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- PopCap Launches Plants vs. Zombies(TM) for the iPhone(TM) - Yahoo Finance
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| PopCap Launches Plants vs. Zombies(TM) for the iPhone(TM) - Yahoo Finance Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:05 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. DUBLIN, February 15 /PRNewswire/ -- PopCap Games, maker of some of the world's most popular video games, today announced the launch of Plants vs. Zombies(TM) for the iPhone(TM) and iPod(R) touch. Faithful to the game design of the PC and Mac blockbuster, but adapted specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch - including exclusive features and content - Plants vs. Zombies is available immediately for EUR2.39 from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore. "Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone and iPod touch marks the first adaptation of our wildly popular 'flower defense' game to a new platform, and we're excited at how well it has translated to the iPhone and iPod touch," stated Andrew Stein, director of mobile platforms at PopCap Games. "We've stayed true to the original computer version with the full-featured gameplay of Adventure mode, and have optimized this adaptation around a seamless touch interface. Plus, we've added great content, including the new Quick Play Arena which allows easy replay of any level after completing the Adventure mode, and more than a dozen achievements to reward successful completion of in-game challenges." Featuring non-stop comedic action throughout 50 infinitely replayable levels, Plants vs. Zombies challenges you to defend your house from encroaching zombies striving to reach your front door to eat your brains. Choose from an ever-increasing assortment of specialized, zombie-battling plants to slow down, confuse, weaken and ultimately destroy the vegetation-munching undead before they can traverse your yard and reach your front door. Thoughtful selection of plants, frantic use of resources, and clever planting/placement decisions are key to overcoming more than two dozen different kinds of zombies, each with its own combination of "skills" and behaviors. Additional obstacles and challenges in later levels include the setting of the sun (complete with a set of defensive mushrooms which are only usable at night), a creeping fog, and even a swimming pool where the aquatic zombies make their approach! Features of Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone and iPod touch include: - The Quick Play Arena allows easy replay of any level after completing the 50 levels in Adventure mode - More than a dozen achievements to reward successful completion of in-game challenges - More than four dozen plants, from cherry bombs and peashooters to melon-pults, wall-nuts and sunflowers - Dozens of different zombie types, including back-from-the-dead miners, businessmen, football players, and even a zombie bobsled team - Suburban almanac tracks your progress and provides vital stats on plant and zombie types - Crazy Dave's trunk-o'-the-car shop where you can purchase new plants, power-ups, and other zombie-exterminating tools - New fluid animation technology creates even more visually appealing plants and zippier zombies - 11 original musical pieces that mirror the increasing intensity of the gameplay
Since its release last year, Plants vs. Zombies for the PC and Mac has become one of the most successful franchises in casual game history, selling faster than any previous PopCap title and garnering dozens of PC and casual "game of the year" accolades. About PopCap PopCap Games (http://www.popcap.com) is the leading multi-platform provider of fun, easy-to-learn, captivating video games that appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of over 260 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, and Shanghai. Its games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled(R), has sold more than 50 million units across all platforms. Constantly acclaimed by consumers and critics, PopCap's games are played on the Web, social platforms, desktop computers, myriad mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PCs, iPod, iPhone and more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox and DS), and in-flight entertainment systems. PopCap is the only "casual games" developer with leading market share across all major sales channels, including social, Web portals, retail stores, mobile phones, MP3 players, and game devices. The PopCap logo and all other trademarks used herein that are listed at http://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 Julien Wera jwera@popcap.com +353-1-6468183 Ember Wardrop ewardrop@popcap.com +353-1-6468164 Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| The Almanac - Feb. 15 - Post Chronicle Posted: 15 Feb 2010 04:40 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Today is Monday, Feb. 15, the 46th day of 2010 with 319 to follow. This is Presidents Day in the United States. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury and Neptune and the evening stars are Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Uranus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei in 1564; jeweler Charles Tiffany in 1812; feminist pioneer Susan B. Anthony in 1820; political leader and diplomat Elihu Root in 1845; philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead in 1861; explorer Ernest Shackleton in 1874; automaker Louis Renault in 1877; songwriter Harold Arlen in 1905; actors John Barrymore in 1882, Cesar Romero in 1907, Harvey Korman in 1927 and Claire Bloom in 1931 (age 79); astronaut Roger Chaffee, killed in a fire on the ground during a 1967 Apollo I test, in 1935; actress Marisa Berenson in 1947 (age 63); actress Jane Seymour and singer Melissa Manchester, both in 1951 (age 59); "Simpsons" cartoonist Matt Groening in 1954 (age 56); comedian Chris Farley in 1964; actress Renee O'Connor in 1971 (age 39); hockey player Jaromir Jagr in 1972. On this date in history: In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration of war against Spain. In 1933, U.S. President-elect Franklin Roosevelt narrowly escaped assassination in Miami when a fanatic fired several bullets at him, fatally wounding Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak in the attack. In 1942, the British bastion of Singapore surrendered to the Japanese army. In 1965, Canada adopted a new national flag featuring a maple leaf emblem. In 1982, the oil-drilling rig Ocean Ranger capsized and sank in a storm off Newfoundland. All 84 people aboard were lost. In 1990, U.S. President George H.W. Bush attended a drug summit in Colombia with the presidents of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. Also in 1990, Washington Mayor Marion Barry was indicted on eight counts of perjury and drug possession. In 1991, 100 people were killed when a tractor-trailer hauling dynamite overturned and exploded in Thailand. In 1997, Tara Lipinski, 14, defeated defending women's champion Michelle Kwan to become the youngest U.S. figure skating champion. In 2002, discovery of a human skull in a