8-Bit Invaders! Conquer Steam

Petroglyph follows-up the highly rated 8-Bit Armies and 8-Bit Hordes games with 8-Bit Invaders!, which is now available on Steam and other PC gaming retailers. Taking some of their talent from the former Westwood studios, Petroglyph has had a long history with RTS games, developing excellent titles such as Star Wars: Empire At War, Grey Goo, and Universe At War: Earth Assault, and now the ‘8-Bit‘ family of games.

Looking like a mashup of LEGO blocks and Starcraft, 8-Bit Invaders! sees the Galactic Marines facing off against the Aliens, complete with a full suite of campaign missions, co-op missions, multiplayer maps and more. What’s more, 8-Bit Invaders! is cross-compatible with previous ‘8-Bit‘ entries in the series, meaning that current owners can play on maps made by owners of previous games.

8-Bit Invaders! is out now on Steam with a 25% launch discount running until December 23rd, dropping the price from $19.99 to $14.99 USD, which is not bad, not bad at all.

Official Press Release

Players Conquer The Multiverse In New, Innovative Campaign Mode

Indie game developer and publisher Petroglyph is proud to announce Friday, December 16^th as the official worldwide release date of 8-Bit Invaders!, their fast-paced, friendly and accessible Real-Time Strategy game launching on PC via STEAM™, GOG and the Humble Store. Produced by the same veteran team whose previous credentials include Star Wars: Empire At War, Universe At War: Earth Assault and more recently Grey Goo, 8-Bit Invaders! offers a feature-rich gameplay experience loaded with content and is a follow-up to the and highly player-rated 8-Bit Armies and 8-Bit Hordes games.

8-Bit Invaders! is a tribute to classic RTS games and is suitable for existing fans and new players of the genre seeking a friendly approach to strategy gaming. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, the game is accessible to anyone regardless of experience. Players will collect resources, build up and defend their bases, amass armies of Alien or Galactic Marine units, and ultimately crush their opponents! Packed full of features, the game at launch includes 2 factions, 24 single-player missions, 10 two-player cooperative missions, 10 AI skirmish maps, and up to 8-Player battles online.

A new, strategic Multiverse Mode lets players compete against AI on a larger scale across multiple locales while managing tech, economy, and their grouped armies. The game is also cross-compatible with its two predecessors allowing players from all three 8-Bit titles to play cooperatively or competitively, using any of the 6 factions on dozens of official maps or player-made maps created with the supplied map editor.

With multiple difficulty levels, inspiring gameplay and beautifully-rendered voxel-themed visuals, 8-Bit Invaders excels at bringing a complex game genre to the masses with its casual approach to the compelling world of RTS.

8-Bit Invaders! will be released on Friday, December 16^th, for $19.95 USD (or equivalent in other territories) on Steam, GOG, and Humble Store! A 25% launch discount will be available for a limited time.