Jon Hamlin: The tower defense genre has grown more popular over the last several years, as digital distribution platforms like Steam and Xbox Live Arcade have made it easier for development studios to get their games out there. But, somewhere along the way, the sense of tedium grew as the market was inundated with tower defense titles that did little to innovate within the genre. Last week saw the release of two games that provide something a little different and mix up the traditional tower defense formula. One of those games was Sanctum 2. As a first-person shooter/tower defense hybrid, it immediately presents itself as an interesting prospect.
Steam has announced that the tower defense/FPS hybrid Sanctum and its sequel Sanctum 2 will be free from now til next Sunday.
SteamFirst: Here is another example of how the front page advertisement on the Steam site holds a huge value. This brings up the concern that we have mentioned before here on the site regarding how older titles are being dumped onto Steam, taking up valuable featured new release space.
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