Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Unreleased

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (stylized as Plants vs. Zombies GW2) is an upcoming third-person shooter video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is the fourth game in the Plants vs. Zombies series and the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. The game was announced on the Xbox E3 briefing on June 15, 2015. Only a trailer was shown, but gameplay footage was later presented on EA Games' E3 press conference. According to the online game stores, the game is scheduled to be released on February 23, 2016 (North American version) and February 25, 2016 (European version) for PC and current generation consoles.

On a GamesRadar article, EA has confirmed that players who unlocked playable characters in the first game will have their characters in the sequel already unlocked. However, the promotional characters (Berry Shooter, Citrus Cactus, Chester Chomper and Dr. Chester) are confirmed not to return to the sequel. In the same article, a single-player mode was confirmed, along with 6 new classes including Citron and Super Brainz, over 100 playable characters and 12 new maps. Also a new ranking system has been introduced, however this means that every player will start from rank 1 when they begin the game for the first time. Most, possibly even all customization items from the first Garden Warfare are not returning to Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 (This does not apply to gestures, as they will return). Some of this information was later added to the official website. If players pre-order the game they receive a free in game item which is also a spoof of Mass Effect, the Z7 Mech.

Setting
Long after the events of Garden Warfare during the long, crazy war between Plants and Zombies, the Zombies have finally conquered Suburbia and renamed it Zomburbia. Now, for the first time in the series, the Plants are on the attack, and it's the Zombies' turn to defend their homeland. Six all-new heroes join the battle with brand new abilities, from the past, present and future.

Game history

 * June 15, 2015: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is announced and is set to release in Spring 2016. A new trailer for the game is released, along with a gameplay video of new zombie classes and Graveyard Ops.
 * July 8, 2015: A second trailer for the game has been released announcing the new "Seeds of Time" map and split-screen gameplay.
 * August 5, 2015: A new gameplay video showing off plant classes and Moon Base Z is revealed. The game is demoed on Gamescom.
 * August 8, 2015: In an interview with IGN, producer Kyle Duncan reveals more gameplay from the mode Herbal Assault showing plant gameplay of the three new plant classes on Moon Base Z.
 * September 17, 2015: A dev diary has been released, going into detail about the new characters and strategies for each of them.
 * October 29, 2015 - Present: Short trailers showing some of the new variants for returning characters have been shown on Facebook and Twitter. The only variants seen so far (in order) is the Park Ranger, Yeti Chomper, Stuffy Sunflower, Zen Cactus, Roadie Z Engineer, Tennis Star, Rock Pea, Captain Flameface, Zoologist, Vampire Flower, Computer Scientist, AC Perry, Petrified Cactus, Druid Rose and Electro Brainz.
 * November 5, 2015: A teaser showing gameplay for the Z7 Mech alongside a release date of February 23, 2016.
 * December 9, 2015: Another new teaser showcasing the new Solo Mode, Solo Ops, new character variants (Vampire Flower, Druid Rose, Electro Citron and Pops Corn), and Crazy Settings is released.
 * December 16, 2015: A gameplay reveal of the Backyard Battleground was released, showcasing the new hub and most of its features, gone over by senior creative director Jeremy Vanhoozer.
 * January 7, 2016: A trailer advertising the open beta for the game is released, revealing it will be available from the 14th to the 18th of January.

