{"id":18049,"date":"2010-05-06T19:53:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T18:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.razorianfly.com\/?p=18049"},"modified":"2010-05-06T19:58:48","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T18:58:48","slug":"origin8-announces-sentinel-2-earth-defense-for-iphone-free-this-friday-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/06\/origin8-announces-sentinel-2-earth-defense-for-iphone-free-this-friday-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Origin8 Announces &#8216;Sentinel 2: Earth Defense&#8217; for iPhone FREE This Friday Only."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve just received word from London based iPhone development studio @Origin8, that one of their flagship App Store titles will be <strong>FREE<\/strong>, May 7th (tomorrow). <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In association with @OpenFeint&#8217;s &#8220;Free Game of the Day&#8221; program, the company is announcing Sentinel 2: Earth Defense will be FREE <em>(usually \u00c2\u00a31.79)<\/em> tomorrow only.<\/p>\n<p>Sentinel: Mars Defense is a 2D tower defense game which brings with it fully immersive 2D (but with sort of a 3D-effect) graphics. The game is centered around stopping \u201d\u02dcwaves\u2019 of creeps from reaching an end point. Along the way to aid you in this battle you\u2019ll have to use different powered space-like weapons, each with their own specialties and strong points. The aim is to destroy all alien lifeforms, before they have to reach a series of \u201d\u02dcgates\u2019. If your end defenses are destroyed, it\u2019s game over.<\/p>\n<p>The game&#8217;s features are as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>&#8211; Specialised structures and units provide unique tactical gameplay.<br \/>\n&#8211; Use the landscape and destructible defenses to maximize the effectiveness of your weapons.<br \/>\n&#8211; Unleash the Sentinel&#8217;s incredible ship weapons system &#8211; if you&#8217;ve got the power to do so&#8230;<br \/>\n&#8211; Resource harvesting and interest system adds a new dimension of risk and reward.<br \/>\n&#8211; Deploy mobile attack drones to harass the enemy and augment static defenses.<br \/>\n&#8211; Assault mode provides hours of play; endurance mode is an endless challenge.<br \/>\n&#8211; Mission mode provides quick tactical challenges. Beat a scenario to earn achievements!<br \/>\n&#8211; Visually stunning environments, towers and enemies with fluid zooming and scrolling.<br \/>\n&#8211; Full online high scores, achievements, friends and chat using OpenFeint.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4DBooXpiDSU&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/4DBooXpiDSU&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hankering for even more action? You can purchase Sentinel 2&#8217;s Expansion Pack One in-app for $0.99 or regional equivalent. This pack provides two new maps with unique tactical challenges, a new enemy, three new missions and associated OpenFeint achievements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve just received word from London based iPhone development studio @Origin8, that one of their flagship App Store titles will be <strong>FREE<\/strong>, May 7th (tomorrow).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,2127,16,17],"tags":[3500,280,2270,3501,2482,2479,2480,2481],"class_list":["post-18049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-games-app-store","category-iphone","category-ipod","tag-app-store","tag-free","tag-friday","tag-iphone","tag-open-feint","tag-origin8","tag-pr","tag-sentinel-2-earth-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18049"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18056,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049\/revisions\/18056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}