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Plants Vs Zombies giveaway winners announced

by John Callaham May 22nd 2009 @ 6:00AM

Once again we want to thank everyone who entered our First Anniversary giveaway contest where we gave out five free game codes to download the full version of Plants Vs Zombies, the recent hit tower defense game from Popcap Games. We can now announce the winners of the contest. Congrats to Jeff Pigden of Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, Tom Vongbandith of Brooklyn, NY, Christian Araujo of Brooklyn, NY, William Brittain of Harrison, AR and Ab Aburawi of Woodbury, CT. Thanks once again to PopCap Games for the donation of the prizes.

Download the Plants Vs Zombies demo at Big Download

Filed under: Contests

Hint about next PopCap game revealed

by John Callaham May 21st 2009 @ 6:00PM

Casual game developer and publisher PopCap Games has been on a roll in the past year or so with a number of major sellers including Peggle Nights, Bejeweled Twist and most recently the addictive tower defense game Plants Vs Zombies. All three games have sold very well and Plants Vs Zombies was recently declared to be, " . . . the best-selling game PopCap's ever had"

So what's next for the superstar casual game company. Big Download managed to get one big hint via PopCap's PR head Garth Chouteau: "It will be a sequel to one of our best selling franchises." Hmmmm.... That's all the hint Garth would give us for the moment but we can speculate...how about a new Zuma game? Or maybe a Heavy Weapon sequel? Hopefully we won't have to wait for long.

Filed under: Downloads, Casual

Plants Vs. Zombies turning into big sales hit for PopCap

by John Callaham May 21st 2009 @ 9:00AM

Zombies are all the rage in games these days, even in casual titles like the recently released Plants Vs Zombies tower defense game from PopCap. The game has generated lots of good reviews but according to a new article on Gamasutra it's also generating high sales as well.

How high? According to a quote from PopCap's PR head Garth Chouteau, "At this very early point in its history, it's the best-selling game PopCap's ever had." And that's saying something considering PopCap has also had huge casual game sales with the Peggle and Bejeweled series. Part of the reason is that the game, while still in the casual genre, also appeals to another audience. Chouteau says, "At the moment, we'd estimate that at least half of all buyers of PvZ would fall into the 'hardcore' category." Yep, it's a true "hardcore casual' game and in this game that means big bucks all around.

Download the Plants Vs Zombies demo at Big Download

Filed under: Downloads, Casual, Strategy

First Anniversary Contest: Win one of five codes for Plants Vs. Zombies

by John Callaham May 11th 2009 @ 5:00PM

Big Download continues it's first anniversary celebration this month with a new giveaway contest. This time we have five codes to give away to download the full version of Plants Vs Zombies, the recently released tower defense game from PopCap Games where you have to use plants in your yard to defeat an invasion of the undead.

How do you win? As with most of our giveaway contests it's pretty simple:
* To enter, post a comment on this contest page.
* The comment must be left before 11:59 pm Eastern Time on May 14.
* You may enter only once.
* 5 winners will be selected in a random drawing.
* Each winner will be sent a code to download a free copy of Plants Vs Zombies from PopCap (valued at $19.99 each).
* Click Here for complete Official Rules. You must be a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) who is 18 years or older to enter this contest.
Our huge thanks to PopCap Games for the donation of the prizes. Stay tuned as we have even more giveaway contests planned in the next couple of weeks. Good luck.

Filed under: Contests, RTS, Strategy

Mac Monday: Plants vs. Zombies

by Akela Talamasca May 11th 2009 @ 11:00AM

Popcap Games is quite the studio. They manage to take the simplest gameplay mechanic and turn it into something compelling. They did it with Bejeweled, they did it with Peggle, and now they've done it again with Plants vs. Zombies. How could the overdone Tower/Desktop Defense genre be given new life? It can't. That's why Popcap has chosen to give it undeath. Read on to find out more.

