One of the leaders in casual gaming, Popcap is turning 6 today, with minor fanfare. So far, all there is on their site is a PopCap logo with birthday candles on it (pictured to the right). If you’re a casual gamer and haven’t heard of Popcap before, go there now and prepare to be addicted. PopCap has produced many of the most-downloaded casual games online including mega-hits like Bejeweled and Zuma. They also recently won 2005 Casual Game of the Year for their newer hit Chuzzle.

For the more tech-inclined of y’all, PopCap is also a major supporter of independent developers - they’ve developed some easy-to-use tools for game development via the completely free PopCap Games Framework. In fact, games like Insaniquarium, Rocket Mania, and Pixelus were all developed with game creators outside of PopCap.

Good work guys! Here’s looking forward to many happy returns!