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Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville announced for PS4, Xbox One, and PC

Mista

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Publisher Electronic Arts and developer PopCap Games have announced Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The digital-only early access “Founder’s Edition” of the game is available now for $29.99, with a full launch planned at retail on October 18.

Here is an overview of the game and Founder’s Edition, via Electronic Arts:
About

Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a new game that welcomes players to Neighborville, a suburban region where the clash between flora and undead is always flourishing. PopCap is launching the next title in the beloved Plants vs. Zombies franchise with a whole new way to play ahead of launch.

Featuring over-the-top action that fans of previous Plants vs. Zombies shooter titles have come to know and love, players can jump down into Giddy Park for light multiplayer battles or use the social board to interact with other players and group up. Players will unravel the threats of three free-roam regions, including the familiar central location of Neighborville Town Center, as well as adventuring through the outer edges of Neighborville in the hot and dusty Mount Steep, and the lush and strange Weirding Woods regions.

At the core of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is the game’s emphasis on thrilling multiplayer gameplay. Players can battle it out with 20 fully customizable character classes, including returning favorites like Peashooter and Chomper, along with some fresh new faces such as Night Cap, a master of the shadows, and the funky disco queen Electric Slide. The character roster also includes a Team Play class for each faction, Oak and Acorn, and Space Cadet. Additionally, players can join forces and kick some grass in split screen couch co-op* and online co-op across every mode, whether it is battling through flourishing free-roam regions or jumping into battle in six different multiplayer modes. The fun doesn’t stop there as players can then partake in Festivals after the game’s October launch to unlock new seasonal rewards.

Maps

  • Neighborville Town Center – From Dave Manor, the plants’ HQ, in Sundrop Hills to Zomboss HQ in Pressure Pier, Neighborville Town Center is where your journey begins.
  • Mount Steep – Mount Steep is a great place for Neighborvillians to learn about history, mining, and dust. But the real draw is the Cheese Factory.
  • Weirding Woods – The Z-Tech Factory close to Camp Near-a-Lake is surrounded by Dreadwood’s angry trees and angrier roots, trapping zombies inside.
  • Colossal Fossil – Some of the world’s largest dinosaurs were discovered in these mines. The Enormosaurus. The Tremenduceratops. Even the B-Rex.
  • Daisy Drive – Watching Sunflower battle an Imp from a house that’s been raised off the ground by Z-Tech thingamabobs? Just a typical day in Neighborville.
  • Goopy Gully – Dr. Zomboss wants to plant a flag in Rocky Flats and is starting by drilling a huge hole in the middle of it. The plants must stop him!
  • Loggy Acres – The Z-Tech Factory is under fluffy siege thanks to the plants’ Mallowmortar. Send in s’more reinforcements!
  • Peachy District – Zombies are spreading Signal Boosters to hack the TV station and launch the Brainzcasting Network: “TV So Good, You Don’t Need Brainz.”
  • Ruiny Ruins – What did the gnomes use this ancient temple for? A place to store hundreds of carved stones they accidentally ordered online? Who knows!
  • Z-Tech Factory – Where does a zombie get all those wonderful traffic cones, buckets, screen doors, and tackle dummies? Why, the Z-Tech Factory of course!
  • Turning Point – Ever wonder why lighthouses look like rockets that can launch brain-finding satellites into space? Us neither.
Key Features

  • Online Multiplayer: Play With Your Favorite People – Ready the Juice Cannons and prepare for battle in six online multiplayer modes, including intense 4v4 Battle Arena in the Funderdome. Plus, you can join forces with your favorite people and experience split-screen couch co-op* in every mode.
  • Explore Neighborville: Free-Roam Regions and More – The battle is blooming with Ops mode and three free-roam regions. Squad up with up to three friends in the Giddy Park social region and take back Weirding Woods, Mount Steep, and Neighborville Town Center.
  • Masterful Mingling: Get Going in Giddy Park – Jump into Giddy Park from Dave Manor or Zomboss HQ and squad up or battle it out with friends in this social region. Head to the shooting gallery, ride the Ferris wheel, tickle the keys on the giant piano, or dive straight into combat.
Characters

Read about the characters here.

Founder’s Edition

Starting today, you can become a Founding Neighbor in the latest conflict between brain-less and botanicals–and be the first to build roots in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville! With this early edition, you’ll play through six weeks of weekly content releases ahead of launch and receive Founding Neighbor benefits, like getting the game at a special Founder’s price of $29.99**, as we progress towards launch on October 18.

Why are we inviting you to this early edition? Because our players are our most important critics and our biggest cheerleaders. You get us! You embrace our wacky weirdness and you love our games as much as we do. Because of that, we’re committed to providing you and the Plants vs. Zombies community with the highest quality experience we can.

Keep in mind, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville’s modes and features are already final. By giving our biggest fans a chance to come in now, we’ll be polishing performance as you play to ensure our scaled experience is running at peak levels for launch and beyond, making the Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville experience the best it can be. Thanks, neighbor!

