Tower Defense

PC

Eight Players. Tower Defense. This Is Terrorhedron

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12:30PM January 8, 2012 | Logan Booker

Tower defense hasn’t had its day just yet, judging not only by the large percentage of games on the App Store that hail from the genre, but also this insane-looking monstrosity from developer MCRO. Eight-player online co-op and an additional dimension are the game’s selling points, as is an 8-bit soundtrack, which may or may not pillage the sanctity of your eardrums. More »


PC

3D Benchmark Developer Tries Its Hand At Evolving The Tower Defense Genre

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11:30AM December 10, 2011 | Logan Booker

Futuremark’s better known for its 3DMark and PCMark benchmarking software than its games, despite its benchmarks looking like they’d make unbelievable titles if they ever hit a developer willing to produce them. Yet, Unstoppable Gorg will be the company’s third title and its attempt to blow out some of the stale air currently occupying the tower defense genre. More »


Mobile

Tetris Plus Tower Defence Yet Again, But Better This Time

8:00AM September 1, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

In game designer Eitan Glinert’s mind peanut butter must be tower defence and jelly must be Tetris, because for the second game in a row, the young creator has smushed the two great gaming styles together. He’s just done it radically different this time, as if switching from making PB&J sandwiches to — I don’t know — PB&J tacos. More »


Mobile

How A Wish And A Nine-Year-Old Led To A Great Game

9:30AM July 22, 2011 | Max Abrams

Tanks and Hovercrafts rage against the evil purple Flamions. Shots are fired on both sides as the player attempts to subdue the oncoming hoard of enemies. Sounds like a fun game, if not a little common in it’s setting. But Allied Star Police, and how it came into being, is anything but typical. More »


News

The Battle For Hoth Comes To The iPhone

1:40AM July 16, 2010 | Mike Fahey

The huge list of video games depicting the opening battle from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back gains another entry with Fluffy Logic’s Star Wars: Battle for Hoth for the iPhone and iPod Touch. More »


News

Plants VS Zombies Pollinating Other Platforms

2:40AM July 11, 2009 | Mike Fahey

One of the strangest tower defense variations around is spreading its seed, as PopCap Games reveals plans to spread the Plants VS Zombies PC love to other platforms. More »


In Real Life

Plants Vs. Zombies Music Video Causes Cute Overload

9:00AM May 8, 2009 | AJ Glasser

PopCap Games’ Plants vs. Zombies sounds weird, plays well and looks so cute in this music video, it makes me want to dance and puke at the same time. More »