Archive for the ‘Tower Defense’ Category

Plants vs. Zombies HD is now available for Apple iPad

Plants vs. Zombies HD is now available for Apple iPad

After delivering strategic zombie-bopping mayhem to the iPhone and iPod touch, Popcap Games’ much-lauded Plants vs. Zombies makes its Apple iPad debut. But this isn’t just Plants vs. Zombies, it’s Plants vs. Zombies HD. The difference? Multi-Touch support, a 1040 x 768 resolution, and butter. BUTTER.

Plants vs. Zombies sprouts and shuffles onto the Apple iPhone Feb. 15

If it seems as though Popcap Games marvelous cute and inventive take on the tower defense genre, Plants vs. Zombies, has been in the works for the iPhone/iPod touch for a long, long time, it has – the game was first announced in last August. Although Popcap Games didn’t make its “late 2009″ window, I [...]

Battle Beat merges music and tower defense on your Xbox 360

Outside of innovative titles such as Rez, few music games have attempted to be more than simple “press the button when the icon is in the right position” rhythm games. That formula was the basis of Parappa the Rapper, Guitar Hero, and Rock Band, and has proved highly successful with wannabe music mavens. Fortunately, developer [...]

Best 2D Puzzle/Strategy/Tower Defense Game Of 2009: Plants vs. Zombies

Best 2D Puzzle/Strategy/Tower Defense Game Of 2009: Plants vs. Zombies

Irresistible. There isn’t much other way to describe Popcap Games’ Plants vs. Zombies, an addictive and infinitely charming take on the tower defense genre. Instead of planes, tanks, mechs, or other miscellaneous items, the title demands that you defend a suburban home from a zombie invasion using theĀ  flora that you plant in your lawn. [...]

Plants vs. Zombies At The NYC Halloween Parade; Goth Gaming Geeks Rejoice

Plants vs. Zombies At The NYC Halloween Parade; Goth Gaming Geeks Rejoice

When one thinks of the city that I call home, typically the Yankees, Broadway, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Coney Island, and a dozen other landmarks and locales comes to mind, but the Big Apple also throws one heck of a Halloween party; absolutely killer if I were to draw from the well of [...]

Review: Plants vs. Zombies (Mac, PC)

Review: Plants vs. Zombies (Mac, PC)

When it comes to designing incredibly addictive, infinitely playable casual games, no company can match the track record that the magicians at Popcap have produced. Zuma was marvelous. Even more so, Peggle. But with the release of Plants vs. Zombies Popcap has truly outdone itself by crafting what is one of the most fun, engaging, [...]