Plants vs. Zombies Coming Soon on Android Market, after Spending 2 Weeks Exclusively at Amazon App Store

Remember that Amazon App Store? Well, that thing, whether you hate it or not, has struck a deal with PopCap Games — makers of Plants vs. Zombies — to launch to of its games exclusive on its apps store before the games hit Android market 2 weeks later.

The first game will be Chuzzle, launching tomorrow, followed by lovely game – Plants vs. Zombies. Both the games will be offered for Free for one day upon launch, and will cost $2.99 after 24 hrs.

Oh, about getting those games directly from Android market, you’ll have to wait for two weeks since the Amazon has been successful in getting 2 weeks exclusivity for its app store. The game should cost $2.99 when launching on Android market, too.

Here’s a full press release.

Chuzzle® Comes to the Amazon Appstore for Android Tomorrow, Followed by Plants vs. Zombies™ Later This Month for Exclusive Two-Week Offers

SEATTLE, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Amazon to offer its first Android games to the U.S. market, exclusively on the Amazon Appstore for Android during two different two-week periods.  As part of the agreement, Chuzzle® will be available beginning tomorrow through May 30, and will be followed by Plants vs. Zombies™ for Android during a second exclusive offer later this month.  The games will be entirely FREE for the first day of their availability, after which they’ll be available for purchase and download for a list price of US$2.99 each.

“Our relationship with Amazon is pivotal to PopCap’s overall strategy in bringing a growing roster of mobile titles to the ever-widening base of smartphone users,” noted Giordano Bruno Contestabile, PopCap’s senior director of global product and business strategy for mobile.  ”By making these titles available on the Android platform, we’ll significantly extend the reach of our top franchises to legions of new mobile customers and gaming fans alike.”

“PopCap is a brand synonymous with great mobile games, and we’re thrilled to offer our customers Chuzzle and Plants vs. Zombies for Android exclusively through the Amazon Appstore,” stated Aaron Rubenson, category leader at Amazon.

Chuzzle for Android features great, on-the-go gameplay action, including:

  • Four different modes providing infinite level configurations and virtually limitless game play:
    • Classic Mode: the original Chuzzle in all its glory
    • Zen Mode: stress-free, endless play without levels, locks or other constraints; the player’s progress is indicated by colorful markers that appear as higher thresholds of popped chuzzles are reached
    • Mind-Bender Mode: a different sort of Chuzzle puzzle in which players slide rows and columns of chuzzles to make specified patterns
    • Speed Mode: standard Chuzzle action – only faster (and harder!)
  • Trophy Room: your own personal “Hall of Fame” with more than twenty different trophies to collect and admire!
  • Scrambles: instantly shuffles all chuzzles on the board anytime you run out of options/moves; in the mobile version of the game, players can earn and save up to five scrambles at any given time, earning an additional scramble every 150,000 points
  • Dynamic Level Generation: ensures each game is different no matter how many times you play
  • Via BGR

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    2 Comments

    1.  This is a fabulous game – well worth the price of admission whether it be $2.99 or free. An addictive time waster for sure!

    2.  This is a fabulous game – well worth the price of admission whether it be $2.99 or free. An addictive time waster for sure!

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