[September 18, 2008]

PopCap Games Inc: PopCap Launches Feeding Frenzy 2 Game on Xbox LIVE Arcade; Award-Winning Sequel Features All-New Multiplayer Modes, Lite Mode and More

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:18092008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- PopCap Games Inc., the leading developer and
publisher of casual video games, announced that beginning today its
popular action game Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown is available
for download via the Xbox LIVE Arcade (XBLA) online service of
Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console. Featuring a wealth of
optimizations exclusively for Xbox LIVE, the XBLA version of Feeding
Frenzy 2 includes high-definition graphics, achievements and
leaderboards, and several all-new multiplayer modes. Available now for
800 Microsoft Points, Feeding Frenzy 2 joins five other PopCap titles
alreadyon XBLA, including Zuma, Heavy Weapon and the original Feeding
Frenzy.

"Feeding Frenzy 2 really improves on the original game in virtually
every way, as far as XBLA is concerned," said Greg Canessa, VP of video
game platforms at PopCap. "With three different multiplayer modes,
high-def graphics and some new moves that really lend themselves to a
joystick controller, the new sequel is pretty perfectly suited to Xbox."

In Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown, you're a little fish in a big
sea, and must gobble your way up the food chain to solve an underwater
mystery. Swim fast, eat anything smaller than you and avoid larger fish
who want you for lunch. Battle everything from poisonous minnows to
fish-munching orcas in your pursuit of a mysterious menace of the sea.
Keep eating the power-ups to increase your speed and growth rate, add
extra time, bulk up your "food bank" and more!

This new version of Feeding Frenzy makes a sizable leap in overall
gameplay and XBLA-specific features, including:

High-definition graphics and 5.1 surround sound create a more immersive
experience

*All multiplayer modes are same-console only

About PopCap

PopCap Games (www.popcap.com) is the leading multi-platform provider of
"casual games" - fun, easy-to-learn, captivating computer games that
appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106. Based in Seattle, Washington,
PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of over 200 people
in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin and
Shanghai. Its games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by
consumers worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled , has sold more
than 10 million units across all platforms. Constantly acclaimed by
consumers and critics, PopCap's games are played on the Web, desktop
computers, myriad mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs,
Pocket PCs, iPod and more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox), and
in-flight entertainment systems. PopCap is the only casual games
developer with leading market share across all major sales channels,
including Web portals, retail stores, mobile operators and developers,
and game device manufacturers.

CONTACT: Cathy Orr, PopCap Games Inc
Tel: +353 87 225 6488
e-mail: corr@popcap.com
WWW: http://www.popcap.com

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