Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is coming soon! Get ready to vanquish your opponents with tips direct from PopCap GamesPlants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare team.
Did you feel that? That tremor? The terrible rumble from down under that could only mean one thing… the Chomper is nearby!
But he’s not just any Chomper… meet the Power Chomper! The Chomper is made even more electrifying in his Power costume, complete with porcupine friend*
On Xbox 360, PvZ Garden Warfare offers online co-op mode for up to four players. Choose Garden Ops in the Multiplayer menu, and then create a new game session or join one already in progress. You can play in a random match or start a private session for friends only!
If you have an Xbox One, you have both the online co-op experience of Garden Ops and an exclusive offline co-op mode! Xbox One uses split-screen to allow you and a friend to stand off against waves of zombies and fight for the glory of your garden!
If a zombie sat down to play Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, we can safely assume he'd employ the old button-masher method. But you'd probably like to get to know what the controls actually are! We're happy to help with that. You can probably guess that the left stick is for moving your character in every possible direction through this awesomely three-dimensional world! But there's so much more you can do!
Ready?
Aim: The left trigger zooms in your viewpoint to allow for precision when aiming.
Fire: It's called a trigger finger for a reason! Use your right trigger to fire your weapon.
Reload: When you've vanquished a foe, and your ammo is low, hit X, and you'll be good to go.
Jump: Don't get stuck in a loop, bumping your shins against a decorative garden wall! Just press A!
Rotate/Look: While the left stick is for movement, the right stick allows you to scan your surroundings! Looking around will not only help you sight targets and identify objectives, it will keep you alive.
Interact: This command may sound vague, but it's actually versatile! There are objects you can pick up and use, and this is how you engage with them. Interact also allows you to summon spawnable plants or zombies! Best of all, you can use Interact to revive fallen teammates! Have I sold you yet on the awesomeness of Interact? Would you believe you get all that (and more!) for the low, low price of tapping B on your controller? If it sounds too good to be true, that's probably because Dave is Craaazy.
Abilities: Characters have three special abilities that can be activated by three different buttons. Your left bumper activates Ability #1, the right bumper activates Ability #2, and the Y button activates Ability #3. You can tell which of your abilities are available to you by the status of the glowing icons on your screen. After using each ability, it will take time to recharge.
Gestures: Your d-pad can be configured to assign gestures of your choice to each of the four directions. Gestures are for taunting, goading, egging on, and generally provoking your opponents. You can unlock new gestures in packs!
Pause: This is where it's important to remember that you're in a multiplayer game! Pausing only pauses you, not the world around you. Make sure you're in a secure position before tapping Menu on Xbox One or Start on Xbox 360 (to the right of the central Xbox button) to pause your experience. If you do this while out in the open...you'll unpause only to respawn.
Scoreboard: To check how your team is doing vs. the opposing team, tap View on Xbox One or Back on Xbox 360 (to the left of the central Xbox button).
New in town? Start your visit on the Welcome Mat!
Choose Multiplayer in the Main Menu, then select Welcome Mat for your first game. Welcome Mat is like Garden Warfare basic training! You will play a Team Vanquish session (see below), and any players who are repeatedly vanquished will gain a health bonus upon respawning. Level up in Welcome Mat to unlock more game modes!
Multiplayer Mayhem: Team Vanquish
In Team Vanquish, you choose a side and join a team of Plants or Zombies. Unlike other game modes, you have only one objective: vanquish as many as you can from the opposing team! It's a botanical brawl where you don't go tiptoeing through the tulips unless you're sneaking up on someone.
Multiplayer Method: Gardens and Graveyards
If Team Vanquish is a free-for-all, Gardens and Graveyards is a tactical assault in which teamwork really will win the day! Play as a plant and defend your garden stronghold, or play as a zombie trying to invade and degrade it.
Multiplayer Match-up: Garden Ops
In co-op Garden Ops, up to four teammates defend their garden against ever-increasing zombie attack waves. You can create a public game (or join one already in progress), or you can create a private game to play with your friends!
Multiplayer Moderation: Classic
Level the playing field by choosing Classic Mode! In this variant, all character customizations and upgrades are left behind in the locker room. Without any of your enhancements to rely on, teamwork is your primary tool! Classic mode options exist for Team Vanquish, Gardens and Graveyards, and Garden Ops.
Multiplayer Mischief: Gnome Bomb (download the Garden Variety Pack DLC to add this new mode!)
I don't know about you, but I have never trusted garden gnomes! They look like they're hiding something...and in this case, it's true! In Gnome Bomb mode, you must find the Gnome and use it to destroy the enemy's turf: garden or graveyard. The team to complete the three objectives will win! If the timer runs out before either team gets through all three objectives, victory goes to the team that achieved the greatest destruction along the way!
Xbox One Exclusive Game Modes!
If you've got the latest and greatest innovation in gaming consoles (you can call it the Xbox One for short!), you have access to two exclusive modes in PvZ Garden Warfare!
Split-screen Co-op
If you've got a friend and a second controller for your Xbox One, you're set to enjoy Split-screen Co-op! It's an "endless" version of Garden Ops in which you team up to defend your garden against wave after wave of zombies. We say "endless" because there will be an end...only your skills and teamwork will hold it off, and then only for so long!
Boss Mode
Feeling a little superior today, a trifle arch? Indulge your grandiose side by playing as Dr. Zomboss! Can't overcome your urge to help out and take care of your friends and neighbors? Live up to your avuncular nature as Crazy Dave.
Either way, you will be playing with a top-down, bird's eye view of the madness, assisting your teammates via health drops and air strikes! Don't get too comfortable in your lofty redoubt, though, because you are still vulnerable to a concentrated show of force from below!
Boss Mode can be enjoyed via standard controller, Kinect, or SmartGlass.
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