Dungeon Defenders
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Dungeon Defenders is a video game developed by Trendy Entertainment
that combines the genres of tower defense
and action RPG. The game takes place in a fantasy setting where players control the young apprentices of wizards and warriors and defend against hordes of monsters. Dungeon Defenders was announced on August 25, 2010, and is planned for release on Xbox Live Arcade
, PlayStation Network and PC
. Support for the Move accessory is planned for inclusion in the PlayStation Network version. Epic Games' Mark Rein has stated that there will be cross platform play between the PlayStation 3
and the PlayStation Vita. The game was released on October 19, 2011 through Steam.
The game has been a commercial success, selling over 250,000 copies in first two weeks of release.
. All classes posses unique "towers
," defenses that can be constructed on the map to stop advancing mobs, as well as utilize different skills and weapon types. The style of gameplay encourages multi-player and cooperation utilizing all the classes unique defenses. However, it is possible to play solo and switch between the different classes during a level in between combat phases.
The Squire: The Squire is primarily a melee based character whose towers are capable of large amounts of damage as well as barricading advancing mobs.
The Apprentice: The Apprentice is a mage based character focused on ranged combat whose towers focus primarily on ranged and elemental damage.
The Monk: The Monk is a support character capable of both ranged and melee attacks. The Monk's towers take the form of "auras;" constructed zones on the map capable of buffing allies or inflicting negative status and/or damage on incoming mobs.
The Huntress: The Huntress focuses on ranged combat with the class' towers taking the form of "traps" which function for a limited amount of charges.
The Initiate: The female counterpart to "The Monk", she has the ability to debuff nearby enemies and strengthen her allies' defenses.
The Countess: The female counterpart to "The Squire", a melee character who can joust through groups of enemies and boost her allies' morale.
The Ranger: The male counterpart to "The Huntress", he's slow but strong and can make both him and his allies invisible.
The Adept: The female counterpart to "The Apprentice"; she has the ability to instantly upgrade any defense as well as cause magical explosions.
games available for iOS and the first available on Android, with a recent patch allowing cross-platform multiplayer gaming between the two mobile operating systems via GameSpy
.
Second Wave is the current mobile version of Dungeon Defenders. It is free on the Android Market, but paid on the App Store. It features a revamped menu system and improved controls.
Trendy Entertainment
Trendy Entertainment is an American independent game development studio, founded by Agapitus Lye and Jeremy Stieglitz. It is located in Gainesville, Florida. Trendy Entertainment is a developer of Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Windows, iOS, and Android platform games...
that combines the genres of tower defense
Tower defense
Tower defense is a subgenre of real-time strategy computer games.The goal of tower defense games is to try to stop enemies from crossing a map by building towers which shoot at them as they pass. Enemies and towers usually have varied abilities, costs, and ability costs...
and action RPG. The game takes place in a fantasy setting where players control the young apprentices of wizards and warriors and defend against hordes of monsters. Dungeon Defenders was announced on August 25, 2010, and is planned for release on Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade is a type of video game download distribution available primarily in a section of the Xbox Live Marketplace, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360, that focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent game developers...
, PlayStation Network and PC
Personal computer
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. Support for the Move accessory is planned for inclusion in the PlayStation Network version. Epic Games' Mark Rein has stated that there will be cross platform play between the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and the PlayStation Vita. The game was released on October 19, 2011 through Steam.
The game has been a commercial success, selling over 250,000 copies in first two weeks of release.
Gameplay
There were originally four character classes available in-game; the Squire, Monk, Huntress, and Apprentice. Four new classes were introduced on November 23, 2011 which were essentially "gender-swapped" versions of the original four who possessed new abilities. These characters are known as The Initiate, The Countess, The Ranger, and The Adept. Additional classes such as the Berserker, Jester, and the "Series EV" are planned to be added to the game at a later date via DLCDownloadable content
Downloadable content is official additional content for a video game distributed through the Internet. Downloadable content can be of several types, ranging from a single in-game outfit to an entirely new, extensive storyline, similarly to an expansion pack. As such, DLC may add new game modes,...
. All classes posses unique "towers
Tower defense
Tower defense is a subgenre of real-time strategy computer games.The goal of tower defense games is to try to stop enemies from crossing a map by building towers which shoot at them as they pass. Enemies and towers usually have varied abilities, costs, and ability costs...
," defenses that can be constructed on the map to stop advancing mobs, as well as utilize different skills and weapon types. The style of gameplay encourages multi-player and cooperation utilizing all the classes unique defenses. However, it is possible to play solo and switch between the different classes during a level in between combat phases.
The Squire: The Squire is primarily a melee based character whose towers are capable of large amounts of damage as well as barricading advancing mobs.
The Apprentice: The Apprentice is a mage based character focused on ranged combat whose towers focus primarily on ranged and elemental damage.
The Monk: The Monk is a support character capable of both ranged and melee attacks. The Monk's towers take the form of "auras;" constructed zones on the map capable of buffing allies or inflicting negative status and/or damage on incoming mobs.
The Huntress: The Huntress focuses on ranged combat with the class' towers taking the form of "traps" which function for a limited amount of charges.
The Initiate: The female counterpart to "The Monk", she has the ability to debuff nearby enemies and strengthen her allies' defenses.
The Countess: The female counterpart to "The Squire", a melee character who can joust through groups of enemies and boost her allies' morale.
The Ranger: The male counterpart to "The Huntress", he's slow but strong and can make both him and his allies invisible.
The Adept: The female counterpart to "The Apprentice"; she has the ability to instantly upgrade any defense as well as cause magical explosions.
Dungeon Defenders: First/Second Wave
First Wave is the obsolete mobile version of Dungeon Defenders, and was one of the first Unreal Engine 3Unreal Engine 3
Unreal Engine 3 is a computer game engine developed by Epic Games. It is the third generation of Unreal Engine, designed for DirectX 9/10/11 personal computers , the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation Vita, the Wii U, Android and OpenGL-based operating systems such as iOS and Mac OS X...
games available for iOS and the first available on Android, with a recent patch allowing cross-platform multiplayer gaming between the two mobile operating systems via GameSpy
GameSpy
GameSpy Industries, Inc., known simply as GameSpy, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software. GameSpy dates back to the 1996 release of an internet Quake server search program named QSpy. The current...
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Second Wave is the current mobile version of Dungeon Defenders. It is free on the Android Market, but paid on the App Store. It features a revamped menu system and improved controls.