DUBLIN, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

- Casual Games Leader's Take on the "Zombie Survival" Genre Pits You and
Your Front Yard Against Legions of Lovably Laughable Undead

DUBLIN, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today
announced the immediate availability of Plants vs. Zombies(TM), a humorous
action-strategy game suitable for all ages. Conceived and designed by George
Fan, senior game designer at PopCap's San Francisco studio and the creator of
Insaniquarium(TM), Plants vs. Zombies pits you against legions of invading
zombies bent on overwhelming your lawn and making their way to your front
door. To defeat the hordes of living dead trespassing on your lawn, you must
purchase and plant a wide range of lovable mutant flowers, vines, trees and
other foliage that has zombie-combating powers and abilities. Plants vs.
Zombies carries a retail price of US$19.95 and is available online for PC and
Mac at http://www.popcap.com as well as other leading game portals including
RealArcade, MSN Games, STEAM, Wild Games and Yahoo! Games.

"We love zombie games as much as everyone else, but unlike other undead
offerings we wanted to create a zombie game that would appeal to both casual
and hardcore gamers alike," explained George Fan, senior game designer at
PopCap. "It's been great to see both casual and hardcore gamers in our beta
test group get totally absorbed in the game, clicking intensely as the
zombies chomp on their front yards."

Featuring five different modes of play, Plants vs. Zombies presents you
with a front lawn and encroaching zombies striving to reach your front door
and defeat you. Choose from an ever-increasing assortment of specialized,
zombie-battling plants to slow down, confuse, weaken and ultimately destroy
the vegetation-munching undead before they can traverse your yard and reach
your front door. Thoughtful selection of plants, judicious use of resources
and clever planting/placement decisions are key to overcoming more than two
dozen different kinds of zombies, each with its own combination of "skills"
and behaviors. Additional obstacles and challenges in later levels include
the setting of the sun, a creeping fog that obscures part of your view - even
a swimming pool that takes up much of your lawn.

Features of Plants vs. Zombies include:

- Five different modes of play: Adventure, Survival, Puzzle, Zen Garden
and Mini-Game Challenges

- 50 levels in the main Adventure mode and more than 50 more in the other
game modes, with limitless replayability

- More than four dozen plants, from cherry bombs and peashooters to
melon-pults, wall-nuts and sunflowers

- Dozens of different zombie types, including back-from-the-dead miners,
businessmen, football players, even a zombie bobsled team!

- Suburban almanac tracks your progress and provides vital stats on plant
and zombie types

- Crazy Dave's trunk-o'-the-car shop where you can purchase special
"power plants" and other zombie-exterminating tools as well as potted
versions for your Zen Garden

- New fluid animation technology for prettier plants and zippier zombies

- 14 original musical pieces that dynamically adjust to the intensity of
the game in real time

- So frighteningly fun you'll soil your plants!

About PopCap

PopCap Games (http://www.popcap.com) is the leading multi-platform
provider of "casual games" - fun, easy-to-learn, irresistible computer games
that appeal to everyone from age 6 to 106. Based in Seattle, Washington,
PopCap was founded in 2000 and has a worldwide staff of over 200 people in
Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, B.C., Dublin, and Shanghai. Its
timeless games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times by consumers
worldwide, and its flagship title, Bejeweled(R), has sold more than 25
million units across all platforms. Constantly acclaimed by consumers and
critics, PopCap's games are played on the Web, desktop computers, myriad
mobile devices (cell phones, smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PCs, iPod, iPhone and
more), popular game consoles (such as Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS), and
in-flight entertainment systems. PopCap is the only casual games developer
with leading market share across all major sales channels, including Web
portals, retail stores, consoles, mobile phones and MP3 players.

The PopCap logo and all other trademarks used herein that are listed at
http://www.popcap.com/trademarks are owned by PopCap Games, Inc. or its
licensors and may be registered in some countries. Other company and product
names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners and are used
for the benefit of those owners.

International:
    
    Cathy Orr
    corr@popcap.com
    +353-1-646-8107