Here’s what you’ll get with the Founder’s Edition:

  • Exclusive Founder’s rewards for the first four weeks when you log in each week*
  • A special Founder’s price of $29.99**
  • A dedicated Discord channel where Founding Neighbors can share thoughts with our development team
  • Updates on new weekly gameplay experiences through News from Neighborville posts and our weekly Plants vs. Zombies developer livestream Live from Neighborville
  • The progress you make in the Founder’s Edition will roll over at launch
Here’s how you can get involved:

  • Get the digital-only Founder’s Edition – only available for purchase until September 30, 2019
  • Play through six weeks of content as new parts of the game go live, including new multiplayer modes, free-roam regions, and more from September 4 – October 17.
  • On October 18, enjoy all the same content as the $39.99** Standard Edition product at no additional cos.
Read more here.
Gematsu
 
Trailer makes no mention of loot boxes, currency or unlockables which makes me a bit nervous given this is an EA title, so what's the catch? is it going to be F2P when it fully launches?
 

dorkimoe

Member
Trailer makes no mention of loot boxes, currency or unlockables which makes me a bit nervous given this is an EA title, so what's the catch? is it going to be F2P when it fully launches?
No it’s 39 when it launches. I’ll see when I login tonight how much stuff there is to buy
 

Vinlaen

Member
Does anybody know if progress is transferred between PC and console?

Also, does the PC version have local split-screen support?
 

Vinlaen

Member
Also, is this game X-Box One X or PS4 Pro enhanced? I'm not seeing the X-Box One X enhanced logo on the X-Box website...
 

Krixeus

Member
So is the Founders edition just for the 4 week early access, and then I gotta pay for the full edition when it comes out? Part of me hopes that’s not the case, but this is EA we’re talking about so I wouldn’t be surprised...
 
By giving our biggest fans a chance to come in now, we’ll be polishing performance as you play to ensure our scaled experience is running at peak levels for launch and beyond, making the Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville experience the best it can be. Thanks, neighbor!
Literally a paid beta.

Pass.
 
Literally a paid beta.

Pass.

Except the full game costs $10 more ($39.99 US) so you're getting a discount on the final game by playing early rather than simply paying for a beta.

I'm tempted to get a copy of this for my daughter and myself, we (especially she) loved the original and 2 but this is the first time we each have our own xbox so we could play together. Hmmmm....
 
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DonF

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Here’s how you can get involved:

  • Get the digital-only Founder’s Edition – only available for purchase until September 30, 2019
  • Play through six weeks of content as new parts of the game go live, including new multiplayer modes, free-roam regions, and more from September 4 – October 17.
  • On October 18, enjoy all the same content as the $39.99** Standard Edition product at no additional cost.
Interesting model! I'm actually thinking about getting it!

They are actually discounting the game if you beta test it! Thanks, EA!

I played the alpha and its more PVZ GW, I really liked it. I loved both 1 and 2, but 1 is my favorite.
 
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MiguelItUp

Member
So is the Founders edition just for the 4 week early access, and then I gotta pay for the full edition when it comes out? Part of me hopes that’s not the case, but this is EA we’re talking about so I wouldn’t be surprised...

This IS the full version, just a different form of early access. When the game is officially released all of your progress carries over. So what you're getting now is the game earlier, at a lower price, with more content each week until release (probably after as well).

If you don't want to play an early version of the game, it's probably not for you. I get that, I'm usually not the biggest fan of early access. However, if you were a big fan of GW1 & 2 (and I was), it's probably a no brainer, especially at the cheaper price point.

The one thing involving paying more I DID hear was that if you wanted to get the Collector's when it's released you'd just have to pay $10. But that's it.

I haven't heard anything about lootboxes or currency like they had in GW2, so hopefully that doesn't return. But who knows, I wouldn't be surprised if EA slides that in. But whatever, GW2 was still fun, I just never put money into it as I didn't want to encourage it, lol.
 

Kagey K

Banned
Anyone play this yet? I really liked the 1st game but the second turned me off quickly with dailies and the broken rose.

Really considering picking this up today even though I have so much other shit to play.
 
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It's official, I am going to be getting 2 copies of this for Xbox so I can play with my daughter. I'm hoping to be able to buy codes today and have it installed later tonight to give it a shot. If anybody on Xbox is looking for people to play this with hit me up!
 

Zaffo

Member
How is this looking for microtransactions, progression, p2w and all the usual things you should worry about while looking at a EA game?
 

DonF

Member
How is this looking for microtransactions, progression, p2w and all the usual things you should worry about while looking at a EA game?
Mostly cosmetics. Past pvz games have stickers pack you get with in-game money, that slowly unlock new classes and cosmetics. You can buy the in-game currency to get more packs or play normally and get in like 4 matches enough currency for one new class.
I say that it's not that bad. Of course you get a random class, which is kinda frustrating if you get one for a class you don't play, but it's acceptable for the not so slow progression .
 

nkarafo

Member
Damn. As far as cartoony 3D games go, this is the best looking. The lighting and shadows look perfect. Almost like a CGI movie and not a 1995 one either.
 
Just imagine Turtles game with this style

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