As was predicted in the dead sea scrolls, the Fieldrunners update has arrived, and it’s a biggie. The iPhone tower defense game now has two new maps, Skyway and Frostbite, and each will set you back $0.99. The new maps are more complex and ambitious than earlier offerings, with terrain features in Skyway and a [...]

When I asked Ashley Monif to tell me about Fieldrunners, the first thing he did was start rattling off awards the game had won. Small wonder, because the game spent six months in the top twenty on the iTunes App Store, made Time Magazine’s top ten game of 2008, and won best game in the IGF Mobile competition. That’s not bad for a tower defense game that started out with four towers and no sound effects. Check out the full text of the interview to read about the game in depth, accessibility in the RTS genre, and how Subatomic Studios ended up developing for the App store in the first place.

The Penny Arcade Expo is right around the corner, and if history is any guide that means it’s time for this site to start giving shout outs to the PAX 10. So for the next week, your regular posting schedule will be filled with some of the most innovative gaming of 2008 and 2009. We present to you the PAX 10.