Plants vs. Zombies is a video game franchise developed by PopCap Games, a subsidiary of Electronic Arts (EA). The first game, Plants vs. Zombies, was developed and released by PopCap before its acquisition by EA. After PopCap Games's acquisition, EA expanded the game into a franchise with games on many different platforms. A spin-off called Plants vs. Zombies Adventures was announced in March 2013[20] and was released on May 20, 2013, on Facebook. The game added new locations and new plants. It also had a gameplay feature in which the player had a limited amount of plants and had to grow more plants at an in-game farm.[21] In July 2014, it was announced that Plants vs. Zombies Adventures would close down on October 12, 2014.[22] Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare was announced at E3 2013 as a multiplayer third-person shooter game developed for PC and consoles.[23][24] Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare was released on February 25, 2014, in North America and on February 27, 2014, in Europe.[25] A sequel, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, was teased in June 2015 and officially announced at E3 2015.[26][27] The game was released on February 23, 2016.[28] On March 10, 2016, PopCap announced Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, a digital collectible card game in the style of tower defense. It was soft released to certain countries on the same day,[29] and was fully released internationally on October 18, 2016.[30] In August 2019, a closed beta of a follow-up to Plant vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 codenamed "Picnic" was made available to select players through invites.[31] And on September 4, 2019, EA announced the sequel's title; Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. It was released in an early access state that same date. The game was fully released on October 18, 2019.
Genre(s) Tower defense game (Mainline games) Third-person shooter (Garden Warfare games) Digital collectible card game (Plants vs. Zombies Heroes) Developer(s) PopCap Games Publisher(s) Electronic Arts Creator(s) George Fan Platform(s) Microsoft Windows OS X iOS Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 Nintendo DS DSiWare Android Windows Phone PlayStation Vita BlackBerry Tablet OS BlackBerry 10 Xbox One PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch First release Plants vs. Zombies May 5, 2009 Latest release Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville October 18, 2019
