Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

Just when you thought all the plants were trampled and all the zombies were shot down, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare has some more botanical, undead fights still left to go.

The third-person, botanical war against the undead is going to expand its roots.

One of the more surprising announcements from E3 2013, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare took the popular mobile strategy game and dropped it smack dab in the middle of a chaotic third-person shooter. It shouldn't have worked, but here we are nearly a year later, and Garden Warfare is a charming title that envisions PopCap's classic in a whole new way. It's just too bad there isn't more to it.

Watch as Major Nelson details just how different Plants vs. Zombies will get as the franchise expands into the third-person shooter genre.

You could barely turn a corner at Toy Fair 2014 without running into someone presenting some new form of video game merchandise. One of the surprise reveals at the show though happened to be Diamond's new Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare line.

One of the more surprising announcements during last year's E3, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare has actually been looking really great. We're just as shocked as you are. However, not everything is coming up roses for the cartoony shooter, as its release date has just been bumped.

Borrowing a bit from DICE's Battlefield franchise, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare's newest mode Gardens and Graveyards puts you on in the backyard with 23 other players in an objective-based throwdown.

Announced during E3 2013, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare puts a new spin on the popular franchise by putting you in the shoes of the various plants or zombies on a battlefield of rural landscapes. Though PopCap and EA had been secretive about its release date, we now know when Garden Warfare will release on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One.