Defense Grid: The Awakening

Defense Grid: The Awakening
Developer(s)Hidden Path Entertainment
Publisher(s)Hidden Path Entertainment (Win)
Microsoft Studios (XBLA)
Virtual Programming (OS X)
Designer(s)Michael Austin
EngineGamebryo
Platform(s)
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • WW: December 8, 2008[1]
Xbox 360
  • WW: September 2, 2009[1]
OS X
  • WW: July 7, 2010[1]
Genre(s)Tower defense
Mode(s)Single-player

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a tower defense video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment for Windows and Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360. The game was one of the titles promoted by Microsoft during their Game Developers Conference keynote speech on February 20, 2008.[2] The game was released for Microsoft Windows on December 8, 2008, and for Xbox 360 on September 2, 2009. The OS X version shipped from Virtual Programming on July 7, 2010.[3]

Players must defend military bases from waves of attacking aliens by positioning a range of tower-based weaponry. New levels provided as downloadable content have been developed in the two years since the game's initial release. Reviewers praised the game, with many noting that the quality of the game was high for a budget title.

From July 1 to July 16 of 2013, Microsoft made the game available free to Xbox 360 Gold members. This giveaway was part of Microsoft's "Games With Gold" Program.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Defense Grid is Now Available on PC, Mac, Xbox 360 & OnLive". Hidden Path Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2010-08-08.
  2. ^ Microsoft GDC '08 Press Release
  3. ^ "Defense Grid: The Awakening Released for OS X". MacGamer. July 7, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  4. ^ "Xbox Live Gold: Multiplayer for Everyone | Xbox".