Iron Brigade (video game)
| Iron Brigade | |
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Iron Brigade box art
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| Developer(s) | Double Fine Productions |
| Publisher(s) |
Microsoft Studios (until 2015) Double Fine Productions (from 2015) |
| Director(s) | Brad Muir |
| Producer(s) | Matthew Hansen |
| Programmer(s) | Christopher Jurney |
| Artist(s) | Geoff Soulis |
| Writer(s) | Tim Schafer |
| Composer(s) | Peter McConnell |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows |
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Xbox 360
Microsoft Windows
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| Genre(s) | Tower defense, Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 82 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B |
| Destructoid | 8.5/10 |
| GamePro | 4.5/5 |
| GameSpot | 8/10 |
| GameTrailers | 8.4 |
| IGN | 9/10 |
| Joystiq |   |
| OXM (US) | 9/10 |
Iron Brigade, formerly titled Trenched, is a 2011 video game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Microsoft Studios as a downloadable Xbox Live Arcade title on the Xbox 360; it was later set for release as a Microsoft Windows title in 2012. Announced at the 2011 Game Developers Conference by Tim Schafer, Iron Brigade is a hybrid tower defense and third person shooter game, set after World War I in an alternate reality, where the player controls units from "The Mobile Trench Brigade" to fight off robotic species called the Monovision. The player controls giant mecha-style robots with weapon and armor customization through a variety of missions set across the world. The game was released on the Xbox Live service on June 22, 2011, with a delayed release in certain European areas due to trademark issues with the title, with its release scheduled for November 30, 2011 but was ultimately released on December 1, 2011 under the alternate name Iron Brigade. The name of the title was updated worldwide to Iron Brigade alongside the European release.
Set in an alternate history shortly after the end of World War I, a strange radio communication known as "the Broadcast" is sent across the world and caused many people who listened to it to die. Two war veterans, Frank Woodruff and Vladimir Farnsworth, survive the attack and gain super-intelligence and a knowledge of advanced technology. Frank, having previously lost his legs in the war, uses his knowledge to design and build mechanical walking platforms called "mobile trenches," giving other disabled soldiers the ability to move again. Vladimir on the other hand creates the Monovision, allowing people to experience the world from the comfort and isolation of their homes. Vladimir is driven insane by his own invention; bent on global conquest, he constructs Monovision-based robotic creatures, derogatorily called "Tubes", designed to spread the broadcast and lays Monovision cables across the world. As Vladimir's forces spread, Frank's "Mobile Trench Brigade" leads the counterattack. After the "Mobile Trench Brigade" has defeated Vladmir's forces, it's revealed that the Monovision's influence on Vladimir has rendered his body like that of a newborn baby while maintaining his head and intellect. While it remains unclear where the broadcast came from or when it will strike again, Frank remarks that the "Mobile Trench Brigade" will be there to fight the menace should it ever rise up again.
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