{"id":1658,"date":"2011-07-14T16:22:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2011-07-14T16:22:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T14:22:55","slug":"ea-acquires-popcap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/ea-acquires-popcap\/","title":{"rendered":"EA acquires PopCap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Electronic+Arts\" target=\"_blank\">Electronic Arts<\/a>,\u00a0 the behemoth console game developer has acquired PopCap for . You might wonder why this is a big deal. Simple. This is a sign of the change that is currently happening in the console gaming space.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/201\/Consoles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Console<\/a> gaming I believe will encompass handheld devices ( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/124\/Cell+Phones+&amp;+Accessories\/\" target=\"_blank\">cell phones<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/7389\/Tablets\/\" target=\"_blank\">tablets<\/a>), which will compliment the current console gaming ecosystem.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Electronic+Arts\" target=\"_blank\">EA<\/a> and PopCap are a compelling combination,\u201d said EA CEO John Riccitiello. \u201cPopCap\u2019s great studio talent and powerful IP add to EA\u2019s momentum and accelerate our drive towards a $1 billion digital business. EA\u2019s global studio and publishing network will help PopCap rapidly expand their business to more digital devices, more countries, and more channels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We picked EA because they have recast their culture around making great digital games,&#8221; said David Roberts, CEO of PopCap. &#8220;By working with EA, we&#8217;ll scale our games and services to deliver more social, mobile, casual fun to an even bigger, global audience.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I wonder if this acquisition will force <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=Blizzard\" target=\"_blank\">Blizzard<\/a> and all the other major game developing companies to buy mobile gaming companies. What do you think? Will they spend extra cash to acquire more users?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/EA-purchase-PopCap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1659\" title=\"EA purchase PopCap\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/EA-purchase-PopCap.jpg\" border=\"none\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic Arts,\u00a0 the behemoth console game developer has acquired PopCap for . You might wonder why this is a big deal. Simple. This is a sign of the change that is currently happening in the console gaming space.\u00a0 Console gaming I believe will encompass handheld devices ( cell phones and tablets), which will compliment the<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/ea-acquires-popcap\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[320,333,643],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}