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Google takes swing at Facebook in social games
roster for Google+ includes games from top developers such as Dragon Age Legends (Electronic Arts), Bejeweled Blitz ( PopCap Games ), City of Wonder (Playdom), Zombie Lane (Digital Chocolate), and Monster World (Wooga). "Google is going after
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'Angry Birds' tops the mobile pecking order
Be quick to play. The best mobile games let you play for just a few minutes or an extended period, says Andrew Stein of PopCap Games , creator of Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies. Also important: Mobile games can "be disrupted at any time by a phone call
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Social media, mobile devices help video games grow
or eight years before that, to bring tens of millions of new people into the gaming fold," says Dave Roberts, CEO of PopCap Games , which publishes Plants Vs. Zombies and Bejeweled. "If you asked a 50-year-old woman 10 years ago if she played video
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Betting the Farm: FarmVille Soars in Popularitybasement, absorbed in a role-playing game. Instead, the average social gamer is now a 43-year-old woman, according to PopCap Games , a online gaming company. For some, the love of gaming has gone past obsession and verged upon addiction. Obsessed with
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iPad Mania: Sneak Peek at Apple's Latest Creation
lot," says Ed Allard, the Head of Game Development at PopCap Games , "But there's an awful lot of energy and effort that perhaps soon the iPad," says Wang. David Roberts, CEO of PopCap Games , says it's created a whole new way of thinking when it
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Want to cash in? Invent a phone application
People looking to cash in on the next gold rush should consider developing applications — or apps — for the new generation of smart mobile phones, according to a forecast released Tuesday by the Yankee Group. Consumers will spend more than $4.2 billion on apps in 2013, up from $343 million this
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Want to cash in? Invent a phone applications
People looking to cash in on the next gold rush should consider developing applications — or apps — for the new generation of smart mobile phones, according to a forecast released Tuesday by the Yankee Group. Consumers will spend more than $4.2 billion on apps in 2013, up from $343 million this
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Get a (down)load of these addictive iPhone apps
combining items and solving the isle's mystery. Also check out Chillingo's fun puzzler, Toki Tori ($4.99). Peggle, PopCap Games , $4.99. It's one of those puzzlers that's easy to pick up yet impossible to put down. PopCap's celebrated PC game
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Forget 'Monsters vs. Aliens' play 'Plants vs. Zombies'
After clicking though the disappointing Bejeweled Twist late last year, many players were concerned PopCap Games , one of the world's top "casual game" companies, had lost its mojo. This is not the case, fortunately, as you'll see
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Affordable gaming fun to be found in Apple's App Store
deadly drops and plenty of obstacles. 'Bejeweled 2' ( PopCap Games ; $9.99; 7 stars out of 10) If you've wasted countless hours playing this addictive digital diversion on your PC, PopCap Games ' popular puzzler for mobile devices works much of the same
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Here come the iGames
deadly drops and plenty of obstacles to bypass. Bejeweled 2 ( PopCap Games ; $9.99; 3.5 stars out of 5) If you haven't yet hours playing this addictive digital diversion on your PC, PopCap Games ' popular puzzler for mobile devices works much of the same
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Get your clicks with 'Women's Murder Club' and 'Princess Bride'
or 12-button controller. The global casual games market generated nearly $2.5 billion in revenues last year, says PopCap Games (of Bejeweled and Zuma fame), up from about $1.2 billion dollars in 2004. Women buy more casual games than men, too
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Social sites help casual games reach the next level
million players daily, says founder Mark Pincus. "This is clearly penetrating a mass market." Historically, games such as Popcap Games ' Bejeweled helped fuel casual games' growth in versions for the Web, cellphones, handhelds and game systems. Electronic
