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Amass an army of amazing plants, supercharge them with Plant Food, and devise the ultimate plan to protect your brain.\n\n200 Million Downloads – This app has received more than 200 million overall downloads.\n\nDISCOVER HUNDREDS OF PLANTS AND ZOMBIES\nCollect your favorite lawn legends, like Sunflower and Peashooter, along with hundreds of other horticultural hotshots, including creative bloomers like Lava Guava and Laser Bean. Go toe-to-missing-toe with a massive array of zombies at every turn, like Jetpack Zombie and Mermaid Imp – you’ll even have to protect your brain from rampant Zombie Chickens!\n\nGROW POWERFUL PLANTS\nEarn Seed Packets as you play and use them to fuel your potent plants. Power up attacks, double-down defenses, speed up planting time, and even gain entirely new abilities. Boost your plants to ensure those zombies are lawn-gone!\n\nCOMPETE AGAINST OTHERS IN ARENA \nThink your zombie-bashing strategy is the best? Put your planting skills to the test when you face other players in Arena. Enter Arena and compete against other players to get the highest score on unique levels. Earn coins, piñatas, and more to top the leaderboards, level up through Leagues, and become the ultimate garden guardian.\n\nJOURNEY THROUGH SPACE AND TIME\nBattle across 11 crazy worlds, from Ancient Egypt to the Far Future, and beyond. With more than 300 levels, ultra-challenging endless zones, fun mini-games, and daily Piñata Party events, there’s always a new challenge to complete. Plus, ready your best defenses – Dr. Zomboss is waiting to take you on at the end of every world!\n\nRequires acceptance of EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy and User Agreement.\nUser Agreement: https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBTERMS/US/en/PC/\nPrivacy and Cookie Policy: https://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC/\nVisit https://help.ea.com/en/ for assistance or inquiries.","facts":{"developer_id":284832145,"developer_url":"http://www.ea.com/iphone","first_released":"2013-08-15T01:31:42Z","support_url":"http://support.popcap.com/","privacy_url":"http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC","website_url":"http://www.ea.com/iphone","app_version":"13.5.1","release_notes":"The lawn is calling! 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