Tower-defense Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Sentinel 3 on sale for $0.99, $1.99 DLC update adds large number of features

by Michael Grothaus (May 26th, 2011)

The popular sci-fi tower defense game Sentinel 3 is on sale for only US$0.99 for a limited time. Normally $2.99, the sale price is in celebration of the release of a massive new downloadable campaign that is available as an in-app purchase for $1.99. The new 15-map campaign features 15 endless ...

TUAW's Daily App: GemCraft

by Mike Schramm (Apr 18th, 2011)

You may have played GemCraft before -- it's a pretty popular Flash game that's been available for a while now. It's a tower defense game, though the new layer here is that your towers are actually powered by gems, which allows you to do things like move them around for various monster waves and ...

TUAW's Daily App: Evolution Defense

by Mike Schramm (Aug 18th, 2010)

Evolution Defense is a pretty good tower defense title. While it doesn't add a whole lot to the genre (there is some innovation in terms of how towers are upgraded, and support towers can be built and added in around damaged towers), it is a smooth and direct TD game that's made for the iPhone. ...

Freeverse releases a Horde of Orcs on the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Dec 12th, 2007)

Freeverse dropped me a note to let me know that their new tower defense game released yesterday. It's called Horde of Orcs, and I have to say, it looks fun. If you've ever played Desktop Tower Defense, you know what the deal is here, except that this time around, everything's in shiny, colorful ...