Since its original release last month, App Store smash Anthill: Tactical Trail Defense has won an army of fans, boasting an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 from its 2,700-plus reviews.
Its clever blend of attractive visuals, deceptively deep gameplay and unique setting has even seen it selected as ‘Game of the Week’ by Apple in Europe as well as the Quality Index included Anthill on their final Top 10 October list.
Well, the best is about to get a whole lot bigger as indie developer Image & Form introduces version 2.0 - a massive update to the original game which introduces the stunning new Infinity Mode.
Anthill: Tactical Trail Defense is the perfect iOS strategy game. Featuring stunning, colourful visuals spread across multiple campaigns, the game sees players taking fingertip control of an army of ants, defending their anthills from waves of incoming predators.
With a variety of infantry at their disposal, players must juggle time and resources, draw pheromone patrol routes with their fingers across numerous diverse levels. Fallen hostiles can be gathered for food, allowing construction of even vaster six-legged armies.
The Infinity Mode is the update’s most notable new feature. Rather than working through a set campaign, players are tasked to defend their anthill for as long as they can, as it is attacked by increasingly agile waves of enemies. While the increasing speed of each wave demands smart reactions and clever use of infantry, the piles of fallen enemies can be gathered ever more quickly to offer faster replenishment.
Other new features include new enemies, healing, the ability to share achievements across Facebook, usability fixes and tweaks.
“We really are offering endless replay value in what was already a great game,” says Brjann Sigurgeirsson, CEO at Image & Form. “We’ve had a huge amount of fun beta testing the Infinity Mode here, and can’t wait to see the global reception to this amazing feature.”
- Eat what you kill. Slay a bug with your soldiers, then collect the tasty carcass with your workers
- Surgical strikes. Simply tap the ground anywhere to send a bomber ant to perform an air raid.
- Send a dozen bombers to decimate an entire insect horde – satisfaction guaranteed!
- Survival of the fittest. It's not only You vs The World. Insects will attack each other too. Use this to your advantage by pitting them against each other!
- Progression. Upgrade your different troops with new abilities between missions.
- Infinity mode. Strategize, strike – and stay alive!
Anthill: Tactical Trail Defense v2.0 will be available in the App Store next week, free to existing users or priced £1.49/$1.99/€1.99 for a limited time. The game is a Universal App – buy once, play on all iOS devices.
