The popular Kingdom Rush game is getting rebooted as a medieval fantasy RPG with a storyline. Legends of Kingdom Rush is coming June 11 exclusively to Apple Arcade for iPhone, Mac and more.
Choose your heroes to fight creeps and save the world.
Legends of Kingdom Rush is an RPG
Ironhide’s original Kingdom Rush is a tower defense game. The followup is a role-playing game with roguelike elements that takes place in the same world. Players will face an extraplanar menace of unprecedented proportions that’s attacking the realm.
This is strategic combat, not simple hack and slash. Gameplay happens on a hex grid, and it’s up to the player to choose the party members best suited for each challenge. That could be the mighty paladin Gerald Lightseeker, the cunning shadow assassin Asra Daggerfall, or other companion heroes. More characters are unlocked as play progresses.
Watch the trailer to see more:
Coming soon to Apple Arcade
Ironhide’s Legends of Kingdom Rush will debut on Apple’s gaming subscription service on June 11. There will be versions for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. The game will support touchscreens as well as external game controllers.
But playing requires a $4.99-per-month Apple Arcade subscription. Still, the service comes with close to 200 games. And there will never be in-app purchases, ads or tricky loot boxes.
Similar RPGs on Apple Arcade include Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon, Fantasian, and more.
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh Classic II (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer. He’s written for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
