Well, there goes another cool company sucked into the EA blackhole... oh well

"Today, EA announced plans to purchase PopCap for $650 million in cash. The deal, which is expected to close by the end of August, also sees EA paying out $100 million in shares to "certain stockholders of PopCap." EA also intends to offer some $50 million in employee retention awards.

Additionally, PopCap has been extended a sizable performance-related earn-out that could potentially increase the purchase price. Should PopCap generate in excess of $343 million in revenue by the end of 2013, EA will pay out an additional $550 million. If PopCap's earnings come in at $200 million, that payout would drop to $275 million, while $110 million in revenue would yield $100 million. Anything less than $91 million would result in no additional compensation."

I will instruct my daughter to start a gaming company, make cool indie games and later sell it to some gaming industry monster and make it for life

Popcap was a nice compamy loved plants vs. zombies xD