Steam News

Defense Grid: The Awakening Price Drop!

October 8, 2009, 2:07 pm - Valve - General Announcement

Defense Grid: The Awakening is now available for half off the original price!

Go grab this strategic tower defense game from Hidden Path Entertainment for only $9.99/£6.99/€8.99 here!

Defense Grid: The Awakening Update Released

July 23, 2009, 4:56 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Defense Grid: The Awakening have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Updates

• The game pauses on a new level until you place the first tower (or right click the mouse) to allow you to look over it and plan your strategy
  
• Added alien health bars with an option to turn them on and off in Settings menu
  
• Adjusted the difficulty for levels Last Stand and Waste Disposal
  
• Changed the entrance and exit arrow colors for the Last Stand level to show which exit corresponds with aliens from which entrance
  
• Updated various text strings for better accuracy and clearer understanding
  
• Added an extra digit space in the resource counter to accommodate high resource count
  
• Left Hand mouse control is now supported
  
• Added a version number in the How to Play section
  

• Turtles now spawn aliens even after a save when they are in a level.
  
• The interest accrued at the end of the mission is now always included in the associated leaderboard posting.
  
• Link to and update to the latest version of DirectX in order to address audio issues for some users
  
• The Game tip sound no longer plays when the user turns off the game tip visual cue in the settings.
  
• The Orbital laser is now not affected by saving or loading.
  
• The 15 Tower challenge mode description was incorrect, it has been updated.
  
• The meteor trails now look better at slower framerates.
  
• The UI no longer cycles quickly while fast-forwarding.
  
• Changed silver medal core criteria for Assessing the Threat to be consistent with other mission criteria.
  
• Changed requirements for Siege Breaker achievement so it is now awarded.
  

Defense Grid: The Awakening 75% off This Week

May 6, 2009, 2:33 pm - Valve - General Announcement

The indie strategy game Defense Grid: The Awakening is on sale for 75% off until May 13th.

Defense Grid: The Awakening - 25% Off!

February 16, 2009, 12:25 pm - Valve

Save 25% on Defense Grid: The Awakening until March 2nd!

If you don't have it yet, now is your chance, get it now!

PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award (90/100).

Defense Grid: The Awakening Demo Now Available

January 14, 2009, 2:51 pm - Valve - Product Release

Try the new demo for the hit tower defense game, Defense Grid: The Awakening, now available on Steam. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Buy the full version of the game to play on all 20 levels, challenge your friends on the leaderboards, earn Steam Achievements, and more.

Defense Grid: The Awakening Update Released

December 15, 2008, 6:30 pm - Valve - Product Update

Updates to Defense Grid have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Defense Grid: The Awakening

• Fixed a rare problem in which some systems would play the game and see a solid color instead of the level.


• Made the Siege Breaker achievement obtainable.


• Corrected the accumulation of the stats: Spires Encountered and Total Aliens Encountered.


• Adjusted the in game resource counter to allow for 7 digits instead of 6.


• Corrected a bug dealing with the accumulation of interest when using checkpoints or saving/loading near the end of a level.

Defense Grid: The Awakening Now Available

December 8, 2008, 1:11 pm - Valve - Product Release

Defense Grid: The Awakening is now available on Steam for $19.99 worldwide. Defend your base from the hordes of invading enemies by strategically building fortification towers in this new 'tower defense' game from indie developer Hidden Path Entertainment.