Plants vs. Zombies ships

PopCap has begun shipping the retail version of Plants vs. Zombies, its well-known tower defense game. Players defend a middle-class house against a horde of zombies, using plants grown in the front lawn; these include the likes of sunflowers, pea-shooters and wall-nuts. As players gain access to better plants, zombies become more difficult to kill through larger numbers and new adaptations.

A retail copy costs $20, and runs on systems with Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later, plus the minimum of a 1.66GHz Core Duo processor. PopCap has meanwhile announced a new port of the game, for the iPhone and iPod touch, due by the end of the year. Details such as cost and gameplay changes have not been announced.

by MacNN Staff