PopCap Games Announces Plants Vs Zombies for iPhone. Hits February 15th.
Popcap Games is known all over the world for a wide array of flash-based games. From the incredibly successful colorful match-em' Bejeweled, to the marble-smashing Zuma, Rocket Mania and Bookworm. Their portfolio of games is, all in all, quite impressive. Today though, Popcap Games announced via their Twitter stream that their well-loved plant-munching, zombie-infested tower defense title Plants Vs Zombies, which is available for both PC and Mac, is coming to iPhone February 15th.
The game involves using a variety of plants including potato mines, peashooters, cattails and hypno-shrooms (to name just a few), to repel an army of zombies led by "Doctor Zomboss", a giant machine with zombie commanding it. The homeowner, along with a neighbor (called Crazy Dave), must defend the homeowner's house during day or night, in the front yard, the backyard, and even on the roof!
"Several plants are nocturnal, like mushrooms, having a lower sunlight cost and are ideal for nighttime levels, but will remain asleep during daytime levels unless startled by a coffee bean. In the "back yard" levels that includes a swimming pool, seeds must be planted atop lily pads on water spaces, while on the roof levels, all seeds must be planted in clay pots. The various plant abilities range from firing projectiles at zombies, turning zombies against each other, quickly exploding and wiping out an area of zombies, and slowing down zombies through a high defensive value. Certain plants are highly effective against specific types of zombies, such as a magnet-shroom that can remove a bucket or another obstacle being used for defense from a zombie's head."
Alongside the announcement, the company also released the game trailer below, showing for the first time actual gameplay footage of the iPhone version, and I have to say, being an avid fan of the Mac version, this is one iPhone game I'm looking forward to. We'll be sure to snag a copy on launch and give you our full opinions soon!