In other words, a license for pandemonium.

PR Manager & Game Designer for Coffee Stain Studios Armin Ibrisagic stated that, “We continually want to improve our game based on feedback we get from our community. Sanctum 2 is our biggest project yet, so we want to make it as great as possible with help from our player base. It’s our way of thanking players for supporting us!”

Sanctum 2 is currently available for $14.99 on PC, with the DLC season pass retailing for $11.99.

The game features 4 player co-op and deep customization. It will be available on Steam, XBLA and PSN later this year.

It’s a tower defense game you have to construct and upgrade defensive structures. The game will be published by Reverb Publishing.

“We’re always searching for great games from passionate developers, particularly studios that have innovative ideas that get us excited to play them,” said Ted Lange, executive producer, Reverb Publishing.

“We all have logged quite a few hours with Sanctum and can definitively say that what Coffee Stain has in store for Sanctum 2 will blow the minds of Sanctum fans and new gamers alike.”

Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

On the dino side your classes are broken down to Pteranodo, Novaraptor, Dilophosaurus, T-Rex, and Carnataurus. I’m not into dinosaurs so I’m going to assume those names aren’t made up. The Dilo is a very small dino that can spit purple goop at humans and the first time I thought my video card crashed on me. It was pretty messy and you can’t see for a few seconds. The Pteranodo is very effective in the sky, if you can master the flying, and can swoop down and snatch up humans. The raptor is the most balanced and strongest. Their secondary attack allows them to leap a great distance to land on a human to tear them to shreds. The T-Rex is big and can just eat people. The Carnataurus is humongous and you really should get extra points for taking one down all by yourself, they are just massive.

As mentioned the game play is just PVP. The environments are lush with heavy brush and vegetation. This works to the favor of both sides. Being much smaller, humans can easily hide in the brushes. This also means the visibility is extremely low for humans too. As dinosaurs you can hide in the bigger brush, and use it to move around faster without being seen. Your team is highlighted so you can keep tabs on everyone close to coordinate attacks. It’s also good to stick together as humans cause in the cases where a raptor pins you down, or a Pteranodo snaps you up into the sky, you are completely incapacitated and must rely on someone else to shoot the dino to free you.

There’s also team chat but I highly suggest you keep the chat minimal. As a human I ran across two dino’s actually talking to each other on a bridge. They learned their lesson quickly with a double kill and why not to talk about how cool the bridge was and how to get to it.

In early review testing I had a hard time finding anyone online, and for the most part didn’t find anything worth noting except that the environments looks pretty good. After some time though I came across some full servers and the games really came to life. With full teams of dinosaurs rampaging through human nests, it stays chaotic throughout and gives you the feeling of a balanced game. Although the dinos should have the advantage due to speed and size, I found many humans to hold their own and gain victory in their rounds. That’s not to say the humans are going to win every time. If your Pternanodo are skilled they can scoop up people and either drop them to their death, or in my case, they dropped me on the top of scaffolding. There was no easy way down, and although I spent time looking for a way down, in the end I wasted time and fell to my death, which shaved off time from winning.

Although game play was solid, at times it felt like I was fighting the heavy brush just to get a glimpse of a dinosaur. In the jungle areas it made more sense, but in cargo freight shipping yards, it seemed fairly obvious that the brush was there only to obscure your view.

Once the servers get full, Primal Carnage can be an exciting game to play. It’s almost like being in the middle of the Jurassic Park movie, however in here, it’s okay that there isn’t a real plot. In the end the game is really just Team Fortress 2 meets Jurassic Park. This could be a good thing for people who pretend the movie had a plot, and are a little tired of Team Fortress 2 and need something new in their team death matches. However if you aren’t into dinosaurs, think Jurassic Park was completely stupid, even though the effects were amazing, and you just played another free round of Team Fortress 2, you could easily skip this game and not even feel like there’s a plot hole in your life. Really, they spent the entire movie getting the power back on, just to leave in a gas powered helicopter.

This game was reviewed on the PC.

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is now out for the PC, and you can buy it just for $10 via Steam, Rain Digital Games, GamersGate and GameStop. Having been released on the PS3 last year via PSN, the PC version has bonus contents such as new game modes, new difficulty levels and more, according to the devs.

