Garden Defenders

Garden Defenders is a 2025 multiplayer shooter spinoff game in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. Originally based on a fork of Garden Warfare II, Garden Defenders was developed alongside Plants vs. Zombies 3 and released to the public on 8 January 2025.
== Plot ==
After being overthrown in Zomburbia, Dr. Zomboss escaped into Zomboss Mountain in preparation for his next great invasion. After kidnapping Penny, Dr. Zomboss creates a portal to Battle for Neighborville, and recruits a new army of deadly fighters from all over the universe. The Zombies are striking back!
== Gameplay ==
=== Characters ===
As a scrapped version of Garden Warfare II, Garden Defenders has a very similar look and feel. Character and ability variants return after their absence in Battle for Neighborville, as well as sticker packs. All playable characters from Garden Warfare II and Battle for Neighborville, except for Hover-Goat 3000 and Torchwood. Additionally, both sides get two all-new characters with their own abilities and variants.Some characters from Battle for Neighborville, especially Electric Slide and Snapdragon, have had their abilities reworked to be less element-specific. All BfN characters have 4 other variants, including one Legendary variant.
The game has a similar levelling system to Garden Warfare II, although XP is slightly easier to earn. At level 10 on any variant, the player can increase their rank for that variant and gain a sticker pack with Coins and various items.
==== Plant characters ====
Garden Defenders/Plant characters
==== Zombie characters ====
Garden Defenders/Zombie characters
=== Game modes ===
Most game modes return from previous iterations, as well as the new Last Stand game mode.
* Turf Takeover: A game mode where players either capture or defend various objectives on an expanding map.
* Team Vanquish: A team deathmatch variant, where the plants and zombies fight to reach 50 vanquishes.
* Vanquish Confirmed: A game mode where players must collect orbs from fallen opponents to receive credit.
* Gnome Bomb: A game mode where players attempt to secure a bomb and detonate at various enemy bases.
* Suburbination: A domination variant, where the objective is to capture three areas, A, B, and C in the map.
* Last Stand: A game mode where the two sides fight to overwhelm enemy checkpoints on a long, snaking map.
Additionally, Garden Defenders sees the return of Mixed Mode, a mashup mode where each match uses a different game mode.
Similarly to GW2's Backyard Battleground, Garden Defenders has its own hub world called Tomb Turfs. The player can choose between playing in a private world solo or with select friends, or in a public multiplayer environment with a maximum of 20 players on both sides.
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