There couldn’t have been a more perfect time to play a Kingdom Rush game — I had just finished replaying through the series during a hospital stay, and when I got home, I saw that Ironhide Game Studios’ new release, Kingdom Rush Vengeance, had released on Android. Excited, I rushed to purchase it and for some reason, was surprised when I saw the amount of microtransactions in the game. It doesn’t make any sense that I was surprised. Despite always being a premium franchise that requires an up-front payment, Kingdom Rush has also controversially locked most of the game’s heroes behind additional paywalls. You generally get three-four heroes in the base game, and the other 10-plus heroes are individual microtransactions, some that cost more than the game itself. It’s never been a good, customer-friendly business model. Feeling like you’re locked out of content that you feel like you’ve already paid…
The 31 best Android games of 2017 – No. 3: Iron Marines
Ironhide Game Studio probably doesn’t need to innovate much to continue producing quality games. Kingdom Rush is fantastic, as are both of the follow-ups, despite not changing much with the formula. As I said, they don’t need to make big changes … but they did with their latest release, Iron Marines, and it’s worked out fantastically.
Mobile RTS goodness: Iron Marines from Kingdom Rush devs out now
Iron Marines, the latest game from Ironhide Game Studio, those folks best known for creating the Kingdom Rush franchise, is now out on Android.
Kingdom Rush devs to release next game, Iron Marines, on Sept. 14
Set to release on Android and iOS on Sept. 14, the game is described as a “real-time, dynamic and deep strategy game.”