap popping the cap on Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies for Android

  Ever annoyed by the way your friends’ iPhones seem to have practically melded with their faces? Soon, you’ll at least understand why.

• Michael Jackson estate forces PopCap to re-design dancing zombie in PvZ

  Michael Jackson zombie wanted to be bad. He really, really did. But instead, he just beat it.