Orcs Must Die!

October 5, 2011 Robot Entertainment Microsoft Studios
Shooter Strategy Indie
PC X360
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Orcs Must Die! is a strategy video game developed by Robot Entertainment. It is a Tower defense game that eschews the traditional top-down view of similar games, instead using a third-person action-oriented viewpoint.
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Game Info

Release Date October 5, 2011
Developer Robot Entertainment
Publisher Microsoft Studios
Game Modes Single player
Perspective First person, Third person
Themes Action
Orcs Must Die!

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