Tower “offense” game? I bet you’re wondering right if that was a mistake on my part, or if I’m somehow confused on what the genre ‘tower defense game’ is exactly. Nope, I’m well aware of each in fact! It just so happens that Age of Defenders is much more offensive than it’s genre-like cousins. Something that’s very cool, in my opinion.

Let’s be honest, at this point there’s very little to do with the tower defense genre that hasn’t already been done. Sure some people are making 3D TD games, but that’s really more of just a perspective change than any sort of revolutionary or evolutionary gameplay change. All in all, I’m quite bored of the genre as a whole… which is why I’m actually fairly impressed with what Age of Defenders offers: a multiplayer offensive/defensive tower game.

Essentially what Age of Defenders does is create a battle scenario similar to many TD games. You have your base which you must protect from a wave of incoming enemies by placing towers. What makes it different is that you’re playing against another human opponent and your goal isn’t just to survive but to also attack the opposing players base. To do this you’ll need, as you can probably imagine, offensive units. Hence the genre: tower offense.

The game looks really cool and can be played for free right now in your browser. There are also versions coming out for iOS, Android, Blackberry Tablet OS, Windows, Linux, OSX and Facebook. The cool part about it is that the plan is to allow for cross-platform play across this very wide spectrum of platforms. So, for example, an iOS player would be able to play against an Android player (let the real smartphones wars begin!).

So go check out the browser version. The game is pretty slick and looks like a lot of fun. If you don’t have time for that, give the trailer below a watch. Again, it’s very impressive…

[Age of Defenders]

Trailer