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Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 Release Date Is Sooner Than Expected

Get the Grass Effect mech by preordering.

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Electronic Arts has announced the release date for Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2--and it's earlier than expected. The wacky shooter will arrive on February 23, 2016 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, which is ahead of its previously announced spring 2016 release.

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As was announced before, everyone who preorders Garden Warfare 2 gets the "Grass Effect Z7-Mech" suit, which PopCap created in partnership with Mass Effect creator BioWare. In addition, people who preorder will receive an emoji pack featuring 14 different emojis you can use to spruce up your character.

Check out the gameplay video above to see the Grass Effect mech in action.

Garden Warfare 2 aims to be the "funniest, craziest, most over-the-top shooter yet." The game adds new modes not found in the original such as the 24-player Herbal Assault and the four-player Graveyard Ops co-op mode. It features 12 new maps "bursting with life and humor," as well as six new character classes.

On top of that, Garden Warfare 2 adds new mode called Backyard Battleground. This mode is a hub world for the game that allows you to connect with friends and see your achievements and collectibles. In addition, it makes it easier to jump into games together.

In other Garden Warfare news, EA has announced plans for an "intra-active" Garden Warfare attraction at a North Carolina theme park. For more on the franchise, check out GameSpot's review of the original Garden Warfare.

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Can't wait for this! I am going to be streaming it so much! I was pleased and got way more than my money's worth from the first one. I have high but good expectations for the second one! So excited!

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Really looking forward to this - the first Garden Warfare was quite a lot of fun!

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Yes!!!! The first one is so great, one of my favorite games of all time! I'm proudly going to pre-order the Deluxe Version of this game because it deserves it more than any other game out there. If you still haven't played the first one you should check it out, the reviews out there for it are outdated because since it launched they've released more than twice the amount of content it had at launch all for free! Check it out!

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I sunk more than 300 hours in the first game with my kids I can't wait for this one pleasant surprise

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Use to play PvZ:GW a lot with my 9 year old, genuine fun. He has my old Gaming rig, so we play LAN Party style; who needs split screen? =p

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Ok, just read the emoji pack part. I preordered a while back, but is it for all retailers or are they going to mess with me?

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hoping for some awesome easter eggs again & unlocks

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This is one of my favorite games this generation. Will the dlc still be free?

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@ZamboniGamer: EA =/= FREE

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Oh Herbal Assault sounds great.

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they should get plants vs zombies 2 on ps3/4/pc

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I need to hurry up and unlock stuff in the first one so it'll carry over!

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