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PopCap has revised its release date for Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare on Xbox One. The game, which lands first on Xbox before migrating to other platforms, had initially been pencilled in for a February 20th release in Europe. That date has now changed to February 27th. The American date …
Read More »PvZ: Garden Warfare strictly multiplayer, will carry mid-tier price
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will be a multiplayer only affair, a fact EA states will allow the publisher to sell it at a lower price online and at retail. Speaking with Shacknews, creative director Justin Wiebe confirmed that the FPS-take on PopCap’s tower defense franchise will be multiplayer only. …
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Read More »Garden Warfare’s playable zombies detailed as EA celebrates Plants vs Zombies 2 success
Players will be able to control zombies in the next-gen action shooter Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. The new classes were detailed during EA’s Gamescom press conference. Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will be available for Xbox One first, before coming to other formats. This SKU will be released in …
Read More »Former Valve, PopCap developers form Temple Gates Games
Former Plants vs Zombies developers Tod Sample and Jeff Gates have split from their current positions at Valve to form new indie studio Temple Gates Games. IGN reports that the pair have split amicably with Valve following a short stint serving as remote employees for the company. "We were working …
Read More »EA: PopCap confirms Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
Despite some early leaks from ad meterial on the E3 showfloor, EA impressed press conference attendees with its Plants vs Zombies spin-off today. Called Garden Warfare, and introduced via a gritty trailer spoofing the likes of Call of Duty and EA’s own Battlefield, the game is a team-based shooter inspired …
Read More »E3 2013: EA unveils Garden Warfare, Peggle 2
Popcap launching third-person action title in Plants vs. Zombies franchise
Read More »PopCap launches Plants vs Zombies Adventures on Facebook
PopCap has officially launched social game Plants vs Zombies: Adventures on Facebook. The game had previously seen a closed beta period of around two months and is now available worldwide on the social network. It features new plants, new power-ups and new, multi-directional zombie types across a dozen road trip …
Read More »A4T signs Plants vs Zombies deal
UK peripherals specialist Accessories4Technology has won the licensing rights to create products based on the Plants vs Zombies series. The PopCap-developed tower defence game has been released across almost every format in the last few years, and has been downloaded over 120m times worldwide. A4T is releasing a range of …
Read More »GDC 13: How to choose a game theme
George Fan of Plants Vs. Zombies has four questions to avert avert disaster
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