PopCap Games, or PopCap, is an American video game development and publishing subsidiary company based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded on July 18, 2000 by John Vechey, Brian Fiete, and Jason Kapalka, and currently employs more than 400 people. As of July 12, 2011, PopCap was acquired by Electronic Arts[1] and is now a subsidiary of one of the leading game development companies. PopCap specializes in "casual" games, and often allows people to play their games for free during a brief trial period before the game must be purchased.

PopCap's first game, a gem-swapping game called Bejeweled, has sold more than 50 million units and was awarded the Computer Gaming Hall of Fame in 2002. PopCap games are available for Web, PC, Mac, Xbox and PlayStation consoles, Zeebo, Cellphones, PDAs, iPod Classic, iPod Touch, Nintendo DS, and other mobile devices. Plants vs. Zombies, a game created by George Fan, was first released was on the PC in May 5, 2009. Over time, the game was released to other platforms.

As previously mentioned, PopCap Games and their franchises were purchased by Electronic Arts (EA) for $650 million USD. After being bought by EA, PopCap created Plants vs. Zombies Adventures; Plants vs. Zombies 2; Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and its sequel Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 and Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.

On an unknown date, PopCap opened a studio in Shanghai, China. PopCap Shanghai develops games separately from PopCap Seattle that are only available exclusively in China. In October 2011, Talkweb Information System Co. Ltd, a Chinese public company, signed a cooperation agreement with EA to operate Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) and Bejeweled Blitz in the Chinese mainland[2]. However, it wasn't until PopCap Shanghai sold the game development completely to Talkweb that they are now the main developer of Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) since the 2.0.1 update. PopCap now only acts as the publisher of the game, along with Electronic Arts. Talkweb then removed every other PopCap game (including Bejeweled) exclusive to China, as well as slowly shutting down every online one.

On May 5, 2009, PopCap released Plants vs. Zombies, a tower defense video game where the player defends their house with plants against an oncoming horde of zombies. The game received a positive response from critics, and was nominated for multiple Interactive Achievement Awards, alongside receiving praise for its musical score by Laura Shigihara.

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Unlike the ones that are available internationally which are made by PopCap Seattle, these games are made separately by PopCap Shanghai and are available exclusively to China.

See here for a complete list.