“The PC version of Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a terrific next step for the Rocketbirds franchise, and with the addition of off AND online co-op, people everywhere can now experience a terrific campaign with their friends on the couch or across the world,” said Ted Lange, executive producer for Reverb Publishing.

The game includes co-op and a single player campaign. It “expands the Rocketbirds universe” with extra characters, puzzles, missions and more.

You can buy the game through the links given above.

Stay tuned for more info.

For those who pre-order, they receive an exclusive Agent-H Budgie Command co-op character and 4 new songs by New World Revolution. And of course you get the game, which looks quite interesting at this stage.

Yes, it’s basically Angry Birds meets side-scrolling shooter, but it still looks quite solid at this stage (even with the slightly dark graphics). The game will be available for PSN soon.

2XL games today announced Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad is now available on the Xbox Live Arcade.

Providing a ‘retail-quality’ experience, Jeremy McGrath’s Off road seeks to do away with the ‘needless, most tedious’ aspects of most racing games. Instead, it seeks to create a ‘truly fun’ experience, packed with multiplayer, vehicle upgrades, fender-benders, big air, dirt-slinging action, all in seamless 60 frames-per-second, in full 1080p high definition glory.

“Looking back on the previous generation of games, there were a lot of great racers out there that were simply a lot of fun. They were inspiring,” said Robb Rinard, creative director at 2XL Games.

“We wanted to recapture what was great about those games while making something our own. I’m proud of what we’ve created, and I’m more than ready to take on some challengers online.”

Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad is on XBLA for 800 MS points, coming soon to PSN for £6.30/$9,99.

We have a new publisher for Sanctum 2, and Reverb Publishing will do the honours. They also published Dungeon Defenders recently which sold 1 million units.

Sanctum sold 300,000 units on the PC after launching on April 2011. Sanctum will be released on PSN and Xbox Live as well, and is a Tower Defense game/FPS game.

“We’re always searching for great games from passionate developers, particularly studios that have innovative ideas that get us excited to play them,” said Ted Lange, executive producer, Reverb Publishing.

“Sanctum has been a huge success on Steam for Coffee Stain Studios, and bringing the next version to console players as well as the PC market is a great next step to share this unique experience.

“We all have logged quite a few hours with Sanctum and can definitively say that what Coffee Stain has in store for Sanctum 2 will blow the minds of Sanctum fans and new gamers alike.”

Anton Westbergh, producer and CEO for Coffee Stain Studio explains why Reverb Publishing suits them a lot.

“Reverb’s unique publishing model allowing us as the developer to fully retain our IP and keep the lion’s share of the revenue from the game made it a no-brainer.

“Their success with Dungeon Defenders proves they know how to take a digital title to market and make it a winner, and we can’t wait to see what they can do with Sanctum 2,” he said.

Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

Trendy Entertainment announced that Dungeon Defenders is now available for download on PlayStation Network in Europe. A smash hit that has sold over 600,000 copies across PSN, Xbox LIVE and Steam to date, Dungeon Defenders brings together the best elements of tower defense and action-RPG progression in a fully 3D environment; spreading the 4-player co-op mayhem out across 15 unique maps in all its loot-raiding, spell-casting, level-up stacking glory.

To compensate for the delay, Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe and Trendy Entertainment will be releasing the first DLC pack, The Quest for the Lost Shards Part 1: Mistymire Forest (containing new missions, enemies a new boss) for free to all SCEE users at a to-be-determined date in January of 2012.

Dungeon Defenders developers, Trendy Entertainment has open the game to the community by releasing a Development Kit. Players can create their own modes and content within the game. They have also added a new 16-player Capture the Flag Pre-Alpha version of the mode. Modding the game will give you access to the entire source code, on top of the fact that as a community, everyone can help develop the new 16 Player Capture the Flag, PvP Mode. This is for the PC only obviously and you can view more details in the full press release below.

