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Download: Defense Grid: The Awakening Demo

by Steven Wong Jan 15th 2009 @ 9:30AM

This demo for Defense Grid: The Awakening lets you play the first few levels of this strategy puzzle game. In Defense Grid, players construct a series of defensive towers to repel hordes of invading aliens. Big Download's review of the full game can be found here.

Download Defense Grid: The Awakening Demo (237 MB)
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Review: Defense Grid: The Awakening

by Steven Wong Dec 11th 2008 @ 2:00PM

Real-time strategy fans are well familiar with the "turtle" tactic. There's something immensely satisfying in planning and building up a defense strong enough to repel almost any invading force. Defense Grid: The Awakening capitalizes on this feeling by being a puzzle action strategy game based entirely on the turtling. Being generally defensive RTS players to start with, we couldn't help getting completely hooked.

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Video sets up a powerful Defense Grid

by Steven Wong Nov 18th 2008 @ 11:30AM

This trailer is for the indie developed game Defense Grid. In it, players are challenged to set up and upgrade a network of defensive towers to repel invading hordes. The game is expected to release sometime this month and will be offered on Steam.

Download HD Defense Grid Trailer (52 MB)

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