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    PopCap Games is a popular developer and publisher of casual games. To date, they have sold over one billion games. PopCap games are available on the web, PC , PS3,Mac, Xbox, Xbox 360, cell-phones, PDAs, Ipods and some other mobile devices.

    Electronic Arts Purchases PopCap, Jeff Green for $750 Million

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    #101  Edited By Subjugation

    And we come full circle.

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    #102  Edited By Aaron_G

    And EA takes another good game developer to ruin all their properties.

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    #103  Edited By Volts

    Pretty huge deal for EA. I hope all goes well for Jeff.

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    #104  Edited By spctre

    As Major Nelson put it on Twitter:

    Looks like EA will do anything to get @ Greenspeak back on staff.

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    #105  Edited By deadmonkeys

    That fuckin' sucks for Jeff.

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    #106  Edited By kollay

    Great! Bejeweled in Origin!

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    #107  Edited By coakroach

    Oh no...

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    #108  Edited By mesklinite

    Finally, maybe their games will go on special during steam sales!

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    #109  Edited By PXAbstraction

    Ugh, EA needs more original ideas, not more shallow ripoffs of ideas others did first and better.

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    #110  Edited By groin

    You could almost rent the Staples Center for that much money.

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    #111  Edited By bretthancock

    EA gets a bad rap but they've put a lot of time and effort behind Dead Space, Mirrors Edge, Alice, and Shadows of the Damned NONE of which were established franchises that were guaranteed any sort of success which is something that shareholders usually like to see. I think they've done a fantastic job with that stuff, I guess that all fell under the partners umbrella? Either way good for you EA, I interviewed at PopCap and everyone seemed to love working there so I hope that continues.

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    #112  Edited By ChrisTaran

    Poor Jeff :(

    The only solution: Giant Bomb hires Jeff Green!

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    #113  Edited By Winternet

    @ChrisTaran said:

    Poor Jeff :(

    The only solution: Giant Bomb hires Jeff Green!

    YES!

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    #114  Edited By Shabs

    @Jimbo said:

    Is it possible to run Bejeweled into the ground? Let's see.

    Sure it is.

    Instead of having Bejeweled Blitz, Twist, and regular on every imaginable platform, think of yearly iterations of each on every platform.

    I can see it now: Bejeweled 7: Only on Origin

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    #115  Edited By ThePurpleWall

    I declare that an illegal amount of money!

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    #116  Edited By Lukeweizer

    If I knew Jeff Green was going to be that cheap, I'd have purchased him a long time ago.

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    #117  Edited By Vitamin_Dei

    Jibe. Not jive.

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    #118  Edited By artofwar420

    Oh boy, what now? I bet he's asking himself that question.

    Also: Should have been 775 million.

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    #119  Edited By KeepThisKoupon

    i hope this is a good thing

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    #120  Edited By rmanthorp  Moderator

    The jokes write themselves. I love it!

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    #121  Edited By FuzzYLemoN

    lol poor Jeff.
    He can never escape EA.

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    #123  Edited By tim_the_corsair

    Quick Jeff, run to Activision!

    They know how to treat a fella right...

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    #124  Edited By Hamst3r
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    #125  Edited By SleepyDoughnut

    But Jeff Green isn't moving right? Isn't everyone still going to work at the same place? If so then its no biggie for Jeff. But the irony is palpable.

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    #126  Edited By NDN_Shadow
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    #127  Edited By Nomin

    Popcap: A rags to riches to rags story. Jeff Green as our Cinderella, the hour 12 has struck. 

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    #128  Edited By crusader8463

    Now that EA has bought them, I'm jusst going to go ahead and call this here and now for the record books; the next Bejewled is going to come with store exclusive DLC. If you want the game to have green gems you will have to buy it at Futureshop. If you want red gems EB Games. Blue Gems Wal Mart. They will also sell day one DLC to unlock half the modes in the game for $5 a pop.

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    #129  Edited By Djeffers03
    @Rolyatkcinmai said:

    They could have rented the Staples Center for that.

    Boom!  
     
    But seriously, 750 million for Popcap?! That blows my mind. Surely EA must be either losing many millions of dollars with this deal or have learnt of some revolutionary shit that'll make billions because there's no way that Bejeweled and Plants VS Zombies is worth that much.
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    #130  Edited By TIIME

    Say goodbye to Pop Cap games on Steam. At least the new titles. 

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    #131  Edited By Slaker117

    I'd like to think they were willing to pay an additional 25 million, but Paul Barnett told them that would be illegal.

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    #133  Edited By ShaneDev

    I wonder if the deal allows Jeff Green to continue to insult and bad mouth EA. I hope it does.

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    #134  Edited By amomjc

    @iAmJohn said:

    Poor Jeff Green, he can never get away.

    Made me laugh.

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    #135  Edited By Blackout62

    When asked for comment EA responded:

    "I just can't quit [Jeff Green]."

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    #136  Edited By mnzy
    @Djeffers03 said:
    @Rolyatkcinmai said:

    They could have rented the Staples Center for that.

    Boom!   But seriously, 750 million for Popcap?! That blows my mind. Surely EA must be either losing many millions of dollars with this deal or have learnt of some revolutionary shit that'll make billions because there's no way that Bejeweled and Plants VS Zombies is worth that much.
    A Japanese company paid 400 million for ngmoco and I don't know ANY game they make.
    There are people out there that value Zynga higher than EA.
    Just to put things in perspective, mobile and social games are huge. Maybe also a huge bubble, but who can say right now?
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    #137  Edited By Rolyatkcinmai

    @mnzy said:

    @Djeffers03 said:
    @Rolyatkcinmai said:

    They could have rented the Staples Center for that.

    Boom! But seriously, 750 million for Popcap?! That blows my mind. Surely EA must be either losing many millions of dollars with this deal or have learnt of some revolutionary shit that'll make billions because there's no way that Bejeweled and Plants VS Zombies is worth that much.
    A Japanese company paid 400 million for ngmoco and I don't know ANY game they make. There are people out there that value Zynga higher than EA. Just to put things in perspective, mobile and social games are huge. Maybe also a huge bubble, but who can say right now?

    Yeah, I mean, my aunt bought a boxed copy of the latest Bejeweled game. There's obviously a whole other market out there.

    THEY STILL MAKE BOXED GAMES FOR COMPUTATIONAL DEVICES

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    #138  Edited By Will

    I'm disappointed that no one has Photoshopped Jeff into an Escape from EA poster.

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    #139  Edited By EgoCheck616

    BRING BACK THE BRODEO.

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    #140  Edited By MrMazz

    Well at least Jeff should be getting a nice fat check out of this maybe he dosen't hate it this time? a couple hundred million sure would make me shut up

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    #141  Edited By hagridore

    I'm sorry, Jeff. Hope EA lets 'em do what they do.

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    #142  Edited By afrokola

    The money is actually in Spongebob, why else would Jeff be standing so close to that crazy yellow sponge?

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    #143  Edited By YOUNGLINK

    JEFF needs to come back on the BOMBCAST to talk about going back to EA. Hopefully he didnt burn too many bridges with EA.

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    Wow, EA must really want Jeff back.

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    #145  Edited By Spiritof

    Jeff Green developing "Plants vs Sims".

    CONFIRMED!

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    Plants vs. MySims Agent.

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    #147  Edited By Jimbo7676

    Jeff can't escape from big publishers.

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    Think of all the hookers you could buy with 750 million dollars.

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    #149  Edited By smeddly

    peggle was so good before aswell

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    #150  Edited By RobotHamster

    I wonder out of the 750 million how much Jeff is worth?

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