King of PopCap, Plants vs. Zombies, under siege from the King of Pop

iPhone users downloading the most recent update to Plants vs. Zombies will notice the sudden and tragic absence of a staple game character. The dancing zombie, known primarily for his exquisite gyrations and secondarily for his uncanny resemblance to a certain recently deceased music icon, has been removed permanently from the game as a result of a threat of legal action from the Michael Jackson estate, according to MTV’s Multiplayer Blog.

PopCap, not wanting to risk an actual lawsuit that could tarnish the name of their obscenely popular game, conceded and changed the character to a disco themed version instead of the Thriller-esque one-gloved zombie we all knew and loved. The dancing zombie will be missed dearly. Shame upon the Jackson Family lawyers for going after what amounts to more of an homage to MJ than a parody.

As a courtesy, we’d also like to note that iPhone 4 users thinking of updating to the new version of the game should refrain, as the updated version has been crashing systems on the iPhone 4 only. Only those updating from older versions are affected, people wishing to purchase the new version are fine.

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