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New Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 update adds loads of challenges and balance changes

Community Challenges, time trials, and more. Also, brains. Always brains.

June 30, 2016 5:00 AM

Electronic Arts and PopCap Vancouver have announced Trouble in Zombopolis Part 2, a new content update for Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 owners playing on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Trouble in Zombopolis Part 2 is free, and is available as of right now.

EA and PopCap packed lots of goodies into this DLC update. Community Challenges offer big rewards, Delivery Challenge time trails pit you in a race against the clock, plus a smattering of balance updates to smooth out gameplay wrinkles.

"Community Challenges are a brand new way for plants and zombies to set aside their differences and work together to tackle in-game challenges that unlock major rewards – from coins to sticker packs and even exclusive items," per a press release from EA. "Players can visit the in-game Progress-o-meter, a mysterious apparatus outside the Town Hall, to see if they qualify for the rewards, view the entire community’s progression in real-time, and crack open a community chest once a challenge goal is completed."

Delivery Challenges are a new addition to PVZ Garden Warfare 2's cornucopia of content. In this mode, you pilot a Rocket Chomper or Delivery Goat and embark on a race in an effort to drop off deliveries.

You can find out more about Trouble in Zombopolis Part 2, as well as the DLC's challenges and their rewards, on the game's Community Challenge website.

David Craddock

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David L. Craddock writes fiction, nonfiction, and grocery lists. He is the author of the Stay Awhile and Listen series, and the Gairden Chronicles series of fantasy novels for young adults. Outside of writing, he enjoys playing Mario, Zelda, and Dark Souls games, and will be happy to discuss at length the myriad reasons why Dark Souls 2 is the best in the series. Follow him online at davidlcraddock.com and @davidlcraddock.

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June 30, 2016 5:00 AM

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- Badboyquake
  
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  June 30, 2016 6:41 AM
  
  what happened. video doesnt work, and i see no update to the game.
- kurtfan
  
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  June 30, 2016 8:03 AM
  
  Maybe jumped the gun as there is no official update posted on their homepage either?
  - David Craddock
    
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    June 30, 2016 8:27 AM
    
    The video's up now, and the update should be on all platforms. We were told to hold the story until today at the time it was posted, so it's up to EA to dot i's and cross t's on their end.
    - Badboyquake
      
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      June 30, 2016 3:06 PM
      
      i swear there was no patch download. could be they unlocked it somehow. anyway, fast news from you :)
- valcan_s
  
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  June 30, 2016 11:36 AM
  
  Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 is such a rad game, nice to see them supporting it.
- ManiacalMoose
  
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  June 30, 2016 2:21 PM
  
  How is the PC community for this? Enough players to jump into matches quickly and consistently?
  - Badboyquake
    
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    June 30, 2016 3:11 PM
    
    i play from time to time. hard to answere. some modes are not crowded all the time but you find matches. sure the game is for multiplayer, BUT the offline modes (story missions, riddles, survival city) are cool too. gameplay is a bit different from the orginal with the new classes. they do more with obsticles and gravity in the maps. the artwork is loveley.