Savage Moon

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Savage Moon
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Developer(s) FluffyLogic
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment
Designer(s) Ana Kronschnabl, Tomas Rawlings, Stuart Griffin
Engine PhyreEngine
Platform(s) PlayStation 3
Release
  • PAL: 24 December 2008
  • NA: 29 January 2009
Genre(s) Tower defense, strategy
Mode(s) Single-player

Savage Moon is a PlayStation 3 tower defense strategy game by British studio FluffyLogic which sees the player protecting a remote, off-world mining facility from constant attack by Insectocytes, a type of carnivorous creature inhabiting the planets. The mission is to strategically place an array of upgradeable, defensive weapons in the way of the bugs. There is a range of towers, from rapid-fire machine guns to support towers such as the chaos tower.

Contents

The game was released for download on the PlayStation Network in the PAL region on 24 December 2008 [1] and in North America on 29 January 2009. A Waldegeist Pack edition was released in the UK on 6 August 2009.

In 2010 the soundtrack to the DLC of Savage Moon: Waldgeist - also composed by Elsaesser, was nominated for Best Original Video Game Score in the 55th Ivor Novello Awards. [2] This was the first year that music from games was given a category in the awards.

On 22 December 2009 a new game set in the same universe and featuring some of the same units and towers was released, titled The Hera Campaign.

Reception

Savage Moon

The game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3]

The Hera Campaign

The Hera Campaign received a bit more favourable reviews according to Metacritic. [16]

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