Download Plants vs Zombies PC Demo (25 MB)

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Filed under: Downloads, Demos, Features, Hands-on, Mac, Casual, Screenshots, Arcade

Plants Vs Zombies demo out; 50 percent off full version on Steam

by John Callaham May 4th 2009 @ 1:00PM

If you have been waiting to see how foliage can defeat the undead, your wait is officially over. PopCap Games has just released demo versions of their strategy defense game Plants Vs Zombies. The small 26 MB demo comes in regular PC and Mac flavors for US players. Folks outside the US can get an international PC version as well.

Tomorrow the full version of the game goes on sale and while PopCap Games is selling it for $19.99, Valve's Steam service is offering the same game for just $9.99, a 50 percent difference. Again, you can also get a free game, Heavy Weapon Deluxe, when you pre-order Plants Vs. Zombies via Steam.

Download the Plants Vs Zombies demo at Big Download

Filed under: Downloads, Demos, Mac

Plants Vs Zombies promo gives some DIY experience on zombie making

by John Callaham Apr 25th 2009 @ 9:00PM

The Plants Vs. Zombies phenomenon continues to grow as we await the May 5 launch of the odd casual title from PopCap Games. One of the promo items that the publisher is giving out is a way to design your very own zombie with a Flash interface on the game's official web site.

The Zomatar interface (which includes an extremely funny license agreement that is a pleasure to read) allows folks to design their own look for one of the cartoony zombies. Once you are done you can download a JPG file of your new undead creation or send a "zombigram" of the image to your unsuspecting family and friends. You can also check out a new YouTube gameplay trailer from Plants Vs Zombies after the jump.

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Filed under: Culture, Casual

World of Warcraft players can 'Peggle' to their heart's content

by John Callaham Apr 23rd 2009 @ 8:00PM

PopCap Games surprised many when they announced that they were offering World of Warcraft players a way to play their addictive puzzle game Bejeweled 2 in Blizzard's hit MMO. Today Popcap Games struck again as they have doubled their casual game addition plans for World of Warcraft.

Yep, you guessed it. Peggle is now also available to download and play for free for any World of Warcraft player. Now you can take time from your raid to fire balls to complete the game's puzzles. Playing the game can even affect your World of Warcraft character. You can grab both casual game mods over at PopCap's web site. Meanwhile our sister site WoWInsider has their own impressions of the Peggle add-on. Their verdict? "We can't recommend a download enough."

Filed under: Downloads, Mods, Casual, MMO, World of Warcraft

Get free game with Plants Vs Zombies pre-order on Steam

by John Callaham Apr 21st 2009 @ 7:00PM

Stalin Vs. Martians . . . Aliens Vs Predator. . . Plants Vs Zombies . . . . Everyone is so competitive nowadays. In any case, the latest mano-a-mano conflict will be released via Popcap Games on May 5 and the folks at Valve have a special pre-order offer for folks who want to purchase the game ahead of time via Steam.

All you have to do is buy the game now for a mere $9.99 and you can get Popcap's already released arcade action game Heavy Weapon Deluxe for free. That's a $9.99 value and you can play Heavy Weapon Deluxe immediately without having to wait for Plants Vs. Zombies' release. Everyone one wins . . . except for the zombies of course.

Filed under: Downloads, Casual

Temp workers help out with Plants Vs Zombies

by John Callaham Apr 11th 2009 @ 5:00PM

It's a lonely life as a temp worker sometimes. Sometimes you know when your job ends and sometimes you don't. You are likely doing menial tasks for folks who work at the job permanently. And then there's the problems temps faces if they are undead zombies.

Fortunately the folks at Popcap Games are here to help the undead temp workers with a new short documentary that deals with all of the issues that zombies have to face in the workplace. Oh, and its also an easy way to promote Popcap's next major casual game Plants Vs Zombies. But in the end it's all about the workers . . . the poor, flesh eating temps. Think of them, won't you?

Filed under: Casual, Video, Strategy

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