[NEWS] Update 8.8.1 is now live!

The update should be live for everyone. Here are the update notes: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlantsVSZombies/comments/mlklv1/news_update_881_is_now_live/ 

As the weather gradually gets warmer (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) and we’re finally seeing breaks in the rain and cold (it’s Seattle, we’re famous for our rain), we’ve got a new update sprouting up so here goes!

(Please note: I’ll be releasing more in-depth details closer to the actual date/time the below content goes live at - This post is only a summary of what’s coming up - If you have specific questions about upcoming content, they will be answered at a later date).

New Content:

• Birthdayz

New Plants:

• Boom Balloon Flower

  • Inspired by celebratory balloons that you see with a Birthday(z) 😉

  • A charming new plant that creates explosive balloons you can pluck and place on any open spot on the lawn. Be sure to use her Food Plant ability for a not-so-subtle nod to an old favorite.

• Pea Vine

  • Some may believe that Pea Vines aren’t a real thing IRL, but they are! And everyone could do with a pea-boosting friend in-game!

New Arena Seasons: Season 27 and Season 28!

New Penny’s Pursuits stuff:

• New Perk: Unique only for Birthdayz - A perk that turns any world’s basic zombies into birthday zombies!

• New levels: 6 new levels added! Dinosaurs, Cowboys, Pirates and Zombies, oh my!

Fixes and Improvements:

• Fixed various crashes, most of them related to plants and their various special interactions.

• Tutorial levels have been minorly tweaked to make them more clear to new users.

• Calendar now requires an internet connection to sync. This is to avoid calendar errors where possible.

• In the vein of calendars, fixed the issue of the calendar button not being active when a player was online and able to access it.

• General clean up and housekeeping.

• Hocus Crocus now does its Plant Food attack when interacting with boost tiles.

• Pirate Zomboss and his imps were causing some random crashing… not any more!

• Fixed a rare but possible softlock if you tapped on the store during the tutorial.

• Tweaked the Disconnected pop up so that it only has one button.

• Vasebreaker Penny’s Pursuit levels can now use Vasebreaker Power ups.

• Fixed an issue with Electric Blueberry not targeting zombies properly if they had been bounced off the lawn to the right.

• Draftodil no longer does its wind gust during the planning phase and hence accidentally waste synergy potential.

• Fixed an issue with a Draftodil and Zomboss interaction where Draftodil would make Zomboss seemingly invulnerable to attack.