FieldRunners 1.1 is finally here!

by the hammer of Jim Squires!

I just woke up to some of the best day starting news I’ve had in ages — FieldRunners 1.1 is now available on the iTunes App Store!

In case you somehow missed it, FieldRunners is a tower defense game for the iPhone/iPod Touch that we reviewed a few weeks back and gushed all over.  It’s still the go-to game on my Touch, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon — especially now that we have a new map, some new Runners, and an Endless mode!  Version 1.1 is essentially a free expansion pack rather than a simple bug fix like most +.1’s end up being.

If it’s good enough for Curt Schilling, it’s good enough for you — still only $4.99 on the App Store.  Hit the jump for the full list of additions;

Continue Reading »



Review: Fieldrunners (iPhone/iPod Touch)

by the hammer of Jim Squires!

While not exactly lacking for games since the release of firmware 2.0 back in July, picking quality gaming titles out of the hundreds available on the App Store can be quite a chore.  That’s why I was so pleased when I stumbled across Fieldrunners, a tower defense game that’s as addictive as it is well-suited for the platform.

Those who read the site should know we’re no strangers to tower defense.  Our countless mentions of Desktop Tower Defense and PixelJunk Monsters should prove us old hat at the genre.  So what is it that sets FieldRunners apart?  It’s a little bit of nothing, and a little bit of everything.
Continue Reading »