Developer Hero Interactive just announced a new action game named Vector Boom. This news follows shortly after the release of their latest game, Pirate Defense. In Vector Boom you need to protect your base, which is a space station, from a coming onslaught of space ships with you in their sights.

Use your mouse to click and drag forming circles around the enemy spaceships, letting your space station know where to attack. You won’t be shooting at them with pitiful little guns this time. Once the circle is drawn your station sends out a massive missile annihilating anything in your chosen area. Different kinds of space ships have different strengths and weaknesses so be alert, upgrade your space station as much as you can, and get ready for some huge explosions!

Vector Boom will be developed alongside other projects. Hero Interactive will be using their increased staff numbers to develop it while working on Bubble Tanks Arenas. More information about Vector Boom will become available in the following weeks, so stay tuned!

Armor Games have released their newest game called Crush the Castle. During development the game was named trebuchet and is a remake of the game Castle Clout. You can read our earlier preview of the game published a few weeks back.

There are some differences to the original plan. Upgrades cannot be bought and instead they are unlocked as the player advances through the levels. The gameplay is very simple but addictive and the levels are fun and challenging. The trebuchet is controlled by two mouse clicks and the level is cleared once you destroy all the inhabitants of the castle. Upon finishing all the levels you unlock the level editor and this adds another few hours to the game’s lifespan.

Hopefully now that this game is done developer Con Artist can focus on The Last Stand 3 and the sequal to Warfare 1917. There has been no news on these two games for a while and we hope to hear about them somewhere the coming weeks.

Click here to play Castle Crush at Armor Games

Desktop Tower Defense Pro has been released and offers far more new features than was anticipated. Version 1.9 as it was originally called was announced five months ago by developer Hand Drawn Games and since it had been silent around this awaited update.

Pro features new game modes such as a sandbox mode and various preset scenarios. During these scenarios you’re faced with limitations to what you can build or the towers have already been placed. There’s a brand new multiplayer mode where you can play against other players from all around the world. Furthermore, the game has received a total art make-over, including new tower animations and icons and it looks better than ever before.

Since Desktop Tower Defense was first released it has been a major hit. It launched the defense game hype and although hundreds of spin-offs tried to imitate it, only very few succeeded. It has had over 30 million gameplays and is one of the most successful free flashgame ever. Since its release there have been various version updates, improving various aspects of the game.

Click here to play Desktop Tower Defense Pro

Pirate Defense has just been released by developer Hero Interactive. Over the past few weeks we’ve brought multiple updates and gameplay features regarding this tower defense game and now we can finally play it. The game gives a completely new twist to the defense genre and now its up to the players to cast their vote and rank it.

Instead of just towers, players will be using a combination of triggers and traps to defeat waves of angry pirates. Triggers can for instance push pirates a few tiles to the right into a pitfall. The bigger these contraptions, the more points awarded for every pirate defeated. Traditional tower defense elements like cannons and arrows are still present to complement the traps. Sounds good, but the time has come to put it to the test!

Hero Interactive will soon know how their new concept is received by players. Play it for yourself and leave a comment with your thoughts on Pirate Defense!

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During the Flash Gaming Summit 2009 last March, there were over 7000 games nominated in several categories for the Mochi Awards. All of the winning games are special in their own way, but some haven’t received the deserved attention. This especially applies to Questionaut by Amanita Design. The game won the award for Best Game Art and for a good reason.

Journey through strange worlds and test your knowledge of English, Maths and Science on this magical mission to recover your friend’s hat. In essence it’s a point and click adventure with a quiz in every stage. The art and animation are phenomenal and every level surprises with its unique characters, feel and look. The target audience might be children and the questions have an educational purpose, but it would be a shame to overlook all the other aspects Questionaut has to offer.

It was released last year and since the Mochi Awards it has been discovered by the more mainstream audience. Much can be said about this game but it’s easier to see for yourself!

Click here to play Questionaut

Gemcraft Chapter Zero: Gem of Eternity has been out for three full days and its time to make up a balance. To begin with numbers, the game has had over half a million gameplays and the average rating is just over a 9.4 which is not bad at all. Most comments are very positive and there seems to be a consensus on the increased difficulty level.

Of course, we have finished the game as well and we are very pleased with the result to say the least. The increased diffculty makes the game more challenging and rewarding. There are plenty of levels and every stage has atleast eight different modes with an unlockable never-ending mode after finishing the story for the first time. There’s plenty of replay value with all the different modes for every stage and everything is looking and feeling very polished. The implications of the new gameplay elements are not as big as we expected, but the traps and beacons are a pleasant addition to the game. The plot is simple but exciting enough to keep you interested in what might come next and explains the events before Gemcraft Chapter One: The Forgotten.

