The Frozen Citron, Druid Rose, Mob Cob, Rock Pea, Yeti Chomper, Vampire Flower, Zen Cactus, Z7 Imp, Pylon Imp, Cozmic Brainz, Captain Sharkbite, Scuba Soldier, Roadie Z, Computer Scientist, Zoologist and Moto-X Star were the only unlockable variants in the beta. In the first two days, a few characters were made available as playable hero showcases, although they can still be unlocked. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is released, letting players play in the Backyard Battleground, and lets them play Gardens & Graveyards and Herbal Assault on the Seeds of Time and Moon Base Z maps, and can also progressively play Team Vanquish, Vanquish Confirmed!, Gnome Bomb and Suburbination on the Z-Tech Factory and Frosty Creek maps. January 14 - 18: A multiplayer beta version of Plants vs.January 7: A trailer advertising the open beta for the game is released, revealing it will be available from the 14th to the 18th of January.December 16: A gameplay reveal of the Backyard Battleground was released, showcasing the new hub and most of its features, gone over by senior creative director Jeremy Vanhoozer.December 9: Another new teaser showcasing the new Solo Mode, Solo Ops, new character variants (Vampire Flower, Druid Rose, Electro Citron and Pops Corn), and Crazy Settings is released.November 5: A teaser showing gameplay for the Z7 Mech alongside a release date of February 23rd, 2016.The only variants seen so far (in order) is the Park Ranger, Yeti Chomper, Stuffy Flower, Zen Cactus, Roadie Z, Tennis Star, Rock Pea, Captain Flameface, Zoologist, Vampire Flower, AC Perry, Petrified Cactus, Druid Rose and Electro Brainz. OctoJanuary 6, 2016: Short trailers showing some of the new variants of returning characters have been shown on Facebook and Twitter.September 17: A dev diary has been released, going into detail about the new characters and strategies for each of them.August 8: In an interview with IGN, producer Kyle Duncan reveals more gameplay from the mode Herbal Assault showing plant gameplay of the three new plant classes on Moon Base Z.August 5: A new gameplay video showing off plant classes and Moon Base Z is revealed.July 8: A second trailer for the game has been released announcing the new Seeds of Time map and split-screen gameplay.A new trailer for the game is released, along with a gameplay video of new zombie classes and Graveyard Ops.
Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is announced and is set to release in Spring 2016.