New Plants vs Zombies 2 details surface

New details for Plants Vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time have surfaced, with Popcap adding that EA has had no day-to-day impact on the game's development

Ozzie Mejia

June 5, 2013 12:45 PM

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Plants vs Zombies 2: It's About Time received an official July 18 release date earlier this week. There was also a new trailer that was high on humor, but seemingly light on gameplay or any actual facts on what the iOS game is about. Fortunately, some new details provide a better peek at what Popcap's latest is set to offer.

Plants vs Zombies 2 will feature three worlds taking place in different time periods, according to Edge Online. The story sees PvZ protagonist Crazy Dave searching for the world's best taco, probably after feeling less than enthused about the new Cool Ranch Doritos Locos taco. Each world will include 10 levels and feature new plants (Bonk Choy, Coconut Cannons, Snapdragons) and zombies, the latter of which will be themed to the world. Completed levels can also be replayed with new sets of parameters.

It should come as a relief to fans of the first game that PopCap is promising to forgo the more aggravating free-to-play tropes, like pay walls and Facebook notifications. There will be permanent boosts offered for real money, but they don't appear to be essential.

PopCap also insists that PvZ2's development was unaffected its acquisition from EA. Lead producer Allen Murray explained to Edge Online that PopCap had already been developing the long-awaited sequel as a free-to-play game and that EA has had no effect on the game's day-to-day development.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?