Plants vs. Zombies
| Plants vs. Zombies | |
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The cover of the PC version of Plants vs. Zombies with an ordinary zombie.
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| Developer(s) | PopCap Games |
| Publisher(s) | PopCap Games |
| Distributor(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Designer(s) | George Fan |
| Composer(s) | Laura Shigihara |
| Series | Plants vs. Zombies |
| Engine | PopCap Games Framework |
| Platform(s) | Google Chrome Microsoft Windows OS X iOS Xbox Live Arcade PlayStation Network Nintendo DS DSiWare Bada Android Windows Phone PlayStation Vita BlackBerry Tablet OS BlackBerry 10 |
| Release date(s) |
May 5, 2009
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| Genre(s) | Tower defense |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 88.6% |
| Metacritic | 88 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A− |
| Destructoid | 10/10 |
| Edge | 9/10 |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 8.5/10 |
| IGN | 9.0/10 |
| PC Gamer (UK) | 90% |
| Wired | 9/10 |
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Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense video game developed and originally published by PopCap Games for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game involves a homeowner using a variety of different plants to prevent an army of zombies from entering their house and "eating their brains". It was first released on May 5, 2009, and made available on Steam on the same day. A version for iOS was released in February 2010, and an HD version for the iPad. An extended Xbox Live Arcade version introducing new gameplay modes and features was released on September 8, 2010. PopCap released a Nintendo DS version on January 18, 2011 with content unique to the platform. The PlayStation 3 version was released in February 2011 also with added new co-op and versus modes found in the Xbox 360 version. An Android version of the game was released on May 31, 2011 on the Amazon Appstore, while it was also released to the Android Market (now Google Play) on December 14, 2011. On February 16, 2012, a version was released for BlackBerry PlayBook. Later, a BlackBerry smartphone version of the game was released on January 2013 following the launch of BlackBerry 10. Furthermore, both the original Windows and Mac version of the game have been re-released with additional content in a Game of the Year version. In January, 2015, a free ad-supported version of the game was released for iOS.
The game received a positive response from critics, and was nominated for multiple Interactive Achievement Awards, alongside receiving praise for its musical score. A sequel, Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time, was released on August 15, 2013 for iOS.
In Plants vs. Zombies, players place different types of plants and fungi, each with their own unique offensive or defensive capabilities, around a house, in order to stop a horde of zombies from reaching the house of the residents. The playing field is divided into 5 to 6 horizontal lanes, and with rare exceptions, a zombie will only move towards the player's house along one lane (the main exception is if it has taken a bite out of a garlic). Planting costs "sun", which can be gathered for free (albeit slowly) during daytime levels and by planting certain plants or fungi. Most plants can only attack or defend against zombies in the lane they are planted in. In later levels, players can purchase upgrades with different offensive and defensive abilities.
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