New plants

 * Citron (character class)
 * Iron Citron
 * Electro Citron
 * Unnamed ice-themed Citron variant
 * Rose (character class)
 * Druid Rose
 * Unnamed fire Rose variant
 * Unnamed ice princess Rose variant
 * Kernel Corn (character class)
 * Pops Corn
 * BBQ Corn
 * Mob Cob
 * Weeds, the plant equivalent to the AI zombies in Garden Ops (the standard ones are the plant equivalent of Browncoat Zombies)
 * Pumpkin Weed (possibly the plant variant of the Conehead Zombie)
 * Terracotta Weed (possibly the plant variant of the Buckethead Zombie)
 * Vase Weed (possibly the plant variant of the Coffin Zombie)
 * Porcelain Vase Weed (possibly the plant variant of the Outhouse Zombie)
 * Leaf Shield Weed (possibly the plant variant of the Newspaper Zombie)
 * Wood Shield Weed (possibly the plant variant of the Screen Door Zombie)
 * Trunk Weed (possibly the variant of the Coffin Zombie)
 * Heal Weed (possibly the plant variant of the Heal Zombie)
 * Flag Weed (possibly the plant variant of the Flag Zombie)
 * Dandelion (possibly the plant variant of the Exploding Imp)
 * New spawnable potted plants:
 * Lightning Reed (potted plant which deals electric damage)
 * New Peashooter variants:
 * Rock Pea
 * Unnamed purple Peashooter variant (possibly a redesign of the Plasma Pea)
 * Unnamed electric-themed Peashooter variant
 * New Sunflower variants:
 * Stuffy Sunflower
 * Vampire Sunflower
 * Unnamed Phoenix Flower variant
 * New Chomper variants:
 * Unnamed disco-themed Chomper variant
 * Yeti Chomper
 * New Cactus variants:
 * Zen Cactus
 * Petrified Cactus
 * New bosses:
 * Giga Torchwood as a Graveyard Ops boss
 * Unnamed Laser Bean-like boss (possibly named 'Super Bean')
 * Unnamed gigantic Sunflower (debateable)
 * EMPeach (Citron ability)

Returning plants

 * All Peashooter variants except Berry Shooter
 * All Sunflower variants
 * All Chomper variants except Chester Chomper
 * All Cactus variants except Citrus Cactus
 * Garlic Drone
 * Artichoke Drone
 * Heal Flower
 * Spikeweed
 * Chili Bean Bomb
 * Bonk Choy
 * Gatling Pea
 * İce-shroom
 * Goop-shroom
 * Snap Dragon
 * Doom-shroom
 * Scaredy-shroom
 * Pea Cannon
 * Fume-shroom
 * Bamboo Shoot

New zombies

 * Super Brainz (character class)
 * Electro Brainz
 * Unnamed glowing purple Super Brainz variant
 * Captain Deadbeard (character class)
 * Captain Flameface
 * Unnamed fish/marine-themed Captain Deadbeard variant
 * Imp and Z-Mech (character class)
 * Z7 Imp and Z7 Mech
 * Unnamed construction worker-themed Imp variant (Possible Cone Z-Mech)
 * Unnamed shrimp-themed Imp variant (possibly named 'Shrimp Imp')
 * A Gargantuar Prime variant
 * New Foot Soldier variants:
 * Park Ranger
 * Unnamed scuba-themed Foot Soldier variant
 * New Engineer variants:
 * Roadie Z Engineer
 * AC Perry
 * New Scientist variants:
 * Zoologist
 * Computer Scientist
 * New All-Star variants:
 * Tennis Star
 * Unnamed biker-themed All-Star variant
 * Unnamed racer-themed All-Star variant
 * New bosses:
 * Zen Sensei as a Garden Ops boss
 * Gargantuar Prime
 * Unnamed Robo-cone Zombie boss (possibly a new Z-Mech variant)
 * Unnamed Gargantuar boss using the front of a house as a shield
 * New spawnable turrets:
 * Mr. Toasty (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Snap Dragon)
 * Gatling Bot (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Gatling Pea)
 * Super Heal Bot (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Heal Flower)
 * Mr. Freezy (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Ice-shroom)
 * Breaker Bot (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Fume-shroom)
 * Rocket Bot (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Doom-shroom)
 * Boxer Bot (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Bonk Choy)
 * Mr. Electro (bot which deals electric damage)
 * Loudmouth Bot (possibly the bot version of the Goop-shroom)
 * Unnamed Jack-in-a-box Bot
 * Unnamed Toxic bot
 * Hide-n-Shoot Bot (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Scaredy-shroom)
 * Orbital Bot (possibly the zombie equivalent of the Bamboo Shoot)