wooded area near a crematory in Georgia led investigators to remains of more than 300 bodies that were to have been cremated but instead were stacked in sheds and in the woods. In 2003, millions of people demonstrated against war in cities around the world, including New York, San Francisco, London, Paris and Berlin. In 2004, two fires in eastern China killed a reported 90 people. In 2005, a U.S. appeals court in Washington ruled that journalists have no First Amendment privilege to protect confidential sources. In 2006, a U.S. House of Representatives report sharply criticized government response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster for what it called "mistakes, misjudgments, lapses and absurdities." In 2008, Steve Fossett, the 63-year-old millionaire commodities trader turned record-breaking aviator, was declared legally dead, five months after he vanished while flying in Nevada. In 2009, Venezuelan voters abolished presidential term limits, which had restricted a president to two six-year terms. The new constitutional provision will permit Hugo Chavez to seek re-election in 2012. A thought for the day: Warren Miller said, "Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive." (c) UPI Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| PopCap Launches Plants vs. Zombies™ for the iPhone™ - Gamasutra Posted: 15 Feb 2010 07:03 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. [This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.] | Dublin, Ireland – February 15, 2010 — PopCap Games, maker of some of the world's most popular video games, today announced the launch of Plants vs. Zombies™ for the iPhone™ and iPod® touch. Faithful to the game design of the PC and Mac blockbuster, but adapted specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch – including exclusive features and content – Plants vs. Zombies is available immediately for €2.39 from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore. "Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone and iPod touch marks the first adaptation of our wildly popular 'flower defense' game to a new platform, and we're excited at how well it has translated to the iPhone and iPod touch," stated Andrew Stein, director of mobile platforms at PopCap Games. "We've stayed true to the original computer version with the full-featured gameplay of Adventure mode, and have optimized this adaptation around a seamless touch interface. Plus, we've added great content, including the new Quick Play Arena which allows easy replay of any level after completing the Adventure mode, and more than a dozen achievements to reward successful completion of in-game challenges." Featuring non-stop comedic action throughout 50 infinitely replayable levels, Plants vs. Zombies challenges you to defend your house from encroaching zombies striving to reach your front door to eat your brains. Choose from an ever-increasing assortment of specialized, zombie-battling plants to slow down, confuse, weaken and ultimately destroy the vegetation-munching undead before they can traverse your yard and reach your front door. Thoughtful selection of plants, frantic use of resources, and clever planting/placement decisions are key to overcoming more than two dozen different kinds of zombies, each with its own combination of "skills" and behaviors. Additional obstacles and challenges in later levels include the setting of the sun (complete with a set of defensive mushrooms which are only usable at night), a creeping fog, and even a swimming pool where the aquatic zombies make their approach! Features of Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone and iPod touch include: - The Quick Play Arena allows easy replay of any level after completing the 50 levels in Adventure mode -More than a dozen achievements to reward successful completion of in-game challenges -More than four dozen plants, from cherry bombs and peashooters to melon-pults, wall-nuts and sunflowers -Dozens of different zombie types, including back-from-the-dead miners, businessmen, football players, and even a zombie bobsled team -Suburban almanac tracks your progress and provides vital stats on plant and zombie types -Crazy Dave's trunk-o'-the-car shop where you can purchase new plants, power-ups, and other zombie-exterminating tools -New fluid animation technology creates even more visually appealing plants and zippier zombies -11 original musical pieces that mirror the increasing intensity of the gameplay Since its release last year, Plants vs. Zombies for the PC and Mac has become one of the most successful franchises in casual game history, selling faster than any previous PopCap title and garnering dozens of PC and casual "game of the year" accolades. About PopCap PopCap Games ( www.popcap.com) is the leading multi-platform provider of fun, easy-to-learn, captivating video games that appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106. Based in Seattle, Washington, PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of over 260 people in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, and Shanghai. Its games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled®, has sold more than 50 million units across all platforms. Constantly acclaimed by consumers and critics, PopCap's games are played on the Web, social platforms, desktop computers, myriad mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PCs, iPod, iPhone and more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox and DS), and in-flight entertainment systems. PopCap is the only "casual games" developer with leading market share across all major sales channels, including social, Web portals, retail stores, mobile phones, MP3 players, and game devices. # # # 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 +353 1 646 8107 Julien Wera +353 1 6468183 Ember Wardrop +353 1 6468164 Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Almanac of Architecture & Design 2010 - PRLog (free press release) Posted: 15 Feb 2010 06:27 AM PST Message from fivefilters.org: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. "Definitive," For 10 years the Almanac of Architecture & Design has been the authoritative guide to people, benchmarks, and events in design. This year, the Almanac makes a major breakthrough with the publication of the 11th annual edition: For the first time, more than 300 top design firms in North America are ranked by gross worldwide revenue. This ranking, the DesignIntelligence 333, is paired with a new, detailed directory of more than 800 leading architecture and design firms. Included in this directory is the DI Brand Recognition Index, which rates firms according to their geographic service coverage and reputation. This is need-to-know information that's never been available before in a single source. These Almanac features add to the substantive fact book readers have relied on for a decade. Included are statistics about firms, facts about buildings by type, extensive awards listings, compelling profiles of individuals, and other indispensable resources. Highlights of the Almanac of Architecture & Design 2010:
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