Update: Since drafting and publishing this story, one of PopCap’s employees has taken to Twitter to clarify a few things. Jeff Green, PopCap’s Director of Editorial and Social Media, has stated that this move was planned by PopCap a long time ago, and that gamers should not blame EA. Further, Green explained that the company

As it prepares to do battle with Facebook, Google continues to improve Google+ to give it the best possible chance in its bid to take over the crown of social network king. Google just announced its latest weapon is games. In a post published to its blog, Vic Gundotra, Google’s Senior Vice President of Engineering, wrote: