Created by the founders of Ensemble Studios in 2009, Robot Entertainment is the team behind the in-beta, free-to-play RTS, Age of Empires Online. The studio is partnering with Microsoft once again to publish its other title, Orcs Must Die! Check the trailer:
"Players on both Xbox Live Arcade and PCs will get their chance to massacre orcs by the thousands soon," CEO patrick Hudson said in a statement. "We're excited that Microsoft shares our orc bloodlust and will publish the game."
In Orcs Must Die! players become a war mage tasked with defending fortresses from the green-skinned hordes. Players will use classic tower-defense weapons, spells, and traps to repel the invaders, but unlike other top-down tower defense games, Orcs Must Die! uses a third-person perspective.
The game will be playable at the San Diego Comic-Con this week, and anyone that goes hands-on will receive a free prequel comic book that tells the story of a world under siege by savage monsters.
No pricing or specific release date were announced.
Sharkey says: I'm a fan of tower defense, and I'm really digging how the genre has evolved to include putting players in control of soldiers and weapons on the front lines, a-la Toy Soldiers and Trenched. Looking forward to seeing Robot's take.
