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  • Learn How To Succeed In Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

    Everybody likes to win – it’s in our nature. Multiplayer-only games are very popular mostly due to the fact that it gives players that instant gratification of the win. Well, it should, unless you’re just really bad. To avoid that in the upcoming multiplayer shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, the producers are here with some tips and tricks for the aspiring garden defender.

    In the latest video from EA, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare’s Creative Director Justin Wiebe and Game Designer Chris Fox give players some strategies to help them out of the gate when the game launches later this month. They note that the game features two 12v12 multiplayer modes that will require players to take on a variety of roles to win. As they say, variety is the spice of life, and for these common garden spices – variety is central to victory.

    If you happen to be on the side of the zombies, you’re fortunately not at any disadvantage. In fact, the zombies were designed with abilities similar to that of the plants. In other words, knowing how to play as the sunflower means you’ll be able to instantly pick up its zombie equivalent. This ensures the game stays fair, but the zombies do have some peculiar quirks that players will have to learn if they want to take over gardens anytime soon.

    If competitive multiplayer isn’t your thing, you’ll want to check out the cooperative mode that looks like a ton of fun.

    Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare launches February 18 for the Xbox One and Xbox 360.

    Image via Official EA UK/YouTube

  • Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare Co-Op Detailed In Latest Trailer

    At E3 last year, EA surprised us all with the announcement of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. The class-based shooter takes the gameplay found in games like Team Fortress 2 and combines it with the now classic humor found in Plants vs. Zombies.

    In the latest trailer for the game, Popcap shows off the new game mode – four player co-op. Like Horde mode in Gears of War, the co-op mode challenges four players to protect their garden from waves of increasingly difficult zombie hordes. This game mode plays more like the original tower defense game as players will be able to set up defenses while they take the fight directly to the zombies.

    The gameplay footage below is taken from the Xbox One version of the game. It’s obvious that Popcap is sparing no expense on the visuals as the game is one of the better looking next-gen games coming in 2014.

    Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare will be out on February 18 for Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

    Image via Official EA UK/YouTube

  • ‘Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare’ Gameplay Previewed

    Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare was one of the most surprising games that EA has announced in the past half-decade. The Popcap-developed console shooter takes the whimsy from the Plants vs. Zombies mobile games and shoves it into what appears to be the best shooter EA has published in years.

    When the game’e release date was announced (February 18, a timed exclusive for Xbox consoles) Popcap released a long look at the title’s gameplay. That video showed off several classes of both plants and zombies battling it out in a silly-looking, but solid deathmatch arena.

    Today Popcap has provided another long gameplay preview of Garden Warfare. This video previews the “Gardens and Graveyards” mode seen in the game.

    As Popcap producer Brian Lindley states as the video’s narrator, Garden’s and Graveyards plays like a mix of Battlefield‘s Rush and Conquest modes. Zombies must tray and capture plant gardens by raising tombstones while the plants try and fend them off.

    If nothing else, the new video shows that Garden Warfare will bring some color and silliness to the increasingly drab and serious world of console shooters:

  • ‘Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare’ Release Date Announced

    Though console shooters were popularized with games such as GoldenEye 64, modern console shooters have taken a more serious turn. With their more militaristic bent, games such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, Halo, and Gears of War are now the face of console shooters.

    Fatigue in the face of these games’ serious tones could be why, when EA revealed a light-hearted Plants vs. Zombies-branded shooter at E3 not everyone though it was a dumb idea.

    The game, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare looks to be a modern third-person shooter mixed with PopCap’s odd take on the zombie genre. With announced support for 24-player competitive multiplayer, customizable characters (plants and zombies), and plenty of items to use, the game resembles PC shooters such as Team Fortress 2 more than other console shooters.

    Today EA officially announced that Garden Warfare will be coming to Xbox 360 and Xbox One on February 18. Microsoft and EA have carved out a timed exclusive period for the game. Though no PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 release dates have yet been officially announced, EA did at least state that the game will be coming to PC “at a later date.”

    In conjunction with the release date announcement, EA today also released a nine-minute gameplay video for Garden Warfare. The game seems to have a fairly unique play-style that appears at first glance to be barely-controlled madness:

  • ‘Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare’ Detailed, Trailers Revealed

    EA had some of the biggest announcements today at Gamescom. The publisher is heavily supporting the Xbox One with exclusive FIFA 14 content and a pack-in deal. It announced Battlefield 4 Premium, previewed more gameplay from its much-hyped Titanfall, and showed off new features from the upcoming The Sims 4.

    The big titles weren’t all EA focused on, though – it also found time to mention on its smaller IPs. In particular, more details about Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare were revealed.

    The game is a third-person shooter set in the Plants vs. Zombies mobile game universe. It will feature four-player co-op for horde mode and 24-player competitive multiplayer gameplay. Gamers will be able to play as either plants or zombies, both of which are customizable with a variety of items.

    EA also announced that it and Microsoft have come to an arrangement to make Garden Warfare a timed exclusive for the Xbox One. The length of the exclusivity window was not announced, but will begin at the game’s spring 2014 launch.