Developer Game in a Bottle can be proud with their latest product. They have been busy since its launch and have updated to v1.01 shortly after the initial release, fixing a few issues like broken hotkeys. At this rate, the game is heading to a record number of unique gameplays in no time. If you haven’t played this gem of a game yet, make sure to do so!

Click here to play Gemcraft Chapter Zero: Gem of Eternity

Version 2.0 has been released for Sonny 2 and it brings more maps, items and challenges for players who finished the story-mode. If you thought the original was difficult to complete, wait till you’ve played this! Sonny 2 is one of the biggest online flash games with over 20 million unique gameplays and with version 2.0 this number will surely grow.

There are two new zones available and its the equivalent of the bonus zone in the original Sonny. There’s not much of a story or voiced dialogue, but there is a lot of challenge for you and your character. Even those of you who have level 30 characters saved will find it tough. The newly added zone 6 can only be accessed after defeating the game on either challenging or heroic mode and includes new sets of items and four new bosses. Furthermore, there is a secret zone with the four hardest bosses in the game.

Can you defeat the Hydra without damaging him directly? Are you able to win against Clemons solo? Think you can beat the game on Heroic without using a single training fight or repeating a single boss battle? One wrong purchase or re-spec could be the end of you! New and challenging achievements have been implemented and you can keep track of all the crazy things you try to do!

There have also been some minor bug and balance fixes. Psycho class can’t pull the Shock Coma trick anymore, because it made the game too easy. Also the Hydra fight has been made a bit easier for certain elements.

Click here to play Sonny 2 at Armor Games

Another update from developer Urbansquall on their upcoming Battalion games. We’ve been receiving loads of updates the past weeks, make sure to have read their previous revelations! This weeks they present us with a new unit called the Warmachine.

The Warmachine is the newest unit in the Battalion Commander’s arsenal and it is by far the largest unit ever fielded in war. It is a moving city, an army by itself. A single Warmachine will cause an advancing enemy to halt and reconsider its assault. The Warmachine’s terrible Predator missiles shred through the thickest tank armor and pick all manner of targets out of the sky. The only thing enemy commanders fear more than the Warmachine’s attack is its ability to create units anywhere on the battlefield.

Urbansquall has big plans for their Battalion series. First we will be presented with Arena, a multiplayer addon to Battalion: Nemesis and at a later stage they will release the sequels Ghosts and Vengeance. No release dates have been announced yet.

Plenty of new tower defense releases these days. Developer Hero Interactive revealed that Pirate Defense is in the last stage of development and should be out soon. Fans of the genre have plenty to do the coming weeks as today the new Gemcraft was launched as well.

On their blog, Hero Interactive announced that their ‘latest game, Pirate Defense, is in the final stages of development right now. In fact, the game will be coming out very soon. Of course, there’s still no exact release date but it seems like we can expect it any time. Start thinking of some cool trigger/trap combinations cause the more complicated they are the more points (gold) you get!’ For more details and footage of the game read our earlier reports on Pirate Defense.

Hopefully they’ll bring new gameplay elements to the tower defense genre with this game. We’ll have to wait and play the game to find out how their trigger/trap mechanics will turn out, but it sounds very exciting.

The wait is over and Gemcraft Chapter Zero: Gem of Eternity has finally been released! The game was hit by several delays and it took more than three additional months before developer Game in a Bottle finished the game and fans of the series could play their long-awaited game.

Chapter Zero brings several new gameplay elements such as new gem placement options and gem bombs. Players familiar with the previous game will find it easy to adopt to the new features while for new players it might take some time to get the hang of it. Trust us and don’t give up, the gameplay has a steep learning-curve bit is immensely rewarding. The world looks better than ever and the art department has really delivered. From the opening screen to the menus, everything looks polished to the detail.

Gemcraft has prolonged its position as one of the best tower defense games and Chapter Zero will become the new benchmark. We predict a never seen before high number of gameplays the coming days together with the top-ranked spot in the charts. The game is only playable at Armor Games for the first few weeks, giving them a huge boost over their direct competitors like Kongregate. Don’t wait any longer and play this gem of a game, enjoy!

Click here to play Gemcraft Chapter Zero: Gem of Eternity at Armor Games