1 Like @Mr_Big_Boss Westwood Studios, Pandemic here comes Pop Cap to join you in studio shutdown hell poker
PopCap shuts down Dublin studio
By
Laura Parker, Associate Editor
PopCap Mobile associate producer JP Vaughan confirms Dublin studio closure; says staff had 30 days to prepare.
Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies creator PopCap has shut down its Dublin studio, according to PopCap Mobile associate producer JP Vaughan.
Vaughan Tweeted the news yesterday, saying that staff at the studio had 30 days to prepare.
Last month, PopCap cut its North American presence by around 50 people, and said it was investigating shutting down its Dublin operation.
At the time, PopCap co-founder John Vechey said that Electronic Arts--who bought PopCap for more than $750 million in July last year--did not push for the reorganisation, saying: "…if we didn't have EA behind us, the cuts would have been worse."
Last month, PopCap announced that its tower-defence sequel Plants vs. Zombies 2 will arrive late in the first half of 2013.
By
Laura Parker, Associate Editor
Laura Parker is the Associate Editor of GameSpot Australia. She loves adventure games, sparkly stuff, Trivial Pursuit, cake, Master Chief, earthworms, and rhetorical questions. She once stole a sandwich from Peter Molyneux.
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1 Like "PopCap co-founder John Vechey said that Electronic Arts--who bought PopCap for more than $750 million in July last year--did not push for the reorganisation, saying: "?if we didn't have EA behind us, the cuts would have been worse.""
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EA saved some jobs, well that's good at least. Sorry about those that are losing their jobs though.
So they blew through all that money in one year and have to let people go? I don't think so. This is all greedy EA.
1 Like "Selll out, with me oh yeah. Sell out, with me tonight.
The megaconglomerate publisher is gonna give me lots of money
And everything's gonna be alrig..."
Oh wait.
1 Like its easy you buy a company that's profitable for the next couple of years reduce personal to 75 or 60% to make it MORE profitable and RUN IT TO THE center of the inter core of the earth.
7 Like Well, what do you expect? They're owned by EA now. Just wait another couple of years at most and PopCap won't even exist anymore. This has happened with practically every studio that EA has aquired.
4 Like I swear EA ruins everything it touches. First the creator of PvZ gets fired, and now this.
@Fenriswolf No offense but do you read articles?
(See article: "At the time, PopCap co-founder John Vechey said that Electronic Arts--who bought PopCap for more than $750 million in July last year--did not push for the reorganisation, saying: "?if we didn't have EA behind us, the cuts would have been worse."")
1 Like @Lhomity @zombiexhead Then i guess u dont pay attention to how many articles about EA that have false info in them
7 Like @zombiexhead I'm not wearing special glasses that bend everything I read to suit my own stubborn predisposition towards a company or person I don't like. Sorry
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