EA Buys Bejeweled-Maker PopCap In Deal Worth Up To $1.3 Billion

donniebaseball23 writes "Weeks ago, rumors were that Electronic Arts had stepped up to the plate to buy mobile/casual gaming publisher PopCap, developer of titles such as Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies. Today, EA has confirmed that it has purchased PopCap for a final sum of $650 million and $100 million in shares of EA common stock. There's also the possibility for up to $550 million in earn-outs for hitting 2013 financial milestones. That would bring the price to a whopping $1.3 billion. 'We picked EA because they have recast their culture around making great digital games,' said David Roberts, CEO of PopCap. 'By working with EA, we'll scale our games and services to deliver more social, mobile, casual fun to an even bigger, global audience.'" More broadly, EA's plan for PopCap is: "don't break it."

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Re:Good for Pop-Cap

[cgeys]

Yeah keep shouting that bullshit and never look at what do now. EA is the one major company that publishes titles like Mass Effect, Mirror's Edge and games from old Maxis, like SimCity, Sims and and all different kinds of games.

But obviously because they also release sports games, which are btw really favored those that do have interest in sports games, they're really shitty and do nothing good. Grow up already.

Re:Good for Pop-Cap

[geekoid]

You knuckle dragging, knee jerk reactionary might want to consider taking a ready comprehension course. I'm sure there is a dummy book right up your ally.

A) EA management is horrid and has destroy many good ventures.
B) If you would stop screeching like some monkey in heat, you would realize the Plans v. Zombie Madden was a joke, you myopic little twit.
C) You might have noted I, in no way, derided sports games. I actually play a few. Except you where to busy being 'outraged' about something beyond your reading comprehension to think about what I typed..

Stop acting like stupid, short sighted, myopic , knee jerk reactionary. You are better then that, asshole.