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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2
The sequel to the third-person shooter spin-off, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
Coming March 31, 2016
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is 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 by March 31, 2016 (Spring 2016 according to the Facebook and Twitter pages about the game) for PC and current generation consoles.[1]
On a GamesRadar article,[2] EA has confirmed that players who unlocked playable characters in the first game will have their characters in the sequel already unlocked. 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. 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.
June 15, 2015: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is being announced to be coming next year's spring. (Q1)
June 15, 2015: A new trailer for the game is being released
June 15, 2015: A new video containing new upcoming features to the game such as Graveyard Ops and three new classes has been released.
July 8, 2015: A second trailer for the game has been released announcing new "Seeds of Time" map and Split Screen gameplay.
August 3, 2015: Popcap announces reveal more of the gameplay of the Rose, Citron, and Kernel Corn on next week.
August 5, 2015: New trailer from the game's reveal at Gamescom 2015 is produced introducing abilities of Rose, Citron and Kernel Corn, new map "Moon Base Z", and new "Backyard Battleground" quest feature.
August 8, 2015: In an interview with IGN, producer of the game reveals more gameplay from the mode Herbal Assault showing plant gameplay of the 3 new plant classes in the map Moon Base Z
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.
Note: While new variations of existing abilities have not been officially confirmed, gameplay from the Garden Warfare 2 booth at E3 2015 does reveal that the Scientist will be receiving a new heal beam similar to the Sunflower.
A Scientist heal beam
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