Defense Grid: The Awakening

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a tower defense video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment for Windows and Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360. The game was one of the titles promoted by Microsoft during their Game Developers Conference keynote speech on February 20, 2008. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on December 8, 2008, and for Xbox 360 on September 2, 2009. The OS X version shipped from Virtual Programming on July 7, 2010.

Defense Grid: The Awakening
Developer(s)Hidden Path Entertainment
Publisher(s)Hidden Path Entertainment (Win)
Microsoft Studios (XBLA)
Virtual Programming (OS X)
Designer(s)Michael Austin
EngineGamebryo
Platform(s)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox 360
  • OS X
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • WW: December 8, 2008
Xbox 360
  • WW: September 2, 2009
OS X
  • WW: July 7, 2010
Genre(s)Tower defense
Mode(s)Single-player

Players must defend military bases from waves of attacking aliens by positioning a range of tower-based weaponry. New levels provided as downloadable content have been developed in the two years since the game's initial release. Reviewers praised the game, with many noting that the quality of the game was high for a budget title.

From July 1 to July 16 of 2013, Microsoft made the game available free to Xbox 360 Gold members. This giveaway was part of Microsoft's "Games With Gold" Program.

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