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| ?Back in August, developer PopCap announced that the massively popular survival game was getting a sequel. Today, PopCap revealed that Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time will arrive sometime in July.While EA-owned developer PopCap hasn't said what platforms the game will launch on, it's likely only a matter of time before Plants vs. Zomibies 2 is available on just about everything. The original game, which made it's debut as a PC and OS X game back in May of 2009, has been ported over to iOS, Android, Chrome, the Xbox 360, the Nintendo DS, Sony's PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and even Samsung's Bada operating system. The first Plants vs. Zombies title is one of the most successful Runescape games to ever come out of PopCap (it's the 12th most downloaded paid iOS app ever), and a big reason why gaming behemoth Electronic Arts bought the PopCap in 2011 for $650 million and $100 million in stock. After the EA takeover, as PopCap was integrating itself into its new mother company, the developer laid off 50 employees in North America, and it closed it's Dublin office. The release timeline was announced in a short YouTube video that didn't give any details about the game, but did include frustrated people screaming and questioning why it's taken so long for PopCap to get around to building the sequel — the game is about 4 years old now. PopCap hasn't said what's taken so long, but it's nice to see to see the company being willing to poke some fun at itself over the delay.Six months on, Windows 8 sales are a mystery. The Windows 8 operating system debuted on October 26th, six months ago today. Intended to save a flagging PC industry, Microsoft's latest software is designed specifically for touch-equipped hardware. While Apple continues to increase its iPad shipments year-on-year, Microsoft and its OEMs are fresh out the gate with an operating system that tries to marry a keyboard and mouse-driven UI to a modern touch-enabled interface. Microsoft provided some early signs of Windows 8's sales performance, but recently it has been rather quiet. How well is the big Windows 8 gamble paying off?The first indication of Windows 8's growth came from Microsoft itself. The software maker announced 40 million license sales rs gold in late November, noting that Windows 8 was outpacing Windows 7 for upgrades at the time. Shortly afterwards, in January, 60 million license sales were announced, the same amount as Windows 7 at practically the same stage in its early lifecycle. However, at the current point in the Windows 8 rollout, Redmond has not yet disclosed the latest figures. Microsoft's Q3 earnings have come and gone, and Windows revenue was flat despite a reported downturn in PC sales. At the same time in Windows 7's history three years ago, Microsoft was declaring it "by far the fastest-selling operating system in history" with over 10 percent of all PCs running Windows 7. The company also announced 100 million license sales for Windows 7 on April 27th, 2010. |
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