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Defense Grid: The Awakening

by Hidden Path Entertainment

  • Released Dec 8, 2008
  • $9.99
  • Mac
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Xbox 360
  • Xbox One

96%positive reviews

5,179 positive211 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Excellent, clever tower defence

  • Strong maps and challenge

Cons

  • Basic game with few upgrades

  • Controls and presentation issues

Mixed

  • Some call it the best tower defence, others find it basic

Media

System requirements

Minimum:

Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista

Processor: 1.8GHz CPU or higher

Memory: 512 MB RAM

Hard disk space: 1GB available space

DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c or higher, June 2008 version or later

Video: Video: DirectX 9 video card with shader 2 support such as the following:

ATI Radeon 9600 or newer (9600-9800, X300-X1950, HD 2400-HD 4870)

NVIDIA GeForce 6100 or newer (6100-6800, 7100-7950, 8300-8800, 9600-9800, or GTX 216-280)

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A tower defense game where you have to defend Power Cores from being stolen. Tower construction is limited to specified platforms on where you can place 1 out of 10 diffrent upgradeable towers. Towers can not be destroyed by the enemies. Tower placement is key to progress in this game as they each…