Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

 is a third person shooter game recently released by PopCap Games.

It was first heard on EA's E3 press-conference 2013 on June 10th. The trailer and gameplay were shown. The game was released on the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One on February 25 in North America and February 28 in Europe. A PC release will come at an unknown later date.

About
Dig into the trenches with an explosive new action experience. Enter a massive, mine-blowing PvZ world where plants and zombies are battle-ready troops in epic new challenges. Join forces with friends in Co-op mode, or choose your side in “Gardens and Graveyards” Multiplayer. Get ready for the next generation of PvZ action and sow the seeds of victory!

Features

 * Powerful character classes for both plants and zombies
 * Choose your side, plants or zombies, in 24-player online battles
 * Join forces with friends in online 4-player cooperative mode
 * Personalize your favorite plants and zombies with hundreds of unique items and customizations
 * Over 10 unique multiplayer and cooperative battlegrounds

Returning plants

 * Bonk Choy
 * Cactus*
 * Chili Bean
 * Chomper*
 * Fume-shroom
 * Power Flower*


 * Gatling Pea (called Pea Gatling in game)
 * Ice-shroom
 * Marigold (called Heal Flower in game)
 * Peashooter*
 * Potato Mine
 * Repeater
 * Scaredy-shroom


 * Snapdragon
 * Sunflower*
 * Snow Pea* (called Ice Pea in game)
 * Spikeweed
 * Squash
 * Tall-nut
 * Wall-nut


 * Cherry Bomb
 * Flaming Pea* (called Fire Pea in game)
 * Coconut Cannon
 * Cob Cannon

New plants

 * Garlic Drone
 * Hot Rod Chomper*
 * Ice Cactus*
 * Toxic Peashooter*
 * Full-auto Peashooter*
 * Future Cactus*
 * Mystic Sunflower*
 * Goop-shroom
 * Fire Cactus*
 * Power Chomper*
 * Electric Cactus*
 * Magma Chomper*
 * Shadow Flower*
 * Fire Flower*
 * Robot Flower*
 * Twin Heal Flower
 * Tactical Cuke
 * Mega Flower
 * Fire Chomper*

Note: an * indicates a playable plant.

Returning zombies

 * Backup Dancer
 * Buckethead Zombie
 * Conehead Zombie
 * Dancing Zombie (called Disco Zombie in game)
 * Giga Football Zombie


 * Dr. Zomboss
 * Gargantuar
 * Imp
 * Yeti Zombie
 * Zombie (Called Browncoat Zombie in game)
 * Screen Door Zombie


 * Giga-gargantuar
 * Flag Zombie
 * Newspaper Zombie

New zombies
An * indicates a playable Zombie
 * All-Star Zombie*
 * Engineer Zombie*
 * Foot Zoldier Zombie*
 * Scientist Zombie*
 * Bomber Imp
 * Coffin Zombie
 * Outhouse Zombie
 * Exploding Imp
 * Zombombs
 * Super Commando* (Foot Soldier Variant)
 * Marine Biologist* (Scientist Variant)
 * Camo Ranger* (Foot Zoldier Variant)
 * Cosmonaut* (Scientist Variant)
 * Arctic Trooper* (Foot Soldier Variant)
 * Hockey Star* (All-Star variant)
 * Mechanic* (Engineer variant)
 * Welder* (Engineer Variant)
 * Plumber* (Engineer Variant)
 * Physicist* (Scientist Variant)
 * Zombot Drone

Garden Ops

 * Garden Center
 * Suburban Flats
 * Sharkbite Shores
 * Zomboss Estate

Welcome Mat

 * Suburban Flats

Gardens & Graveyards

 * Wall-Nut Hills Night
 * 1) Last Stand: Get 5 zombies into the mansion, while Coconut Cannons are shooting giant Wall-nuts at you
 * Main Street
 * 1) Last Stand: The zombies must go to the Tactical Cuke and plant and arm 4 bombs, while dodging corn begin shot by the Cob Cannons
 * Driftwood Shores
 * 1) Last Stand: The zombies must enter a cannon and launch themselves to the Mega Sunflower Lighthouse, trying to destroy it while trying to dodge fire from the plant's anti-missile turrets

Team Vanquish

 * Port Scallywag

Reception
 has recieved mixed reviews from critic websites. Some reviews praise it in its lighthearted, team-based, and comical aspects, but others criticize its lack of diversity and content. Many reviews also praised for its strong balance between the varied classes, enough so that none feel over-powered or weak. However, the greatest common problem among reviewers is its lack of diversity from other shooters available at the time of release.

Trivia

 * The title "Garden Warfare" parodies Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
 * The title of this game was originally going to be the title of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time.
 * According to the trailer, Sunflower now has offensive capabilities and the mushrooms are no longer nocturnal.
 * Even if the All-star Zombies and the Engineer Zombies are considered as new zombies, they might be Football Zombies and Digger Zombies that picked weapons.
 * Coincidentally, the four main plant classes are on the loading screen of the original Plants vs. Zombies.
 * The Giga-gargantuar is now dressed in black and wears sunglasses. This also aplies to it's Imp.
 * It's still possible to view the Giga-gargantuar's red eyes from the side however.

Media
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare Xbox 360 Gameplay