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Looks like we have a firm date on the release of Orcs Must Die 2!
July 30th! All of the details were released earlier via the Robot Entertainment blog post.

It wont be long until we’ll be enjoying co-op Orc killing action!

Orcs Must Die! 2 thrusts players and their friends back into battle against a terrifying mob of orcs and other monsters. With a redesigned spellbook, players will have a broader range of options to build a deadly arsenal of defenses. Investing hard-earned skulls in an enormous new upgrade system will allow players to cater to their favorite methods of burning, grinding, tossing, or dismembering orcs.

Orcs Must Die! 2 begins days after the ending of the original game. With the rifts closed and the magical Order dead, the War Mage finds himself suddenly thrust into a new battle against the mindless orc mob. He has a powerful, if questionable, new companion in the Sorceress, an ex-War Mage responsible for the destruction of the Order.

In a recent post in the Robot Entertainment forums, Robot community manager Justin Korthof (SixOkay) told players more about the upgrade system in OMD2. He wrote the following

“Regarding the extra combo points… we’ve made that system a ton better. Are you sitting down?  

Okay, so in the first game, upgrading the archers to flaming archers granted the extra combo point. This time around, we’ve taken that idea and attached it to the effects themselves. So, for example, if you buy the archer upgrade in the spellbook that gives them burning arrow, the burning brings an extra combo point with it. But this also works on any trap with a similar status effect upgrade. So if you have Arrow Walls with the upgrade to burning arrows, those burning arrows will also carry an extra combo point with them. If you have spike traps with the “chill” upgrade on them, they’ll grant an extra combo point, too.” 

This means that giant combos should be possible in the new game. Can anyone say x20? Join the conversation here.

Joystiq.com has a great preview of the upcoming spellbook in OMD2! I see lots of squares for traps and other goodies. Take a look inside and if you are a high combo chaser, join the discussion about OMD 2 High Combo theory in the robot forums.

@skeletonmaster ‘s 16 Player Tournament with some Hero Academy League players is now under way. Keep an eye on the developments as all the action unfolds below! Who will win?

I am pleased to announce that Robot Fans now has over 1000 members! Well.. 1001 members to be precise :). I’m glad to see a good number of sign ups from dedicated Robot fans and look forward to the site growing in the future.

Robot Entertainment Fans is a community website at heart and if you ever have any ideas of things to post or any kind of fan made community ideas all you need to do is drop us a line and we look forward to turning your idea into reality!

Thanks for signing up everyone!

In this weeks MMM blog update Justin talks us through the current status of the “12 things to expect” that Robot made for the year ahead back in February. Pleasingly it looks like Robot should surely score a grade A for their efforts so far this year. A vast majority of the goals have already been realised!

One of the interesting tidbits in the blog post is word of exclusive content coming up in the official Robot newsletter some time soon:

We haven’t sent out any exclusive looks just yet, but we’re planning to very soon. Make sure that you’re signed up for the Robot Newsletter to be the first to know when big news comes out!

Make sure you are definitely signed up to the Robot newsletter to make sure you are kept in the loop. Missing out on goodies is never fun!

There is also word of a super secret “Red Pod”:

You already know about the Green, Yellow, Blue, and Orange Pods at Robot Entertainment. This year we’ll introduce you to the Red Pod. You may not know it yet, but some quiet progress has already been made with Red Pod. Unfortunately, that’s about all we can say about that right now. 😉

Should be interesting to hear more about this when the time comes. Meanwhile, we can ponder on what mysteries this new pod will bring..

Check out the full blog post right here!

http://www.robotentertainment.com/blog/detail/MMM-Robot-Progress-Report

Robot Community Manager Justin “SixOkay” Korthof has popped up on the gaming podcast website Seven Day Cooldown. The hour long interview with Adam Crichton talks about a ton of stuff from both Orcs Must Die! and Hero Academy. The podcast includes details about the development of both games and what we can expect in the future. Plus some details about marketing and community management and all that goodness. Oh and our famous Hero Academy League gets a mention too :). There is also some funky intro music thrown into the mix for good measure.

Well worth listening to for all Robot Fans! Check it out on the link below: http://www.sevendaycooldown.com/site/638/