Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville
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Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville hands-on — It’s time for cute combat

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Close to the 10th anniversary of the zany Plants vs. Zombies, Electronic Arts is launching a new game in the series: Plants vs. Zombies: The Battle for Neighborville. Yes, there will be zombies on your lawn again.

I played the game at the recent Gamescom fan event in Cologne, Germany, and it brings back some memories of good old-fashioned cute combat. I like the art style, which is a blend of cartoon imagery and hyper-real physical environments. Indeed, for a cartoon, it looks so real.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.