For the sake of full disclosure, I never played the original Sanctum. The 2011 title from Coffee Stain Studios was one of the first games to blend together the tower defense and first-person shooter genres. But you don't need to have a full knowledge of the series to appreciate what the Swedish indie developer has created. Sanctum 2 offers a superb shooting experience, though one that's meant more for friends than solo players.
Coffee Stain Studios has shown off the first gameplay footage for Sanctum 2, in the form of a lengthy trailer. It gives us a look at both the overhead maps with their various defensive structures, and the first-person shooting to take the fight down to the battlefield.
A sequel to Coffee Stain's spiffing FPS-tower defense Sanctum is in the works, publisher Reverb has coyly revealed. While the original was PC-exclusive, the cunningly-named Sanctum 2 will also be released for download on consoles, with Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network editions confirmed so far.
Sanctum will be getting a free bit of downloadable content next week, alongside a new demo for the game, developer Coffee Stain Studios announced today. The press release teases (super vague) "new content and updates, as well as a map" included in the DLC. Coffee Stain says it plans to release more content for months to come, though it didn't mention if all of it will be free like this pack. Read more »
Now available on FileShack is the 323MB demo for Sanctum, a hybrid of first-person shooter and tower defense that was pointed out by the top chaps at Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Read more »
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