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Greg Canessa named VP of Video Game Platforms by PopCap Games

Posted Feb 08, 2007 at 09:22AM by Kristine C. Listed in: Cellular Games Tags: Microsoft, Greg Canessa, PopCap Games
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PopCap Games is comin'! - Image 1Casual games maker PopCap Games has just announced that a brand new position has been created in the company: VP of Video Game Platforms. Filling in this position would be Greg Canessa, former GM for Microsoft's XBLA service. With this appointment, the company is hoping to be able to further expand its reach to video game consoles, handhelds, as well as related online gaming services.

According to the newly-appointed Canessa,

From the Xbox 360 video game console to handheld videogame devices and more, PopCap's lineup of casual games are really well suited for a wide range of platforms, and I'm excited to have this opportunity to help guide PopCap's future growth.


For those who are not familiar with this man, he is one of those who helped define and manage Microsoft's online games strategy, and has been an early advocate of bringing casual games to the Xbox 360. To date, six titles from PopCap Games have already been released on the XBox and Xbox 360, both of which have proven to be successful.

So, does this mean more Zuma and Chuzzle goodness on all major platforms. We'll find out soon enough in the months ahead.

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   by Mattroid - 2007-02-08
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it's about time. I've been wanting a DS version of Bejeweled or (even better) Bejeweled 2. ALL those PC games would work great on the DS and it'd be awesome if they released collections of like 3 games in one or something.

Most would work well in a collection for Wii, too. That'd be sweet.

   by TPot - 2007-02-08
 » Wicked.
Insaniquarium would be cool on the Wii.



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