Fifty employees were laid off in the Seattle studio of PopCap Games on August 21, 2012, to mark a switch of focus to mobile and social gaming. PopCap Games and its assets were bought by EA on July 12, 2011, for 750 million US dollars. Critics on mobile devices give the game an average of 4.3-4.8 star ratings. Zombies was officially released on May 5, 2009, for PC and Mac, by 2013 switching from a $2.99 gameplay cost to free-to-play on iOS and Android devices. Zombies, PopCap released a demo version of the game that could be played for thirty minutes. On April 22, 2009, PopCap released an official game trailer of Plants vs. Zombies would be released soon on PC and Mac. A PopCap spokesperson, Garth Chouteau, revealed in an IGN interview that Plants vs.
On April 1, 2009, PopCap released a music video for the song ' Zombies on Your Lawn' by Laura Shigihara to promote Plants vs. After PopCap Games's acquisition, EA expanded the game into a franchise with games on many different platforms. Zombies (2009), was developed and released by PopCap before its acquisition by EA. The series follows the affiliates of David 'Crazy Dave' Blazing as they use his plants to defend against a zombie invasion, led by Dr. Zombies is a video game franchise developed by PopCap Games, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts (EA).