Returning zombies

 * All Engineer variants
 * All Scientist variants except Dr. Chester
 * All All-Star variants
 * All Foot Soldier variants
 * Browncoat Zombie
 * Conehead Zombie
 * Buckethead Zombie
 * Flag Zombie
 * Newspaper Zombie
 * Screen Door Zombie
 * Coffin Zombie
 * Disco Zombie
 * Gargantuar
 * Giga Gargantuar
 * Outhouse Zombie
 * Baron von Bats
 * Vampire Zombie
 * Yeti Zombie
 * Yeti Imp

Backyard Battleground
''Welcomes to your very own Plants vs. Zombies playground. In your Backyard Battleground you can edit your character’s abilities and customizations, choose quests, jump into co-op or multiplayer action modes, or invite up to 3 friends in to your backyard to start a party and take on AI – defeat a wave, and a more powerful wave will show up. You can also switch teams to challenge your friends! ''

Backyard Battleground is your own frontline base to plan your attack before you enter the battle for Zomburbia. 

New

 * Graveyard Ops
 * Herbal Assault
 * Solo Ops

Returning

 * Garden Ops
 * Team Vanquish
 * Gardens & Graveyards
 * Gnome Bomb
 * Vanquish Confirmed!
 * Suburbination

New abilities
Several gameplay videos have shown new abilities for returning characters:
 * A heal beam for the Scientist (replacing the Zombie Heal Station)
 * A time travel ability for the Scientist (an alternate for the Warp)
 * A stationary turret for the Engineer (replacing the Zombot Drone due to Parrot Pal)

Returning Abilities
Upon gameplay, all abilities from the original Garden Warfare will return to ''Garden Warfare 2. ''Currently, it is unspecified if any of the abilities from the Garden Variety pack (besides the Artichoke Drone) will return as well. With the exception of Chester Chomper and Dr. Chester, the Cheetos abilities will not return to Garden Warfare 2.
 * Chili Bean Bomb
 * Pea Gatling
 * Hyper
 * Goop
 * Burrow
 * Spikeweed
 * Heal Beam
 * Sunbeam
 * Heal Flower
 * Potato Mine
 * Garlic Drone
 * Tallnut Battlement
 * Zombie Stink Cloud
 * Rocket Jump
 * ZPG
 * Jackhammer
 * Sonic Grenade
 * Sticky Explody Ball
 * Warp
 * Imp Punt
 * Sprint Tackle
 * Dummy Shield

Peashooter

 * A carousel hat (hat)
 * A purple hairstyle (hat)
 * Space helmet (hat)
 * Blue hair (hat)
 * Red hair with headband (hat)
 * A Mardi Gras mask (accessory)
 * Googly eyes (accessory)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)
 * A new pair of goggles/glasses (accessory)
 * Extended eyelashes (accessory)
 * Boxing gloves (organic)
 * Large cyan crystals (organic)
 * Bat wings (organic)

Chomper

 * A frying pan with two eggs (hat)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)
 * White lips with herbivore teeth (accessory)

Sunflower

 * Bunny ears (hat)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)
 * Science goggles (accessory)
 * White fuzzy eyebrows (accessory)
 * Donut hands (organics)
 * Beehive hands (organics)
 * Red lips (Tattoo)

Cactus

 * A chimney (hat)
 * A pink cowboy hat (hat)
 * Pink glasses (accessory)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)
 * Neon signs (organic)
 * Meerkats (organic)

Rose

 * An emoji mask (accessory)

Kernel Corn

 * A viking helmet (hat)
 * A golden fish (hat)
 * Police hat (hat)
 * A tin can (hat)
 * A viking beard (accessory)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)
 * A viking cape (organic)
 * Large purple curls (organic)
 * Glowsticks (organic)
 * Rocket neck (organic)

