Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a 2016 third-person shooter video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 4 Windows and Xbox One. It is the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and the fourth game in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. The game was released in February 2016. A successor Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville was released in October 2019. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a third-person shooter similar to Garden Warfare. Gameplay largely remained the same as its predecessor with the addition of 10 (6 are immediately accessible 2 which must be unlocked through a series of tough trials and 2 which can only be played within the game's endless mode) new plant and zombie classes a zombie version of Garden Ops titled Graveyard Ops and a new mode called Herbal Assault a swapped version of Gardens and Graveyards where the Zombies must defend the bases and prevent the Plants from capturing them which supports a maximum 24 players per game. Different classes have different abilities. Most characters and modes (Team Vanquish Garden Ops etc.) from the original Garden Warfare returned as well as a new "remix" music from the original Garden Warfare for the Zombies. New abilities for returning characters were also introduced in Garden Warfare 2. The new plant characters are Citron Rose Kernel Corn and Torchwood. The new zombie characters are Imp Super Brainz Captain Deadbeard and Hover-Goat 3000. The old plant characters are Peashooter Sunflower Chomper and Cactus while the old zombies are Soldier Engineer Scientist and All-Star.