PopCap Acquires Retro64

July 12th, 2007 at 5:22 pm (ar0707)

According to a Gamasutra article written by Brandon Boyer, PopCap has recently acquired the Chicago-based developer Retro64. Founded by Mike Boeh in 2001, this creative development studio has produced Cosmic Bugs, Water Bugs and the recent PopCap hit Venice.

Mike Boeh is also heavily involved in the independent games industry, hosting both the popular IndieGamer forums and GameTunnel as well.

- Gamasutra article

3 Comments »

  1. munin said,

    July 12th, 2007 at 7:52 pm

    Popcap = EA of the indies?

  2. Cone said,

    July 12th, 2007 at 10:00 pm

    Shh… that’s a secret. Try to ignore every other acquisition too, just so they can wave the Indie flag. ;)

  3. mugen said,

    July 14th, 2007 at 6:55 pm

    Popcap also made the game Peggle, which is kinda like plinko. Its addictive they have a demo on the page.
    http://www.retro64.com/peggle_deluxe_game.asp

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