Citron

 * An emoji mask (accessory)

Foot Soldier

 * Orange hair with ponytails (hat)
 * Pacifier (accessory)
 * Skeleton face paint (facial feature)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)

All-Star

 * An emoji mask (accessory)

Scientist

 * Bride of Frankenstein hair (hat)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)
 * Purple face paint (accessory)
 * Purple goggles (accessory)

Engineer

 * An emoji mask (accessory)

Super Brainz

 * A knight helmet (hat)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)
 * An orange beard (facial hair)

Captain Deadbeard

 * A purple pirate hat with red dots (hat)
 * An emoji mask (accessory)

Imp and Z-Mech

 * An emoji mask (accessory)

Trivia

 * The Plants Vs. Zombies Facebook page posted a "Letter from Zomboss" revealing how Zomboss managed to take over Suburbia, by summoning his future self.


 * Dear Citizens of Suburbia and Everywhere-

''Thanks to the limitless reaches of my limitless genius, I am overjoyed to announce that I have taken over Suburbia. You may have noticed from the change in your surroundings, but I realize that as humans your powers of perception are not near to my elevated level. Which is a very elevated level indeed! Your brains, streets, houses, telephone poles, brains, toasters, and game-playing devices are mine. Mine!''

''I can sense before the brain-feasting begins that you would like to know how I took over. Because why wouldn’t you? I am Dr. Zomboss, after all. And this was my most evilly inspired idea yet! I finally decided that only one was brilliant enough to aid me, and once realizing this, I asked myself for help. My future self! The only creature perhaps as smart as I am. Supplied with Z-Tech from future me (who is quite charming and really rather clever), I invented the most horrific, most wonderful, most clever invention of all time! More clever even than the Sun-blot Machine! Than the Awesome Air Stinkifier! Even more than the PopSmarts™ Handy Slicer!''

''I speak of the Z-Mech, which transforms giggly Imps into giggly giant machines of shimmering destruction! Oh, I also created Super Brainz, but he broke every mirror and had to stand in the Time-Out corner. But he is still a brilliant invention! And I, only I, Dr. Edgar G. Zomboss, could have unleashed the Z-Mech and then also put Captain Deadbeard, and all the other zombies, into the fray. You remember them, I know you do! Remember them, and remember it was I who used them to capture Suburbia. It was I! Admit it – you couldn’t have done it. Only I. Wait, what’s that orange roll-y thing that dares to roll on my streets? I must go attend, because no-one rolls on my streets. No one!''

Please desist from any thoughts of attacking me, as they would be futile.

Sincerely-

Dr. Zomboss
 * Said message above foreshadows the events that took place in the comic under the same name.
 * Multiple references of Plants vs Zombies 2 is shown in this game:
 * Gargantuar Prime, Laser Bean, Lighting Reed, Dandelion, EMPeach all use the same appearance as they did in the second game, only 3D re-animated.
 * One of Laser Bean appearances is somehow showing its costumes. However, it seems to appear as a boss.
 * One of Rose's ability, Goatify bearing many traits to Wizard Zombie's ability.
 * This game is based on time travelling just like how it would be to the former.
 * Captain Deadbeard and Parrot Pal is based on Pirate Captain Zombie and its parrot.
 * Kernel Corn's description is mentioning Pirate Seas and Kernel-pult's appearance in that world.
 * Knight Zombie did make a cameo in the beta trailer.
 * Dr. Zomboss use his voice from the second game, but his sprite are from the first game.
 * This would make him, alongside Crazy Dave (who is confirmed in Use Your Brainz EDU trailer) to use their sprite from the first game.
 * Blue flame that came from Giga Torchwood possessing many of Torchwood's Plant Food ability.
 * A unknown Zomboss balloon that appear in the trailer might be Zombot Aerostatic Gondola, but different in shape.