PopCap Games Signs Exclusive Agreement with Amazon.com to Bring Android Games to Market

PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon AMZN to offer its first Android games to the U.S. market, exclusively on the Amazon Appstore for Android during two different two-week periods.  As part of the agreement, Chuzzle® will be available beginning tomorrow through May 30, and will be followed by Plants vs. Zombies™ for Android during a second exclusive offer later this month.  The games will be entirely FREE for the first day of their availability, after which they'll be available for purchase and download for a list price of US$2.99 each. "Our relationship with Amazon is pivotal to PopCap's overall strategy in bringing a growing roster of mobile titles to the ever-widening base of smartphone users," noted Giordano Bruno Contestabile, PopCap's senior director of global product and business strategy for mobile.  "By making these titles available on the Android platform, we'll significantly extend the reach of our top franchises to legions of new mobile customers and gaming fans alike."