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Robot Entertainment planning to set a trap for Orcs Must Die! in July [Update: Actually, it's late August, early September]
While checking out Orcs Must Die! at E3 this week, we spoke with lead designer Ian Fischer and inquired about the game's planned launch window. The current plan is to launch on Steam and Xbox Live Arcade initially sometime this summer. "It'll be launching on XBLA and Steam initially, then other platforms after that," he explained. "We haven't talked about price point yet, but we're looking to launch it sometime this summer -- July, at least, is what we're looking at right now." Keep it locked for our preview, which should be live on the site here soon. Update: Orcs Must Die!'s community coordinator, Duncan Stanley, emailed me to say that Ian was mistaken when he gave me the initial July window. The game will likely launch in late August or early September, he says.
Orcs Must Die! preview: Pleasure in panic
It's hard to define Orcs Must Die!. On paper, it's a marriage of the Tower Defense and the action-RPG genres -- but the influence of one doesn't trump the other; it doesn't feel dominated by either one of those two genres. Robot Entertainment has expertly blended the two genres together to create something new: a panic-infused experience where the player is constantly under duress. %Gallery-126147%
Orcs Must Die trailer springs a trap
Sure, you could set up elaborate, expensive traps to try and quell the invading armies of Orcs in Orcs Must Die, or you could go the route of your cheapskate uncle Terry: the spring trap. It's cost-effective, effective-effective and something any skeet shooting aficionado should appreciate.
Get blown away by the Orcs Must Die Wind Belt
Times aren't just tough in the real world, you know. The world of fantasy video games is feeling the pinch as well, making us appreciate the most recently revealed weapon for Orcs Must Die all the more. Check out the energy-efficient, environment-utilizing Wind Belt after the jump!
Orcs Must Die trailer packed with barrels of boom
The only thing more fun than a barrel of monkeys is a barrel full of explosives. Robot Entertainment is gearing up for the "summer" launch of Orcs Must Die with clips highlighting the arsenal options in the castle defense title.
Robot's 'Orcs Must Die!' lays siege to consoles, PC this summer
Robot Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming Age of Empires Online, has announced that it's bringing Orcs Must Die! to "personal computers and consoles this summer." The game is billed as "a white-knuckle blend of action and strategy" and tasks players with defending their fortress from an Orc onslaught. In addition to fighting the Orcs personally, players can also set traps throughout the fortress to crush, impale, immolate or otherwise kill the invading horde. Orcs Must Die! is planned as a download-only title for PC and consoles, making PSN and XBLA likely candidates for console distribution. Check out the first screens in the gallery below and find the debut trailer after the break. %Gallery-117513%
