Today
Seattle-based Popcap will see the end of an era as the last of its
co-founding member and current CEO John Vechey announced that he will
be leaving the company. Mr. Vechey was made the CEO earlier this year
when CEO
Dave Roberts retired after holding the position for 8 years.
“When
I founded PopCap my biggest goals were to have a good time and to
make great games. PopCap's vision has always been to make people
happy through games, and I believe we are achieving that every day.
Today, I am proud of this company we have built together. Proud of
the games we make and proud to have worked with all of you. I will
miss you greatly.” Mr.
Vechey said in his letter
of resignation.
Since
co-founding, along with Jason
Kapalka and Brian Fiete, the
Seattle-based casual gaming company has seen tremendous growth with
games, such as, Bejeweled and Plants vs Zombies. In 2011 that growth
attracted the attention of gaming giant Electronic Arts when they
purchased
the company for $1.3 billion dollars. After the sale of his company
Mr. Vechey stayed on to oversee Popcap.
“John
leaves PopCap in deeply capable hands. The
PopCap mobile studio will continue to be led by Steve Mauri, Cara Ely
and Jon David, and the teams are already pushing forward into
exciting directions. We have games in the pipeline including an
all-new Peggle, new concepts coming through rapid development at
PopLabs, and global opportunities for PopCap brands like PvZ.
PopCap continues to be a core studio in EA’s mobile efforts, and I
know our players will be thrilled with what’s to come from this
talented group,”
said EA president Frank Gibeau.
It
has not been announced if there will be one general manager picked to
take over the day-to-day operation or the triumvirate.
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