PopCap is working on a new property for consoles, it has been revealed.
Franchise marketing manager Gary Clay also revealed its console division is developing updates and ports for Peggle 2, which first debuted on Xbox One in December.
"PopCap is now structured in the way we have standard PopCap mobile development and then PopCap HD, which is entirely focused on bringing games to PC and console," he told Digital Spy.
"We're working on Peggle 2, and we're working on updates for Peggle 2 and looking at bringing that to other platforms in future, and new IP as well. So expect to see a lot more from PopCap HD coming forward."
When asked whether the IP is an existing PopCap franchise, Clay responded: "Not necessarily. We'll see."
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PowerUp! - "George Fan, a former employee of PopCap and EA, wrote on Twitter this week seemingly confirming a widely believed rumour. The rumour began when another developer, Edmund McMillen (creator of Super Meat Boy), spoke of Fan’s firing on the Roundtable Live! podcast."
I hope EA gets worst company in America again. They deserve it above any other company bar none.
From a gamer standpoint I want to agree, but generally, i don't think they're as bad companies like wells fargo or bank of america that literally leave people homeless, when they (the banks) make mistakes and people can't access their money.
Not just a developer the CREATOR of the God damn series
It's mad. Make something special, get it to where it is and BOOM fired "Now get the f*** out of my office"
I don't think he would have allowed Garden Warfare to happen in my opinion
Its a shame too, because the original Plants vs Zombies was so good. I didn't even play the 2nd one because it was just a locked game with progression that heavily relied on paying real money.
Ahh so this is what happens when a developer doesn't want to ruin their creation with freemium/premium bs . .they end up jobless... .
what a beautiful industry we support . . .the customers get treated like mindless idiots and the developers get treated like slaves . . .and the publishers are our overlords I suppose.
PopCap hopes that by laying off about 45 employees and becoming a “smaller, leaner” studio but this is a blow to the studio.
'This time a year ago, PopCap’s head count was 165. Based on that figure, the layoffs would be about 27 percent of its staff.
When the studio was acquired by EA for as much as $1.3 billion in 2011, PopCap employed about 500 people.'.
Awesome, hopefully PS4 is one of the platforms they port Peggle 2 to.
It's a good weekend game for the price.