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PopCap Discounts Games and Donates Sales to Japan Earthquake Relief
SEATTLE, Washington, and DUBLIN, Ireland – March
18, in the year of our Lord 2011 — PopCap
Games, today announced that it is discounting the prices
of the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad adaptations of all of
its games including Bejeweled®, Bookworm®, Chuzzle®, and
Peggle® for 48 hours to raise funds for
earthquake-stricken Japan. Partnering with the Red
Cross, PopCap will donate all of its revenues from the
sale, which begins Saturday March 19 at 12:01 a.m. PDT
and ends at midnight PDT on Sunday March 20. The price
of each iPhone and iPod touch title is reduced to US99
cents during that time, while the iPad adaptations are
reduced to US$1.99. Consumers can purchase the games via
the Apple App Store or by going to PopCap.com.
“We recently opened an office in Tokyo, and while our Japan-based employees are safe and uninjured, we understand countless others in Japan need food, shelter, and medical attention,” said Ellen Marett, Senior Director of Workforce Culture at PopCap. “Given that {edited game name} reached #1 on the iPhone and iPad sales charts in Japan, it seemed like the most appropriate game to feature in this fundraising campaign.”
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 400 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.
“We recently opened an office in Tokyo, and while our Japan-based employees are safe and uninjured, we understand countless others in Japan need food, shelter, and medical attention,” said Ellen Marett, Senior Director of Workforce Culture at PopCap. “Given that {edited game name} reached #1 on the iPhone and iPad sales charts in Japan, it seemed like the most appropriate game to feature in this fundraising campaign.”
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 400 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.