PopCap Games Announces Global Agreement With Sony Ericsson

By Popcap Games International, PRNE
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

DUBLIN, July 20, 2011 -


 

First Worldwide Mobile Partnership Marks
the Arrival of PopCaps top
Game Titles on Android in Europe

 

PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today
announced that it has signed a global agreement with Sony Ericsson
to pre-load Games By PopCap on Sony Ericsson Xperia™
mini and Xperia™ mini pro smartphone models. The partnership will
officially mark the arrival of PopCap’s game titles on Android
devices in Europe.

As part of the agreement, PopCap hits such as Plants vs.
Zombies™, Peggle® and Chuzzle® will be embedded on smartphone
devices that will start to roll out later this Summer.
 PopCap’s multiple award-winning title, Chuzzle, will be
pre-loaded in its entirety while other PopCap hits such as Peggle
and Plants vs. Zombies will be included as unlimited trial modes -
with the option to purchase full editions of the games using a
directly integrated billing service.

We are delighted to partner with Sony Ericsson to
fulfill our promiseto Android users and
bring PopCaps hit mobile games to an
ever-widening base of smartphone users
, said
Giordano Bruno Contestabile, PopCap’s senior director of global
product and business strategy for mobile.  As the
Android ecosystem matures, PopCap is committed to providing

best-in-class game experiences for Android game players.
The Sony Ericsson
Xperia™ mini devices are equipped
with superior
processing power and exceptional
screen resolution on the Reality Display with Mobile
BRAVIA® Engine
, which provides an excellent platform
for delivering the quality fun
that our fans have come to
expect.

“By partnering with companies such as PopCap, we are
demonstrating our commitment to bringing the very best
communication and entertainment experiences to our phones,” said
Fredrik Mansson, Global Product Marketing Manager at Sony Ericsson.
“Games such as Plants vs. Zombies™, Peggle® and Chuzzle® are
becoming increasingly popular amongst Android users and we are
proud to be able to offer them exclusively on our Xperia™ mini and
mini pro.”

About PopCap

PopCap Games is the leading global developer, publisher and
operator of casual video games: fun, easy-to-learn, captivating
games that appeal to all ages across PC, mobile, social and other
platforms. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000
and has a worldwide staff of more than 425 people in Seattle, San
Francisco
, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.
PopCap’s games have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times by
consumers worldwide, and its flagship franchise,
Bejeweled®, has sold more than 50 million units.

 

The PopCap logo and all other trademarks used herein that are
listed at
www.popcap.com/trademarks are owned
by PopCap Games, Inc. or its licensors and may be registered in
some countries. Other company and product names used herein may be
trademarks of their respective owners and are used for the benefit
of those owners.

PR Contacts:

International
Cathy Orr
corr@popcap.com
+353-1-646-8107

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