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 was said to come out June 30, 2014.

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

Playable Plants
In Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, there are 4 playable character classes on both Plant, and Zombie side. All four have different abilities with different perks to using them.
 * Cactus
 * Chomper
 * Peashooter*
 * Sunflower

Ability Plants

 * Chili Bean
 * Garlic Drone
 * Heal Flower (formerly Marigold)**
 * Pea Gatling (formerly Gatling Pea)**
 * Potato Mine
 * Spikeweed
 * Tall-nut
 * Wall-nut

Variant Plants
Each Playable Character class has 5 variants that give the base class a perk. The variants also differ slightly in appearance. Unlocking the variants is done through purchasing sticker packs from the sticker shop. Lower cost packs will result in single pieces being obtained randomly while the most expensive sticker pack will unlock a random new variant.

Peashooter

 * Fire Pea
 * Ice Pea
 * Toxic Pea
 * Commando Pea
 * Agent Pea

Sunflower

 * Mystic Flower
 * Power Flower
 * Fire Flower
 * Shadow Flower
 * Metal Petal

Chomper

 * Hot Rod Chomper
 * Toxic Chomper
 * Fire Chomper
 * Power Chomper
 * Count Chompula

Cactus

 * Camo Cactus
 * Fire Cactus
 * Ice Cactus
 * Power Cactus
 * Future Cactus

Spawnable Plants
There are 10 spawnable plants that can be used in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. They can only be planted in empty pots. The Spawnable plants are used as assistance to fight off the Zombie Hordes. Each are considered consumeables that once planted can not be picked back up. Only useable in Gardens & Graveyards and Garden Ops. Spawnable plants can only be obtained by purchasing sticker packs with in-game coins.
 * Pea Cannon
 * Repeater
 * Gatling Pea
 * Bonk Choy
 * Scaredy-Shroom
 * Heal Flower
 * Fume-Shroom
 * Goop-Shroom
 * Snap Dragon
 * Ice-Shroom

Other Plants

 * Squash
 * Twin Heal Flower
 * Tactical Cuke
 * Coconut Cannon
 * Giant Wall-nut
 * Cob Cannon
 * Cherry Bomb

Note: a * indicates that this plant is playable and plantable, while a ** indicates that this plant is plantable and an ability.

Playable Zombies
In Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, there are 4 playable character classes on both Plant, and Zombie side. All four have different abilities with different perks to using them.
 * All-Star Zombie*
 * Engineer Zombie*
 * Foot Zoldier Zombie*
 * Scientist Zombie*

Variant Zombies
Each Playable Character class has 5 variants that give the base class a perk. The variants also differ slightly in appearance. Unlocking the variants is done through purchasing sticker packs from the sticker shop. Lower cost packs will result in single pieces being obtained randomly while the most expensive sticker pack will unlock a random new variant.

Foot Soldier

 * Camo Ranger
 * Super Commando
 * General Supremo
 * Tank Commander
 * Arctic Trooper

Engineer

 * Welder
 * Painter
 * Mechanic
 * Electrician
 * Plumber

Scientist

 * Chemist
 * Physicist
 * Dr. Toxic
 * Astronaut
 * Marine Biologist

All-Star

 * Baseball Star
 * Rugby Star
 * Hockey Star
 * Cricket Star
 * Goalie Star

Ability Zombies

 * Imp
 * Exploding Imp
 * Zombot Drone

Spawnable Zombies
There are 10 spawnable Zombies that can be used in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. To summon look for grave dirt piles. The Spawnable zombies are used as assistance to fight against the Plants in Gardens & Graveyards. Each are considered consumeables that once used can not be picked back up. Spawnable Zombies can only be obtained by purchasing sticker packs with in-game coins. ^ - Indicates that these zombies need their own separate pages from the original Plants Vs. Zombies games.
 * Browncoat Zombie
 * Conehead Zombie^
 * Buckethead Zombie^
 * Flag Zombie^
 * Newspaper Zombie^
 * Screen Door Zombie^
 * Coffin Zombie
 * Outhouse Zombie
 * Exploding Imp

AI Zombies
Zombies that are non-playable. These zombies appear in Garden Ops mode.
 * Backup Dancer
 * Buckethead Zombie
 * Conehead Zombie
 * Dancing Zombie** (called Disco Zombie in game)
 * Giga Football Zombie
 * Gargantuar**
 * Imp
 * Yeti Zombie**
 * Zombie (Called Browncoat Zombie in game)
 * Screen Door Zombie
 * Giga-gargantuar**
 * Flag Zombie
 * Newspaper Zombie
 * Coffin Zombie
 * Outhouse Zombie
 * Zombomb

Note: a * indicates that this zombie is playable, while a ** indicates that this zombie is a boss in Garden Ops Mode.

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 down the street killing both plants and zombies.
 * Main Street
 * 1) Last Stand: The zombies must go to the Tactical Cuke and plant and arm 4 bombs, while dodging corn cobs being 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
 * Suburban Flats
 * Sharkbite Shores
 * Zomboss Estate
 * Driftwood Shores

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