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Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 gets a public beta on January 14

Planets vs. Zombies 2: Garden Warfare.

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If you’re a plant-hating zombie, or vice versa, mark your calendar.

Developer PopCap Vancouver announced today that its upcoming team-based shooter, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, will have a public beta on January 14 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It’ll last until January 18.

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The original Garden Warfare came out in 2014. The sequel offers new gameplay modes (such as the 24 player Herbal Assault mode) and new classes (like the gravity grenade-chucking Imp).

Public betas like these can help developers discover and fix problems with a game before it launches, but they can also help get players excited by giving them a free sample of the game.

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