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Use your arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants — Peashooters, Wall-nuts, Cherry bombs and more — to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they break down your door.\n\nThis app offers in-app purchases. You may disable in-app purchasing using your device settings\n\nWINNER OF OVER 30 GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS*\n\n50 FUN-DEAD LEVELS\nConquer all 50 levels of Adventure mode — through day, night, fog, in a swimming pool, on the rooftop and more. Plus fend off a continual wave of zombies as long as you can with Survival mode!\n\nNOT GARDEN-VARIETY GHOULS\nBattle zombie pole-vaulters, snorkelers, bucketheads and 26 more fun-dead zombies. Each has its own special skills, so you'll need to think fast and plant faster to combat them all.\n\nSMARTER THAN YOUR AVERAGE ZOMBIE\nBe careful how you use your limited supply of greens and seeds. Zombies love brains so much they'll jump, run, dance, swim and even eat plants to get into your house. Open the Almanac to learn more about all the zombies and plants to help plan your strategy.\n\nFIGHT LONGER, GET STRONGER\nEarn 49 powerful perennials as you progress and collect coins to buy a pet snail, power-ups and more.\n\nGROW WITH YOUR GAME\nShow off your zombie-zapping prowess by earning 46 awesome achievements.\n\nCOIN PACKS\nNeed coins for great new stuff? Buy up to 600,000 coins right from the Main Menu.\n\n*Original PC downloadable game.\n\nBe the first to know! Get inside EA info on great deals, plus the latest game updates, tips & more\nVISIT US: ea.com\nFOLLOW US: twitter.com/eamobile\nLIKE US: facebook.com/eamobile\nWATCH US: youtube.com/eamobilegames\n\nRequires acceptance of EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy and User Agreement.\n\nUser Agreement: terms.ea.com\nVisit https://help.ea.com/ for assistance or inquiries.\n\nEA may retire online features and services after 30 days’ notice posted on www.ea.com/1/service-updates\n\nImportant Consumer Information. This app contains direct links to the Internet.","facts":{"developer_id":284800461,"developer_url":"http://www.ea.com/iphone","first_released":"2014-11-13T21:47:44Z","support_url":"http://help.ea.com/","privacy_url":"http://tos.ea.com/legalapp/WEBPRIVACY/US/en/PC","website_url":"http://www.ea.com/iphone","app_version":"3.18.0","release_notes":"Greetings zombie zappers! 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