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PopCap Games is the developer behind the very popular mobile game franchise Plants vs. Zombies. During E3 this year PopCap and EA announced that a new game would be coming in the franchise aimed at console gamers called Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare.

This game is very different from the others in the PvZ franchise. Garden Warfare is a third-person shooter supporting multiplayer action. The game is based on the Frostbite 3 game engine and will hit the Xbox 360 and Xbox One game consoles on February 18 in North America.

The game will land in Europe on February 20. A PC version of the game will be coming later. The game has three modes and over ten maps for gamers to play. Two of the modes support 12 vs. 12 player versus battles. The other mode is a four-play co-op mode. The game will cost $39.99(USD) on the Xbox One and $29.99 on the Xbox 360 (which is kind of stupid that they’re charging more for the Xbox One version).

I wouldn’t say using pencils as zombie-killing projectiles would be my first thought, but if you do enough slingshot-ing I guess it makes sense that you would eventually run up against office supplies as a source of inspiration. Joerg updates his pencil shooter to be crank operated and more efficient. It can shoot two pencils at a time for a total of 16 in one magazine. And Joerg sees potential for use with a power drill instead of "muscle operated action" aka humans. Leave the pencil shooter going while you run away from the zombies. Solid plan.

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If you’re a big fan of the cooperative shooter Borderlands 2, you will be thrilled to hear that as of today the latest add-on campaign content is available to download. The new campaign is called Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt. The content will be available at no cost to gamers who purchased the Borderlands 2 Season Pass.

The new campaign takes place in Aegrus, which is uncharted territory deep in the swamps of Pandora. Players will meet up with familiar characters from the game including Sir Hammerlock and Claptrap, and will also meet up with new enemies including Hyperion Scientist Professor Nakayama who tries to disrupt the hunting trip.

The DLC will explore new environments of The Sun Swamps on a quest to find new loot and defeat new bosses. Other new enemies players will encounter include the spider-like Two-Legged Drifters, flying Slagged Spores, and insane Vampire Witch Doctors. That last enemy can unleash swarms of bats that will attack the player. Yeesh.

The Borderlands 2 season pass is available for $29.99(USD) or 2400 Microsoft points. The new add-on campaign content is available for gamers playing on the Xbox 360, PS3, or PC. To buy this add-on campaign alone will cost you $9.99 or 800 Microsoft points.

Halo 4 just came out, and there’s never any shortage of multiplayer shooters available, but if you’ve already topped the leaderboard, fragged everyone, topped the fragleader or boarded everyone – my expertise regarding the current state of multiplayer combat games is, shall we say, non-existent – why not have a go at this text-based multiplayer shooter?

This text-based multiplayer shooter is called… Text-based Multiplayer Shooter. It plays like the text-based adventure and role-playing games from the 70′s and 80′s. You type ‘go <direction>’ to move – e.g. go south – and then ‘fire’ to take a shot. As you can see I managed to hit a wall. Woohoo! Wall pwned! Here’s a more thorough look at the game courtesy of YouTuber CyBorg Plague (along with an ample does of swearing):

It’s the most frantic way to learn how to touch type. You can play Text-based Multiplayer Shooter for free on Eigen Lenk’s website. Bring your imagination with you.

[via Waxy]