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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

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80 18 February 2014

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is an arcade developed by PopCap Games, released 18 February 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is an arcade game developed by PopCap Games and released in 2014. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is a 2014 multiplayer third-person shooter and tower defense video game developed by PopCap Vancouver and published by Electronic Arts. The third game in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise but the first for consoles, the basic premise revolves around plants defending humankind from a zombie invasion. In the game, players assume control of either the Plants or the Zombies, as they fight in various cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes. Upon completing matches and finishing objectives, players earn coins to acquire stickers that unlock customization items and character variants.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 26 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Plants vs. Zombies series

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare is the tenth of 21 entries we hold in the Plants vs. Zombies series. The next entry was Use Your Brainz Edu in 2015. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 at 85.

See all 21 Plants vs. Zombies games in release order →

How it was received

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Players rate it 74, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare launched on 18 February 2014, within three weeks of South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone and The Last of Us: Left Behind. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Hearthstone, The Last of Us: Left Behind.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare — frequently asked questions

When did Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare come out?
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare was released on 18 February 2014 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
Does Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare have multiplayer?
Yes. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare supports multiplayer for up to 26 players online.

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