ISOTX
Private | |
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder | Vincent van Geel (co-founder) Byron Rupp (co-founder) |
| Products | MidEast Crisis |
| Website | ISOTX.com |
ISOTX was a Dutch
Their first release was the MidEast Crisis mod for
In 2008 ISOTX released their first commercial game, Iron Grip: Warlord, which received somewhat mixed reviews. IGN only gave the game 4.5/10, but other smaller websites gave more positive reviews.[1][2][3][4] The gameplay in Iron Grip: Warlord offered a mix of first-person shooter and tower defense gameplay. While defending against waves of attacking enemies, players had to hunt down enemy officers to reduce enemy morale and win the battle. In 2012, ISOTX released the Scorched Earth DLC for Iron Grip: Warlord on Steam, which added new weapons, enemies, and a deathmatch game mode[5]
The next game released by ISOTX was the
In 2011, ISOTX launched the open beta of their second free-to-play strategy MMO, Iron Grip: Marauders, which featured 3D
In March 2013 ISOTX revealed their new project, a free online multiplayer game, March of War. It's going to be a F2P strategic, turn-based episodic multiplayer world war online game for PC, Mac and iOS/Android.[14] March of War takes places in an alternate dieselpunk influenced 1940 world, where democratically elected players lead six warring factions through the turn-based episodic struggle for world domination. It's the world's first episodic free-to-play game based on the TV series model. The game promises over 80 units and 60 maps with four gameplay modes. Every month a new episode is released bringing a number of new features to the game.
Games
Iron Grip: Lords of War
 The interface of Iron Grip: Lords of War |
Iron Grip: Lords of War (previously Lords of Atelia[6][7]) was a free-to-play online browser game. The game was closed down in early 2014.[15]
In Lords of War, game players gather resources (primarily power, coal, and iron) and use them to upgrade the player's camp, hire workers, build defensive and offensive weapons, and to attack other players.[16] Players can also collect gold to exchange for other resources, and gems that can be purchased and exchanged for special benefits through the smugglers at a camp’s airport. Coal and iron can be mined or taken from other players by fighting them. Power generates slowly based on a player's level. Gold is gained by completing some daily decision quests, by sending out gold seekers, by spending gems, or by winning battles on certain servers in the game Iron Grip: Warlord.
As players level up through combat, missions, or upgrading their camp, they gain the ability to build more advanced tools and weapons. To make use of these items, players must choose how to assign their men between defense, offense and mining iron or coal. Leveling up also provides boosts, which can be assigned to areas such as mining efficiency, recruitment cost discounts, power generation and other areas for a permanent improvement.
A new patch which is currently in beta changes the combat by adding hex based maps where players move units in a turn based battle, rather than before where they would send their units into battle, and immediately be told what happened. The length of each turn depends on the type of battle.
There is also an alliance system which allows players to jointly contribute to alliance vaults, walls, and demolishers. Walls provide defensive bonuses to players in the alliance, while demolishers provide bonuses to alliance members when attacking enemy alliances.
References
- ^ IGN review -
- ^ Iron Grip: Warlord Review -- http://www.gamesabyss.com/index.php/reviews/12-pc/441-iron-grip-warlord
- ^ Iron Grip: Warlord Review (PC) - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Destructoid review - Iron Grip: Warlord - http://www.destructoid.com/destructoid-review-iron-grip-warlord-121685.phtml
- ^ Steam product release - http://store.steampowered.com/news/7885/
- ^ a b "Iron Grip: Lords of Atelia Now Evolves to Iron Grip: Lords of War". BBGSite.com. 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
- ^ a b "Iron Grip: Lords of War Re-Opens Its Gate to More Beta Testers". BBGSite.com. 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- IGN Entertainment. Archived from the originalon October 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ Valve (2011-09-30). "New Free to Play on Steam - Iron Grip: Marauders". Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "Play Iron Grip: Marauders Through Amazon". Browser Games.ca. 2012-07-14. Archived from the original on 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
- ^ a b Ford, Suzie (2011-03-18). "Iron Grip: Marauders Updated". RTSGuru.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ a b ISOTX (2011-03-18). "Iron Grip: Marauders visual overhaul". MCVUK.com. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ White, Barry (2011-05-05). "ISOTX's Iron Grip: Marauders receives patch". News10.net. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
- ^ Meijer, Frank (2013-03-20). "March of War - Vechten voor volk en factie". Gamer.nl. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
- ^ "ISOTX website". Retrieved 2015-08-29.
- ^ "Game Profile Lords of Atelia". onrpg.com. Retrieved 2011-11-08.