Trendy Entertainment‘s multiplatform indie hit, Dungeon Defenders, continues to generate buzz months after its initial release — and for several good reasons.
First off, there’s the gameplay, a cross between dungeon crawling and tower defense that quickly proves addictive. Trendy has smartly fed that addiction with a string of performance-improving updates and content additions, showing an ongoing commitment to the game that gamers have responded to.
And then, there’s the engine: A gorgeous game to look at, Dungeon Defenders is one of the first titles to use Epic’s Unreal Engine not just on the PS3 – but on the iOS (iPad and iPhone) and Android (phones and tablets) as well.
And, last but certainly not least, there’s the innovation: Dungeon Defenders uses GameSpy Technology’s multiplayer gameplay services (available as a pre-integrated subsystem in the Unreal Engine) to drive the concept of “cross-platform” into previously unexplored territory – not two, not three, but FOUR platforms … and counting.
Trendy approached Dungeon Defenders with an appetite to enable multiplayer gameplay everywhere. So far, that’s meant that players on the PC, PS3, iOS (both iPhone and iPad), and Android (both phones and tablets) can all play in co-op sessions together – a gaming first.
GameSpy Technology is proud to help developers like Trendy realize this type of ambition. Developers can implement all of our services using an API that’s common to all platforms, making it fast and easy to migrate online features from one platform to the next, and to make them communicate gracefully with one another. This holds true for any number of features: matchmaking, stats, player profiles, save games or user-generated content (UGC). Like Trendy, you can use GameSpy Technology to make it possible for your players to enjoy your game online wherever they go, however they play.
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