#BACK IN TO THE FUTURE GAME POPCAP FULL#
Is the developer full speed ahead on that rumored casino games suite? Who knows, but what we do know is that Baking Life fans better spend that Zip Cash while it's hot.Īre you bummed to see Baking Life go? What do you think PopCap will do on Facebook next, now that ZipZapPlay's flagship game is out of the picture? Sound off in the comments. With Baking Life down and out, it's unclear what the company's next move will be when it comes to social games.
#BACK IN TO THE FUTURE GAME POPCAP PS3#
PopCap's remaining Facebook games are based on its existing properties, and Pig Up! seems to be in development limbo at the moment. PopCap Games announced today that Bejeweled 3 will drop on DS, PS3 and Xbox 360 (in retail, PSN and XBLA versions, respectively) during the last quarter of 2011 in. Zombies.' In a post published on EA's official blog, Vechey assured that the future is 'bright' for PopCap and EA: 'We have some amazing games live, with millions of people enjoying them every day. And there is a ton of gameplay in Bejeweled 2 four different game modes, more than 60 puzzles. The game is a natural fit for the platform it plays great, looks great and is as compelling as ever. Among some of PopCap's most recognized games are 'Peggle', 'Bejeweled' and 'Plants vs. It’s our biggest franchise at PopCap and our most successful title, which is why we chose Bejeweled 2 as our first title for PSN and PS3. According to AppData, the game is home to 760,000 monthly players and just 100,000 daily. John Vechey, CEO of game studio Popcap Games, and one of its three co-founders, left the company last Friday. But even when the game welcomed a healthy 2.2 million monthly players as PopCap acquired developer ZipZapPlay in April 2011, Baking Life's future was still being decided. In its glory days back in August 2010, Baking Life enjoyed 6.7 million monthly players, according to ISG, numbers that some games today even aspire to. As such, we are reallocating resources to games that we are developing for future release." Bob Gale, the co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer of the film trilogy, assisted Telltale in writing the games story. The game was developed and published by Telltale Games as part of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures. "The Baking Life player numbers have dropped in such a way that Baking Life is no longer performing well enough to justify continued support. Back to the Future: The Game is an episodic graphic adventure based on the Back to the Future film franchise. "Unfortunately, we had to make a very difficult decision to shut down the game," PopCap VP of communications Garth Chouteau told Inside Social Games (ISG). Due to poor performance, the game will be no more come Jan. PopCap co-founder John Vechey talks about how his company goes about making top-selling casual games and why hes excited about Apples iPad. It's downright depressing out there, folks, and EA-owned PopCap's sad decision to shut down ZipZapPlay's one leading Facebook game doesn't make it any better. Between the Internet being a Debby Downer about SOPA and now Baking Life closing, this would have been the perfect day to roll right back into bed.