Plants vs. Zombies confirmed for iPhone

Some great news for iPhone users from PopCap Games today: the wonderful Plants Vs. Zombies is coming to iPhone and iPod Touch by the end of the year. I have said in the past that this game would work on any platform, so i’m glad to see it making its way to the app store later this year.

If you don’t know what it is, Plants vs. Zombies is a unique take on the tower defense genre where players use a variety of plants and specialty units and objects to keep a never-ending onslaught of zombies from getting into your house. The game was originally released for PC and Mac to much acclaim.

The original game included a survival mode, a puzzle mode, and a set of PopCap game-themed mini-games. We do not know at this time if the iPhone version of the game will feature everything from the original, but we hope that it does. More on Plants vs. Zombies when it becomes available. Oh and PopCap - please bring it to PSN and XBLA sooner rather than later. Thank you.

source via Ryan Kuo

Shipping out: August 18, 2009

Tuesday is release day in North America (for the most part) and today there are a number of (what we hope are) decent games hitting retail space this week including C.O.R.E. for DS, Wolfenstein for various platforms, Still Life 2 and the retail boxed version of Plants vs. Zombies. Check out the list below:

ATV Quad Kings
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Zoo Games
Genre: Racing, Sports

C.O.R.E.
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Graffiti Entertainment
Genre: Shooter

Delta Force Xtreme 2 Limited Edition GameStop Exclusive
Platform: PC
Publisher: Navarre
Genre: Shooter

Joint Operations: Combined Arms
Platform: PC
Publisher: Navarre
Genre: Shooter

My Dress Up
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: O-Games
Genre: Simulation, Social

My Friends
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: O-Games
Genre: Simulation, Social

My Make Up
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: O-Games
Genre: Simulation, Social

Plants Vs. Zombies
Platform: PC
Publisher: PopCap Games
Genre: Casual, Puzzle & Cards, Strategic

Spectrobes: Origins
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Disney Interactive
Genre: Role-Playing

Sudoku Ball: Detective
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Playlogic
Genre: Puzzle & Cards

Still Life 2
Platform: PC
Publisher: Encore Software
Genre: Action

Wolfenstein
Platform: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Shooter

Plants vs. Zombies heading to other platforms

PopCap Games’ Garth Chouteau recently told Kombo.com in an interview that bringing its ultra popular Plants vs. Zombies games to other platforms is basically a no-brainer. Currently the game is available for Windows and Mac, but if PopCap has its way it will bring the game to other platforms. By other platforms we assume that he means consoles like the PS3 and Xbox 360 via various digital distribution methods. The game would even be a good fit on the Wii.

One thing that Chouteau did say is that he doesn’t see the game making it to mobile platforms. That’s a shame because a mobile version of the game in the current market would be like sugar coating heroin with opium. Of course, most people would simply play the iPhone version, which is a given. You can read the rest of that interview here.