    Along with the exclusivity, the Xbox One will be getting exclusive features on Microsoft’s new console. Two-player split screen gameplay is one of those features. Another is Kinect and SmartGlass “Boss Mode” gameplay as either “Crazy Dave’s RV” or “Dr. Zomboss’ Blimp.” A preview of the Boss Mode can be seen in the first video below. The second video shows EA and PopCap’s silly new trailer for Garden Warfare.

  • Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Hits iOS In July

    PopCap, developers behind Bejeweled and other casual games, had never really created a game that could appeal to casual players as well as hardcore gamers. That all changed in 2009 with a simple tower defense title that pitted plants against invading hordes of zombies.

    Now four years later, PopCap is back to capitalize on the success of Plants vs. Zombies with the title’s first proper sequel – Plants Vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time. The title could be referring to the fact that it’s been four years since the first game came out, but it’s probably alluding more to how time travel plays a large role in the game’s presentation.

    Plants Vs. Zombies 2 will launch exclusively on iOS devices as a freemium title in July. As you can imagine, the news did not go over super well with the desktop players who made the original game such a big hit in the first place. Most of the comments on YouTube are players deriding EA and PopCap for their decision.

  • One More Day to Get Plants vs. Zombies For Free

    Last month, PopCap Games, the makers of Plants vs. Zombies, teamed up with the American Dental Association to “stop zombie mouth.” The campaign distributed over 1 million Plants vs. Zombies trading cards and educated kids on the importance of dental hygiene. Along with the trading cards, PopCap was giving away copies of Plants vs. Zombies for free with a redeemable coupon code.

    Evidently, giving away one of the most popular tower defense games of the past few years proved a success. Over 250,000 copies of the game were distributed, and PopCap has announced it is extending the deadline to redeem the coupon codes to November 13.

    “The Stop Zombie campaign was a tremendous success using a unique platform to improve the oral health literacy of entire families,” said Dr. Jonathan Shenkin, ADA spokesperson on pediatric dentistry. “The American Dental Association looks forward to future innovative collaborations that enable us to realize the goal of reducing oral health disparities.”

    The goal of the campaign was for adults to print out the coupons and give them out instead of candy on Halloween. As bad as that decision sounds, a PopCap survey shows that 93% of kids would take a free video game over candy on Halloween night. Of course, survey also shows that 89% of kids would still like Halloween if it were less about candy and more about “other types of fun.” Someone should explain to kids that other types of Halloween fun are for grownups, and that they should gorge on free candy play Plants vs. Zombies and brush their teeth while they can.

  • PopCap Gives Away Plants vs. Zombies For Oral Health

    PopCap games and the American Dental Association (ADA) this weekend announced that dentists across the U.S. will be handing out packs of Plants vs. Zombies trading cards featuring characters from the game. Each card pack also includes a coupon redeemable for a free copy of the PC/Mac edition of Plants vs. Zombies.

    The giveaway is part of the “Stop Zombie Mouth” campaign that PopCap and the ADA announced last month. The redeemable coupons found in the card packs are also freely available at the campaign’s website. The purpose of the campaign, which lasts through Halloween, is to spread awareness of oral health at a time of year when candy is sold in bulk. The website states that PopCap and the ADA are “redefining what a Halloween ‘treat’ can be…by giving FUN instead of candy.”

    “Changing eating habits among children is one of the most important yet difficult challenges that parents face today,” said Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest and a supporter of the campaign. “The ADA and PopCap Games have come up with a fun, clever, and compelling approach that should appeal to young trick-or-treaters this Halloween. This campaign will help children recognize the relationship between healthy eating and healthy teeth, and provide one of the coolest alternatives to sugary snacks yet.”

    The limited edition trading card packs to be handed out by dentists will have 5 cards each. The cards will feature 45 different zombie types, including 5 new characters that represent mouth germs. A campaign music video, seen below, was also released featuring the lyrical stylings of those mouth germs. The video is about two minutes long, and can be used as a timer when brushing teeth, according to PopCap and the ADA.

  • Plants vs. Zombies HD For iPad Releases Major Update

    PopCap Games has just released a massive update to Plants vs. Zombies HD for iPad. Headlining the update is Zen Garden. In the zen garden you water and fertilize and spray your plants for bugs and as they grow, you get rewarded with tons of coins!

    You’ll also discover two new nine-level game modes: Vasebreaker Endless and I, Zombie Endless. Try to survive all nine levels as you battle zombies hiding in vases, or change sides for a while and help zombies get past the plants. Four new mini-game challenges round out the gameplay updates with Slot Machine, Zombiquarium, Portal Combat, and Beghouled Twist.

    In addition, 28 new achievements offer even more ways to prove your zombie-zapping prowess. Five unique Game Center leaderboards let you see where you rank. And new Coin Packs let you buy coins quickly and easily to get great new artillery and more. And finally, the zombies are multi-lingual. PopCap has added language support for French, Italian, German, and Spanish — now more players can enjoy all the action in their native language! Brains!