Ex-Realtime Worlds devs come to Android with tower defence game Equilibrium

There are plenty of mobile start ups coming out of the console games business, and one such is Outlander Studios, formed from the ruins of APB developer Realtime Worlds.

It's just released its first mobile release, an Android strategy game called Equilibrium.

In this, you choose either the side of human or of orcs, taking control of one side of a tower defence-style map. You get to generate various buildings to boost your production, staffing them with units as your resources enable.

It's an interesting system in that units and buildings are shown at the bottom of the screen on a scrollable deck.

You drop the buildings onto pre-defined locations, upgrade existing buildings, or drop units into your main base, as your resources mount up and units and buildings become available and lit up. This is dependent on how much they cost.

In terms of strategy however, you don't have any control over how your troops attack. The gameplay revolves around turn-based alternative waves of attacks from you and then your enemy until one of you is destroyed.

There are 12 campaign missions - six per side - as well as 10 difficulty levels and 18 quick game maps - nine per side.

Equilibrium is out now, and is free for the basic Campaign mode, or £1.99 (or local equivalent) for quick play and the future addition of online leaderboards, achievements and no ads.

Android 2.2, with a 1GHz CPU and 800 x 480 touchscreen resolution or higher is required to run the game.

You can get some idea of how it plays in the following video.

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