Plants Vs Zombies 2 Is Weeks Away, But Aussies Get To Play Today

Plants Vs Zombies 2 Is Weeks Away, But Aussies Get To Play Today

Fans of PopCap’s garden defence sensation were crushed late last month, when the eagerly-anticipated sequel slipped from its original July release window. The bad news? Game producer Allen Murray says we’ve still got at least four weeks before Plants Vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time comes out. The good news is that Australians don’t have to wait.

“On Tuesday or Wednesday (of this week) we’ll be rolling it out in Australia and New Zealand so we can begin testing it for a few weeks before rolling it out globally,” Murray told Kotaku during an interview last week. “We want to have at least a four-week testing period, so that we can get the game out there, check how our systems are functioning, check how people are using it, and be able to make one or two patches to adjust if needed — and then check to make sure everything’s stable before rolling it out.”

So PopCap will be spending the next several weeks testing, patching, submitting and resubmitting the new game until it’s just right. “It’s not as nimble as I would hope, but it’s not too bad.”

Plants Vs Zombies 2 Is Weeks Away, But Aussies Get To Play Today

While the idea is that eventually Plants Vs. Zombies 2 will make it to every platform people want to play it on, it’s initially launching as a free-to-play game for iOS devices. Players will be able to download the entire game for free, purchasing supplemental items or new plants as they see fit. The game will be playable offline, but it will also support cloud saves, so no more starting a new game on every iDevice in your house.

The new free-to-play format is a major factor in the delay. It’s one thing to release a self-contained product for a set price — free-to-play requires systems and servers and all sorts of complicated things that only a crack team of Australians and Kiwi testers can help ferret out.


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