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PopCap Collaboration With Square Enix Started as Joke
wired.com - 9/28/2009
PopCap Collaboration With Square Enix Started as Joke
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Jason Kapalka, PopCap’s co-founder and chief creative officer, says he was half-joking when he pitched a game concept that combined Final Fantasy ’s role-playing action and Bejeweled ’s addictive casual gameplay to Square Enix. The folks at PopCap were fans of another ...
Square Enix Japan To Cut 200 to 300 Jobs [Rumor]
kotaku.com - 9/28/2009
Square Enix Japan To Cut 200 to 300 Jobs [Rumor]
— kotaku.com — If the small number of booths at this year's Tokyo Game Show is any indication, the Japanese... game industry has seen better days. Even large Japanese companies are hurting. The company behind the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, Square Enix , is ... (more) Square Enix Japan To Cut 200 to 300 Jobs [Rumor]

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Square Enix Working On 2-3 New Key Franchises
siliconera.com - 9/29/2009
Square Enix Working On 2-3 New Key Franchises
— siliconera.com — Currently, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, and Final Fantasy are Square Enix’s three pillars. President Yoichi Wada wants... to expand this number to eight. (more) Square Enix Working On 2-3 New Key Franchises

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Square Enix and PopCap Announce Gyromancer
1up.com - 9/24/2009
Square Enix and PopCap Announce Gyromancer
— 1up.com — Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords from D3 Publisher was often lauded for being an unexpectedly brilliant... mix between Bejeweled and Final Fantasy -- a reputation that ... (more) Square Enix and PopCap Announce Gyromancer

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'Gyromancer' Is A Joke
GayGamer.net — ... In a recent interview with Wired Jason Kapalka, PopCap co-founder, revealed that the upcoming Gyromancer game began as a joke in a meeting with Square Enix. When PopCap and Square Enix sat down for a meeting about a possible collaboration, Kapalka made an initial joke about combining their two most popular franchises, Bejeweled with Final Fantasy. Maybe the sarcasm was lost in translation, because Final Fantasy Tactics designer Yuichi Murasawa was immediately on board with the idea. Months later we have a trailer for the ...

Square Enix and PopCap's Gyromancer started out as a joke
Joystiq — In a recent interview with Wired, PopCap co-founder and chief creative officer Jason Kapalka claimed that he jokingly brought up the idea of a Final Fantasy and Bejeweled hybrid during a meeting with Square Enix (who publishes many of PopCap's games in Japan). Squeenix's Yuichi Murasawa, designer of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, loved the idea, and set out to create such a title. Last week, ...

PopCap & Square-Enix Team-Up Started As A Joke
The Escapist : Latest News — Last week, PopCap Games and Square-Enix announced their joint venture, puzzle-RPG Gyromancer , piquing the interest of Puzzle Quest fans worldwide. But would you believe that the entire thing started out as a joke? Speaking with Wired , PopCap co-founder and chief creative officer Jason Kapalka said that his initial pitch to Square-Enix for a game that combined the JRPG studio's Final Fantasy aesthetic with the casual-game behemoth's fiendishly addictive Bejeweled Twist was initially something of a joke. Many people have noted the similarity between the ...

Gyromancer Just Got Real
GayGamer.net — ... and Wired may be to blame. Regardless of what caused this boom in popularity, Gyromancer just got real. The colored gems are aligning, and the casual game apocalypse is neigh. This is going to be huge. Peggle huge.

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