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Anomaly: Warzone Earth marches to PSN with local co-op support
No platform is safe, as 11 bit studios has announced the PS3 is the latest to get Anomaly: Warzone Earth. The new addition for the PS3 port is local co-op play, allowing one player to act as the strategist and one to act as the unit commander. See it in action in the video above.Anomaly: Warzone Earth is expected to launch on PSN sometime this summer; though no exact release date has been finalized yet, 11 bit studios will showcase the PS3 port at this year's Gamescom.%Gallery-160286%
Anomaly: Warzone Earth review: Reverse defense
In the year 2018, what initially appears to be a comet crashes into Baghdad with seismic force. Just like that, Earth has been invaded. Anomaly: Warzone Earth tells the story of the brave members of the fourteenth platoon, the military group that responds to the disaster first and (with any luck) the group that will still be around to fire the final shot. Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a tower defense game in reverse. As events unfold, aliens have set up encampments and Earth's soldiers are the new invaders. Towers and turrets dot the landscape. Extraterrestrial vessels hover over scorched soil and the remnants of apartments and office buildings. The loss of human lives is palpable. Now soldiers must take back each captured zone by bringing the fight to the aliens. %Gallery-141838%
Commandeering Anomaly Warzone Earth on Xbox Live Arcade
We've read the books, we've seen the TV shows and celebrated the films. Whether it's a skirmish with the neighborhood bullies or full-on worldwide war, everyone knows that you need to have a Keanu Reeves-type person on your side if you hope to win.Yes, that's from South Park, but it doesn't make it any less true. And in the Xbox Live Arcade port of Anomaly Warzone Earth, everything rests on the shoulders of one man: the commander.%Gallery-141838%
PSA: Anomaly Warzone Earth, Sonic 4 Episode 1 now on Android
The two games couldn't be more different, yet today they set aside those differences and unite on the Android Marketplace. 11 bit studios' tower offense title, Anomaly Warzone Earth, and Sega's latest downloadable addition to its tower of Sonic games, Sonic 4 Episode 1, are available on the Android Marketplace today.Both games will set you back $3.99, though if your particular device is running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) you may want to hold off on Sonic 4 Episode 1 until Sega's ironed out some bugs. Sorry, one of those bugs is not the physics -- you'll need to wait for Sonic 4 Episode 2 for that.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth debuts on Kindle Fire, took one guy two weeks to port
That's right, you can download Anomaly: Warzone Earth on the Kindle Fire. If you've got an Android tablet sporting 2.3 or higher, it should also be compatible with your non-Kindle Fire thingamabob. All you need to do is install the Amazon App Store and cough up $3.99. More impressive than Anomaly: Warzone Earth's debut on a yet another platform is how it made its way over to Android in the first place -- via one guy. It took 11 bit studios' lead programmer Bartosz Brzostek just two weeks (and a lot of coffee) to port the iOS version over to Android.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth marches to XBLA in Spring 2012
Anomaly: Warzone Earth, the reverse tower-defense game from 11 Bit Studios, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade in Spring 2012. This version of the strategy game, which sees you assembling convoys of destructive vehicles and plotting their path through hostile cityscapes, is exclusively outfitted with six puzzle-ish "Tactical Trials." Anomaly: Warzone Earth originally launched for the PC and Mac back in April, followed by a widely praised iOS version. You can get a sneak peek of the new XBLA outing -- now "designed to be played with a gamepad" -- in the gallery below. %Gallery-141838%
Anomaly: Warzone Earth demo now available on Steam for PC, Mac
A demo for the Mac and PC versions of Anomaly: Warzone Earth has arrived on Steam, where the game is currently available for the sale price of $8.99. Anomaly: Warzone Earth is the first game from 11 bit studios, which was formed by former CD Projekt and Metropolis Software veterans. It's a tower defense game that plays out in reverse -- you're planning the attackers' routes around preset enemies, balancing the resources of your team against the forces out to destroy you. We think it's pretty neat, but you can try the four-mission sample for yourself right here.
Anomaly Warzone Earth lands on April 8
The good news: Strategy fans will get their hands on the arcade-inspired RTS action of Anomaly Warzone Earth on April 8 for $10 through services like Steam and GamersGate. You'll lead Earth's forces through the defenses set up by alien invaders, in what Polish developer 11 bit is describing as "reverse tower defense," a taste of which is offered in the gameplay video after the break. Also, we're told the previously announced iOS version is still in the works, though no date has been set. The bad news: In the five months since Anomaly Warzone Earth was first announced, it still has the same title. Heartbreaking. %Gallery-105086%
Anomaly: Warzone Earth coming to Mac, iPhone and iPad
Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a tower defense game with a twist -- instead of placing towers to take down attackers, you actually control attackers, trying to navigate a convoy in between alien defenses. Through both a 14-mission story/campaign mode and a few endless options, you command your squad using deployables like Smoke and Decoy, various unit types that can be upgraded and tweaked, and whatever strategies you can dream up. The game is a nice mix of strategy and action, constantly driving your convoy through alien turrets while planning out the best and safest route to take. The game has already been announced for the iPhone, iPad and the PC, but this post serves as the official announcement that the game is coming to Mac as well. It is scheduled for an early 2011 release, and we're told that the Polish developer, 11 bit studios, is planning to bring the game to the Mac App Store, though a price hasn't been determined yet. We'll keep an eye out for the game when it releases -- in the meantime, feel free to browse through and check out these exclusive shots of the game's Tokyo level in the gallery below. %Gallery-114617%
11 bit studios' first game is called ... 'Anomaly: Warzone Earth'
11 bit studios, the company founded by CD Projekt and Metropolis Software vets, has announced its first project, an action-strategy game called Anomaly: Warzone Earth. The arcade-style RTS puts players in the role of a military convoy, fighting alien invaders as they arrive in Earth's cities. The announcement promises the game will let you "take part in battles personally" as you plan them in the traditional top-down RTS view. Anomaly will be released in early 2011 on PC, iPhone and iPad. That should be plenty of time to change the title.%Gallery-105086%
11 bit studios formed by CD Projekt, Metropolis Software vets
Former CD Projekt and Metropolis Software developers have announced the formation of 11 bit studios, a development house that will focus on "high-value, high-quality, digitally-distributed games." The team has previously worked on projects for major publishers such as Ubisoft, Monolith and Atari, and "aims to deliver unique and pioneering gameplay experiences for a wide range of platforms, including PC, iPhone, iPad and more." Managing director Grzegorz Miechowski believes its games will appeal to both hardcore and casual gamers with "unique gameplay mechanics" and "high production values." The studio's first project will be revealed next week. For now, learn more about the team and see some tiny screens of its first game at the 11 bit studios website.
