Orcs Must Die! 3: Fetch The Booby Traps!

Orcs Must Die! 3 has been announced as a July release for Steam, PlayStation and Xbox. Not all of them must die, especially Gerry – he’s a good egg, but that’s what this statement says, so let’s go with it.

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From Robot Entertainment, Orcs Must Die! 3 is the sequel to the second one. Having watched the trailer first, it was unclear what kind of game this is, so after careful research, it transpires that it’s a tower defence series. Why do I not know about this!?

Playing solo or online co-op, players have to defend their rift using many weapons and traps to keep the green folk at bay. Hundreds of them. 

Key stuff:

• More of Everything – Orcs Must Die! 3 is everything fans loved about the first two games and more. More orcs, more traps, more weapons, more upgrades and even better looking. It’s cranked up to at least eleven.
• New Story – Play through a brand new story set more than 20 years after Orcs Must Die! 2, where the War Mage and Sorceress have rebuilt the order and trained new young apprentices.
• War Scenarios – All new War Scenarios deliver on the promise of massive scale first set out in Orcs Must Die! Confront overwhelming armies of orcs outside on the battlefields surrounding the castles. Thin out waves of orcs hundreds strong before they breach the walls and crash your rift.
• War Machines – You’re going to need new weapons of death and destruction to handle these hordes. War Machines are traps on an oversized scale. Lay down your mega flip trap and launch dozens of ragdolling orcs. Mount your mega boom barrel launcher and unleash pyrotechnic glory.
• It Never Stops – The legions of orcs keep coming long after the story is completed. Etch your name into the orc-slaying hall of fame through Weekly Challenges or see how long you can survive in Endless Mode.
• Take Drastic Steps – Orcs Must Die! 3 comes with the Drastic Steps campaign and content for free, including terrifying flying enemies, heroic war guardians and of course more tools for orc destruction!
• Scramble to Survive – The new Scramble Mode pits you against vile orcs who evolve with increasingly difficult and sinister tricks up their chunky sleeves. But each level you survive, you collect your own modifiers to fight back with!

The third in the trilogy boasts the new Scramble mode, where players go up against the orcs in a set of five challenges, and each side receives random modifiers. 

Here’s the Orcs Must Die! 3 teaser trailer:

There’s not much time until Orcs Must Die! 3 reaches digital shelves: it’s set for the 23rd of July for Steam, PS4/5 and the Xboxesseseses.

If you pre-order it, you’ll be able to get the all-new Overlord Skins and makes yourself look beautiful.