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In Real Life

2011: The Year In Pleasant Surprises

2011 saw its share of disappointments, but it was also a year that contained a good number of nice surprises. Some were games we just didn’t see coming — they snuck up on us and grabbed us with their excellence. Others were games that we thought were going to be terrible or at best so-so, but which would up being terrific.

October 18, 2011
PlayStation

Double Fine’s Iron Brigade Gets New Missions, Horde Mode

Double Fine’s Iron Brigade is getting a new campaign and horde-mode styled game mode, the game makers tell Kotaku.

September 13, 2011
Xbox

Game Formerly Known As Trenched Will Forever Be Iron Brigade

Double Fine Productions excellent World War I era tower defence-style third-person shooter Trenched is getting two notable updates. One, we’re not going to call it Trenched anymore. Now it’s Iron Brigade. And not just in Europe. Two, SURVIVAL MODE!

August 17, 2011
News

Trenched To Be Released In Europe As Iron Brigade

After a Portuguese board game blocked the European release of Double Fine’s XBLA title Trenched, Microsoft confirmed today that the game will be released in Europe this September under the new title Iron Brigade.

July 13, 2011
Xbox

The Rollicking Pulp Magazine Covers Of Trenched

The loading screens for Double Fine’s triple-fine Xbox Live Arcade mech game Trenched are spot-on parodies of early 20th-century pulp magazine covers. Unfortunately (or fortunately), they go by too quickly to be properly enjoyed.

July 1, 2011
Xbox

Obscure Board Game Stands Between European Gamers And Double Fine’s Trenched

We’ve been enjoying Double Fine’s loveable, downloadable mech game Trenched for more than a week now, but our European Xbox 360-owning compatriots have been denied its delicious blend of tower defence and shoot ‘em up fun. What gives?

May 26, 2011
News

Get Trenched, That World War I Tower Defense Mech Game, On June 22

The people at Double Fine Productions, of Brutal Legend, Costume Quest and Stacking fame, are releasing their next game in June. That’s Trenched, remember?

March 15, 2011
Xbox

The Xbox Live Arcade Lineup As Vintage Movie Posters

During PAX East this weekend Microsoft hypoed up their attractive upcoming Xbox Live Arcade lineup with a series of limited edition postcards transforming each title into a classic action movie poster. Can you tell which movies the posters came from?

March 10, 2011
News

This Is Trenched, A Game That Seems To Have Everything Going For It

How best to explain the wonderfully unusual Trenched? It’s true that it’s a tower defence game. It’s also a third-person shooter, a deeply customizable war game with loot drops and online player progression. This is World War I-era trench warfare, only this time, the good guys have giant gas-powered mechs and the bad guys are walking televisions.

March 9, 2011
Xbox

Tim Schafer’s Next Title Is A… Tower Defence Game?

You just can’t stop Double-Fine from releasing games at the moment. Costume Quest, Stacked, Sesame Street, all out or coming out within a year of each other. You can now add Trenched to that list.

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