Monthly Archives: April 2014

Be sure to tune in to the Orcs Must Die! Twitch channel tonight at 10PM EST (2AM GMT) to see video streaming extraordinaires Nananea and SixOkay discuss and demonstrate OMDU alpha gameplay.

Its all happening over at: http://www.twitch.tv/orcsmustdie – Don’t miss out! If you do, don’t worry it will be available to play again shortly afterwards. The previous PAX East demo stream is currently available to re-play if you missed it:

http://www.twitch.tv/orcsmustdie/c/4083869

There are few new gamplay videos cropping up on YouTube showing off Orcs Must Die! Unchained at the Robot Entertainment booth. Plus an interview with Ian Fischer where he discusses some details surrounding the games release and game play. Check them out below!

GameSlean interviews Ian Fischer about the alpha / beta / release date and about the game.

IGN shows us gameplay footage of new hero “Midnight”

TonyIsGaming – shows us some gameplay footage with soothing music in situ

With OMDU being shown off at PAX East this weekend there are many lucky people getting their hands on playing OMDU for the first time at the Robot Entertainment booth. As such we are now starting to see the first media coverage coming out of PAX East. Initial perceptions are that the game is looking great – the 5v5 multiplayer is really proving popular. After years of fan requests to deliver a bigger multiplayer expirence with OMD, Robot hace certainly delivered fans wishes with OMDU!

Here are some of the media reports coming out of PAX East today:

GameSlean – Jeff reports directly from the booth with video gameplay.

IncGamers – Orcs Must Die! MOBA is happening.

PC Gamer – Orcs Must Die! Unchained announced.

Segment Next – Orcs Must Die! Unchained revealed, introduces MOBA elements.

GameFront – Tower Defence + MOBA + CCG = Orcs Must Die! Unchained.

Great news for Orcs Must Die! fans – its your lucky day as Robot have just announced the next OMD game – Orcs Must Die! Unchained, or OMDU for short! IGN has the scoop. OMDU is the biggest game to date in pretty much every way – bigger levels, more playable characters, deeper deck / inventory system, more enemies and of course even more traps, whats more this is all free-to-play!

Time to get back in the action! Bigger and better than ever before.

Not only is it bigger and better than ever before, OMDU is a radical change to the gameplay. Now for the first time players will be going head to head against themselves to defend and attack strongholds. Thats right OMDU takes a leap into an expansive multiplayer experience! Solo modes are also available as well.

Lets take a look at how Robot sums it up:

Orcs Must Die! Unchained is a fast-paced Fortress Siege action game in which teams of heroes battle head-to-head to attack and defend ancient strongholds. For the first time in Orcs Must Die!, teams of players are responsible for both sides of the battle — building traps to stop the enemy assault AND summoning their own armies to lead against the enemy defense.

OMDU is big, we’re talking up to 5v5 play against friends or global multi player search. To help with this there are a host of new charecters along side the trusty War Mage and Sorceress. OMDU introduces Blackpaw, Midnight, Stinkeye, and Bloodspike into the fray plus many more. This time the hero’s aren’t all human either!

The Motley Crew – Just a selection of the hero’s playable in OMDU.

The decks and inventory system has been completely overhauled, decks are deeper than before and are much better organised. There is also a full upgrade system in place to power up your inventory. Heroes, weapons and traps can all be upgraded not to mention upgrades to minions who will prove to be essential in helping turn the tide of battle.

Seeing is believing – check out the teaser trailer

Don’t take our word for it – take a look at the brand new teaser trailer to see some of the greatness thats in-store for fans coming up in OMDU. Looking mighty fine folks!

Get immediate or early access!

Looking for early access to OMDU? No problem! This time around Robot has introduced a scheme that lets super fans get ahold of the game early, or even much earlier such as right now! Thats right, by purchasing membership to the “Founders” club fans can get ahold of the alpha of OMDU right now! The immediate alpha access costs $149.99 an for that you get a ton of extra stuff on top worth up to $500, this includes 1 alpha and 5 beta codes to share with friends and $200 worth of in-game currency to spend how you like on upgrades. You also get access to the 5 founders heroes, skins and most of all exclusive access to the developer forums. A great deal for mega OMD fans!

If you don’t mind holding tight for a little bit you can get priority alpha and beta access from $59.99 and $19.99 respectively. You can find out all about the Founders access by heading here: https://orcsmustdie.com/founders

Much more to come

We’re just scratching the surface of whats coming up in OMDU. Expect much more to be revealed over PAX and over the coming months. Keep a sharp eye out and dont forget to to sign up on the brand new Orcs Must Die! website. There are brand new forums for people to hop on and discuss this exciting announcement! We’ll see you there 🙂

More information

To read more about OMDU check out the article at IGN where both Patrick Hudson and Ian Fischer discuss parts of the game and the free-to-play model.

Its no secret that Robot has a tendency to demonstrate new things at PAX East and with the expo just 4 days away it is certainly a time for fans to keep their ears to the ground for an announcement of some kind! Robot Entertainment are a confirmed exhibitor at this years PAX East which means it is very likely something new is coming to the table.

Considering the recent partnership announcement with GameForge being confirmed as a PC tittle for 2014, it is almost certain that we will be seeing a new PC game from Robot at PAX East in just a few days time.

Be sure to be following both Robot and REF on Twitter for all the scoop!