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Swag Saturday: Toy Soldiers! (XBLA)
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Mar 6th 2010 at 7:00PM }
So worry not if you have moral objections to pumping howitzer shells into approaching baddies, they're just toys! We want to share this toybox full of fun with you, so we're giving away three codes for this game on Xbox Live Arcade. All you have to do is follow the rules below, and tell us what your favorite toy was. Or is. There's no shame in still playing with toys, is there?
- Leave a comment telling us what your favorite toy was (or is).
- You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec, at least in part due to our vehement opposition of the Montreal Canadiens).
- Limit 1 entry per person per day.
- This entry period ends at 7:01PM PT on Sunday, March 7.
- At that time, we'll randomly select three winners to receive a code good for one copy of Toy Soliders on XBLA (ARV: $15).
- For a list of complete rules, click here.
What is Joyswag? Since we don't keep the games and merchandise we receive for review or promotional purposes, it becomes "Joyswag," which is passed along to our readers. Please note that Joyswag may be in "used" condition. For more info on our policy, click here.
Gallery: Toy Soldiers (XBLA)
PopCap harvesting a money crop with Plants vs. Zombies on iPhone
by Griffin McElroy { Feb 25th 2010 at 1:30PM }
We're sincerely hoping this inspires PopCap to explore other match-ups between things in nature and humanoid aggressors. Trees vs. Ninjas? Migratory Geese vs. Robots? The Ocean vs. Witches? Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus vs. Everyone Else on Earth?
Plants vs. Zombies shambling to iPhones February 15
by Ben Gilbert { Feb 8th 2010 at 9:30PM }
iPhone port of Plants vs. Zombies delayed, coming mid-February
by Griffin McElroy { Jan 26th 2010 at 12:30PM }
This isn't great news for fans of the pseudo-tower defense game -- however, the use of asterisks in the message above makes us certain that PopCap is telling the truth this time. See, asterisks are like little truth symbols. Check this out: "Man, Beaches is my *favorite* movie of all time." Totally, totally true.
[Via ShackNews]
Savage Moon lands on PSP December 22
by Andrew Yoon { Dec 15th 2009 at 2:15PM }
Savage Moon: The Hera Campaign can be downloaded from the PlayStation Store next week, December 22, for $9.99. See a trailer after the break.
Gallery: Savage Moon: The Hera Campaign (PSP)
TGS 2009: Impressions: Toy Soldiers (XBLA)
by Xav de Matos { Sep 25th 2009 at 2:00AM }
My initial reaction to Toy Soldiers -- a tower defense game in a World War I setting -- in a behind-closed-doors Microsoft demo? Snore. Imagine my surprise, then, that I soon got genuinely excited to play the game when it lands sometime next year.
Gallery: Toy Soldiers (XBLA)
Watch one frame of Gratuitous Space Battles being rendered
by Xav de Matos { Aug 30th 2009 at 7:30PM }
[Thanks, Cliff]
Defense Grid protects XBLA on Sept. 2
by Alexander Sliwinski { Aug 25th 2009 at 3:30PM }
($10) on the console.The Xbox version of the game includes the Borderlands (not be confused with the other Borderlands) mission pack, along with a few new challenge modes. The game already comes with a full campaign and what appears to be a significant amount of content for the price.
Gallery: Defense Grid: The Awakening
[Via Eurogamer]
Crystal Defenders attacking PSP
by Andrew Yoon { Aug 25th 2009 at 1:30PM }
[Via GamerBytes]
Comic-Con 2009: South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! in action
by Justin McElroy { Jul 23rd 2009 at 7:15PM }
Update: Above, we've added our own footage form the Comic-Con show floor!
Whatever you've been doing for the past 15 minutes, we promise you it's been more productive than us. See, we've been trying to make heads or tails of UGO's gameplay footage for South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! you'll find after the break.
It looks sort of like a typical tower defense game, except the kids seem to be building the towers themselves. Also, they're sort of like mobile towers of their own, and it seems that several people are playing cooperatively. It's all very puzzling, but at least it can't be worse than Chef's Luv Shack.
Whatever you've been doing for the past 15 minutes, we promise you it's been more productive than us. See, we've been trying to make heads or tails of UGO's gameplay footage for South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! you'll find after the break.
It looks sort of like a typical tower defense game, except the kids seem to be building the towers themselves. Also, they're sort of like mobile towers of their own, and it seems that several people are playing cooperatively. It's all very puzzling, but at least it can't be worse than Chef's Luv Shack.
Gratuitous Space Battles is just that
by David Hinkle { Jul 7th 2009 at 2:30AM }
Head past the break for the footage.
[Via Offworld]
How's Life as a Darklord?
by JC Fletcher { Jul 1st 2009 at 5:45PM } 
Instead, Andriasang describes the WiiWare game as a unique variation of tower defense. As heroes storm your tower, you delay their progress by adding floors to the structure and filling them with monsters. The strategy comes not only from managing your resources enough to build as many floors as you can, but also in placing things so that there isn't too much stuff on one floor. If there is, the heroes can just skip over a floor!
See a video of the game in action after the break.
Joystiq review: Plants vs. Zombies
by Griffin McElroy { May 15th 2009 at 8:30PM } 
Two years (and a hundred thousand Pellet Towers) later, our thirsts had been quenched, and our diligence restored. Then, on May 5, the minds at PopCap gave birth to a new source of blogger work ethic poison -- as is their nefarious custom -- titled Plants vs. Zombies. Yes, those monsters combined our two biggest interests (the undead and household horticulture), and wrapped the whole package up in a neat Tower Defense crust, which they then sprinkled with humor, and roasted until brilliant.
Also, there's probably some crack (or equally addictive narcotic) in there as well.
Midnight movie: Plants vs. Zombies, the music video
by Randy Nelson { Apr 2nd 2009 at 12:15AM }
What's your favorite part? The zombies with butter on their heads? The zombie dolphins? The whole mad thing? It takes a company like PopCap -- purveyors of unicorn-infused digital crack like Peggle -- to invent something that just has to be an April Fools' joke but, we swear, totally isn't.
Brace yourself, then click through after the break for animated insanity.
Comet Crash hits PSN tomorrow for $9.99
by Andrew Yoon { Apr 1st 2009 at 9:00PM }
Tomorrow's Spring Fever game is Comet Crash. And guess what? It's yet another tower defense game. Debuting on the PlayStation Network tomorrow, the game will feature 28 stages, and two multiplayer modes: a 3-player co-op mode and a 4-player offline battle mode. Not only will the title feature 1080p visuals, but you'll be able to play your own music thanks to its XMB music support.
The PlayStation.Blog has more details on the upcoming game, but for now you can watch the trailer. We know there are many that are hankering for some more tower defense, but we feel like this might be too soon after Savage Moon. Check it out tomorrow for $9.99.
The PlayStation.Blog has more details on the upcoming game, but for now you can watch the trailer. We know there are many that are hankering for some more tower defense, but we feel like this might be too soon after Savage Moon. Check it out tomorrow for $9.99.
