Updated Mar 28, 2011 - 4:46 pm
Hollywood wants a Seattle game
An online game that started in Seattle has about 30 offers from Hollywood to option the movie rights.
The game is Plants vs. Zombies, created by the Seattle-based casual gaming company - Pop Cap They're as surprised as anyone with the offers because the online game has no real plot or story.
"You are defending your home from these hordes of these very kind of cartooney and not really threatening zombies, who will eat your brains if they make your way to your door. You're defending your home with about 60 bizarre types of plants," says Garth Chouteau, a VP with Pop Cap.
The plants, of course, have zombie fighting capabilities. He says kids as young as four are playing the game and it's their "biggest success" yet. That's another surprise for Pop Cap, considering they didn't think it would take off, and it only started with a $35,000 marketing budget.
When they launched an iPhone version of the game, Plants vs. Zombies made a million dollars in just nine days.
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Chuck Gould wrote..."No real plot or story"?September 8, 2010 5:54 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }Reply Report this as abuse -
wonderfullone wrote...Yep, that says all that needs to be said for Hollywood.September 8, 2010 7:31 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }Reply Report this as abuse
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