Twain Harte, CA – November 11th –Today, Trendy Entertainment is opening Dungeon Defenders up to the community with the release of its Dungeon Defenders Development Kit and 16-player Capture the Flag pre-alpha on PC. With these tools, Dungeon Defenders players will not only be able to modify Dungeon Defenders’ content and create entirely new games based on its code, but they’ll be able to directly influence the development of Trendy’s next major gameplay mode – 16-player Capture the Flag. With seamless multiplayer matchmaking with automatic transferring of new maps and content over the Internet, all players will be able to enjoy this user-created content.

The Dungeon Defenders Development Kit (found here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/202522/?snr=1_4_4__103) is a robust set of tools for players to modify all aspects of Dungeon Defenders and create their own content and games. Packaged with the game’s complete source code and art assets, it is one of the definitive Unreal reference codebases for anyone looking to create their own Unreal games.

This Dungeon Defenders Capture the Flag: Pre-Alpha Pass (found here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/202523/?snr=1_4_4__103) grants players early access to Dungeon Defenders’ 16-player Capture the Flag mode. Here they must form 8-man teams and score the most points by killing opponents and holding the flag for the longest time. This mode will be playable online with players’ existing characters, and players can provide feedback to Trendy Entertainment while they flesh out this gameplay mode through their forums here.

More information on the Dungeon Defenders Development Kit and Dungeon Defenders Capture the Flag: Pre-Alpha Pass can be found in this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGFXA91NsOw.

Also, a video example of the First Person Defenders mod included with the Development Kit can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFMSCvstvYM.

Modding Support and Content can be found via Trendy’s forums here, or via http://www.dungeondefendersnexus.com/

Dungeon Defenders brings together the best elements of tower defense and action-RPG progression in a fully 3D environment; spreading the four-player co-op mayhem out across 15 unique maps –  30 challenges,  four difficulty settings –  in all its loot-raiding, spell-casting, level-up stacking glory. Players control one of four distinct heroes – Squire, Apprentice, Huntress and Monk – in an epic bid to fight back an ancient evil. Each character comes with distinct functionalities, and players can create and customize an armory of weapons and equipment. The campaign, whether with friends or solo, has tons and tons of gameplay with hundreds of loot drops (all upgradeable and customizable) to make each character that much more distinct.

Check out the launch trailer for Dungeon Defenders here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KhaA279thk

Dungeon Defenders is rated E10+ by the Entertainment Software Review Board and is available for download now on Xbox LIVE Arcade for 1,200 Microsoft Points, and on PlayStation Network and Steam for $14.99. For more information on the game, visit www.dungeondefenders.com, follow the game on Facebook http://facebook.com/dungeondefenders or follow the Trendy team @TrendyEnt.

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ABOUT REVERB PUBLISHING:

Founded in 2010, Reverb Publishing offers digital publishing to independent game developers on PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE Arcade, Wiiware, Steam, iOS and Droid, by combining production and business development support paired with the proven public relations and marketing agency expertise from its parent company, Reverb Communications. Reverb Publishing’s unique business model is form fitted for studios, ensuring that they receive the majority of the game’s revenue and maintain ownership of their titles while Reverb handles all the non-developmental tasks including production support, navigating QA, and preparing for product submission.

The PR veterans at Reverb Communications have worked on recognizable brands like Guitar Hero, Rock Band, The Beatles: Rock Band, Dance Central, Star Trek Online, as well as stellar digital titles like ZEN Pinball, Battle Slots, Army of Darkness, BloodRayne Betrayal, Kung Fu LIVE and many more. For more information about Reverb Publishing, please visit www.reverbpublishing.com.

ABOUT TRENDY ENTERTAINMENT:

Trendy Entertainment is an independent Florida studio focused on rapid, low-cost development of broad-demographic games for digital distribution. It is composed of the co-founders of Artificial Studios Inc. and former directors of Ignition Entertainment, who have together released numerous titles for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 system, including Monster Madness and Cell Factor. For more information, please visit http://trendyent.com/

Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox LIVE are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

Trendy Entertainment, D3Publisher and Reverb Publishing announced that Dungeon Defenders, with 200,000 units sold on PC and over 250,000 sales total on all three platforms – Steam, Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network.

Trendy has announced one of its many plans to continue to support the game across all platforms, with free, weekly community events for PS3 and Xbox 360 players. These events will allow gamers to play special game modes with the devs and have a chance to win unique loot found nowhere else.

Check out more on the game over here.