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Orcs Must Die! Unchained is heading to the PS4 in 2015

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During the recent PlayStation Experience event, Robot Entertainment announced that Orcs Must Die! Unchained, the latest chapter in the Orcs Must Die series, will be heading to the PS4 in 2015.  Orcs Must Die! Unchained takes place years after the finale of Orcs Must Die! 2 as dozens of new rifts have been discovered with heroes traveling far and wide in an all-out war for control of those rifts. 

ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED?? ANNOUNCED FOR PLAYSTATION®4

Next Chapter for Award-winning Orcs Must Die!  Franchise Unveiled at PlayStation Experience

LAS VEGAS and PLANO, Texas ?? December 6, 2014 ??Robot Entertainment, creators of the award-winning ORCS MUST DIE! ?? franchise, announced today during the PlayStation Experience keynote that its highly anticipated multiplayer game, ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED will come to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system in 2015. ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED finds players joining forces, charging in with teams of heroes that battle head-to-head to attack and defend ancient strongholds. For the first time in ORCS MUST DIE!, teams of players will be responsible for both sides of the battle, building traps to stop enemy assaults while summoning their own armies to lead in siege against the enemy defense.

??We??re so glad Robot Entertainment is bringing ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED to the PlayStation 4 for the first time via our Third Party Production group,?? said Adam Boyes, VP of Publisher & Developer Relations at Sony Computer Entertainment of America. ??Their fast-paced action and unique style and humor are a perfect fit for console, and we??re thrilled to have them on PlayStation.??????????

??We??re very excited to welcome PlayStation 4 players to our community,?? said Robot Entertainment CEO Patrick Hudson. ??ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED delivers a unique blend of tower defense and competitive multiplayer action along with the game??s signature humor. We can??t wait for PS4 fans to jump in and start slaying Orcs!??

ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED is set in the familiar world of its humorous fantasy predecessors, years after the finale of Orcs Must Die! 2. With the discovery of dozens of new rifts and magical worlds beyond them, heroes have come from far and wide to wage all-out war for control of these valuable gateways. In the years since Orcs Must Die! 2, the War Mage and Sorceress have rebuilt the once-mighty Order. Their new enemy, the Unchained, is not the mindless horde defeated twice before, but instead an organized army led by powerful heroes.

Features

  •          Attack and Defend - White-knuckle Fortress Siege action puts you into the thick of competitive siege warfare. Unleash your minions and charge into the heart of the enemy stronghold and build an impenetrable gauntlet of traps to hack, grind, flatten, gibletize and incinerate your foes. Your team must master both tactics to triumph.
  •          Choose Your Hero - Dozens of unique and powerful heroes offer deep gameplayoptionsat all skill levels. Old friends the War Mage and Sorceress return to face new enemy heroes like Blackpaw, Midnight, Stinkeye, and Bloodspike. Whether players prefer might and majesty or scum and villainy, there??s a hero for everyone.
  •          Collect & Customize - Collect and upgrade powerful heroesover-the-top weapons, devious traps and fiendish minions. Build an arsenal from an enormous variety of options, and customize a strategy for every match. New heroes, weapons, traps, and minions are continuously added, and your collection will never stop evolving!

In development for PlayStation 4 and PC, the PC version of ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED is currently in Closed Beta. For more information about ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED, visit http://www.OrcsMustDie.com and follow the development team on Facebook and Twitter.

ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED Producer Lance Hoke will also participate in the ??Good vs Evil in F2P Game Design?? panel at PlayStation experience on Sunday, December 7 at 10:30am (PST).

Panel Location/Directions:

Palazzo Room C/D, 4th Floor of the Sands Expo & Convention Center

201 Sands Avenue, Las Vegas, NV, 89169

[The Sands Expo is located between the convention hall and the main hotel/casino floor. Head towards the casino from the Sands Lobby and take the escalators up]

 

The Orcs Must Die! Series
Orcs Must Die! is an action-strategy game series that challenges players and their friends to team up and defend a world constantly under siege. The original Orcs Must Die! released to critical acclaim in October 2011, winning the AIAS Strategy Game of the Year. It was followed in 2012 by the co-operative sequel, Orcs Must Die! 2Orcs Must Die! 1 & 2 are available now for download on Steam. For the first time in the history of the series, Orcs Must Die! Unchained finds players joining forces, forming teams of heroes to both defend against enemy attacks with traps while also laying siege to the opposing team??s defenses. The game will launch in 2015 for both PC and PlayStation 4.

About Robot Entertainment

Based in Plano, Texas, Robot Entertainment is a world-class independent game development studio founded in 2009 by veterans of Ensemble Studios. With a team that has proven experience and expertise in creating games that appeal to massive audiences on multiple platforms, Robot Entertainment is focused on developing titles that set new standards for their respective genres as well as groundbreaking original intellectual properties. The studio most recently launched the critically acclaimed Echo PrimeHero Academy and Orcs Must Die! 2. More information on Robot Entertainment can be found at http://www.RobotEntertainment.com.

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