See the full list of best strategy games by clicking here.  Congrats to all the other apps that took part in the contest!

We first launched Fieldrunners way back in 2008 for the iPhone, so it’s incredibly gratifying to see so much passion from you all about those little runners 4 years after they were first introduced.  HD-ifying Fieldrunners and bringing it to Android last summer has been such a rewarding experience, especially because of all the new opportunities it’s given us to talk with fans (both new and old).  We’ve learned a lot about what fans want from our games, so we’re working harder than ever to get all your suggestions into both our existing games and our new top secret projects.  Your passion and enthusiasm drives us, and we’re eager to keep bringing you the goods in 2012!

To stay current on all Fieldrunners related news, follow us on Twitter (@Fieldrunners), stop by our Fan Page (facebook.com/Fieldrunners), and check out our Forums.

Thanks!

Vote for Fieldrunners HD for Best Strategy Game

2011 marked our first foray into Android development, so we’ve been very happy with all the excitement Fieldrunners HD has generated. Of course, we couldn’t have done it without all your help, so thanks again for supporting us in our quest to make awesome games for all the major platforms!

Here’s to an even better 2012! Cheers!

TODAY ONLY: Fieldrunners HD is now 10 cents on the Android Market to celebrate their 10 billionth app download. HOORAY!  We’re very excited about Android Market’s achievement – it really shows just how much Android’s popularity has been skyrocketing.

In fact, if you take a look at the chart below, you can see just how well the Android Market is doing:

So, we’re very excited about being including in this huge promotion.  If you’ve been holding off on getting Fieldrunners HD, now is your chance!  We’ve fixed any and all bugs, and the game is really in it’s most polished state.

For all you hardcore Android gamers out there, it’s worth noting that, among other games, Minecraft, Great Little War Game, and Asphalt 6 HD have all been discounted to $0.10 as well.  Time to get moving and start gaming!

For up to the minute info, follow us on Twitter (@Fieldrunners), stop by our Fan Page (facebook.com/Fieldrunners), and check out our Forums.

Thanks!

Fieldrunners Chrome is back up and running! We pushed through a few back end updates that will have the game running more smoothly than ever.  Thanks for all your patience and support!

— About Fieldrunners Chrome —

Good news, everyone: Fieldrunners, our classic tower defense game, is now free to play right in your browser!  How is this possible, you say?  All thanks to the magic of HTML 5 and Google Chrome!  We’ve ported a hi-def version of Fieldrunners into the powerful new language, allowing fans far and wide to play the game for free.

Play Fieldrunners in Chrome now: chrome.fieldrunners.com

This new version of Fieldrunners includes the powerful Poison Tower, as well as two new modes, and new tower combos that can be used in any level.

As I mentioned, this version was designed with modern gamers in mind.  Using the contemporary “Free to Play” model, you can access to the first of eight maps for free (the classic Grasslands map!).  If you want more action, each additional map can be had for $0.99, or you can purchase the complete map pack for $4.99 – cheaper than any version to date.

Have fun and let us know what you think!

For up to the minute info, follow us on Twitter (@Fieldrunners), stop by our Fan Page (facebook.com/Fieldrunners), and check out our Forums.

Thank you!

UPDATE: Fieldrunners Chrome is back!  Time to get back to the game Please let us know if you encounter any new issues.  Most importantly, have fun!

We’ve been getting tons of positive feedback about the recent launch of Fieldrunners Chrome, so we’re starting to look at how to make things even better.  Part of this involves a few minor optimization updates that required us to temporarily take down the game, unfortunately.  The good news is that it will be back up playing better than ever very soon.

Thanks for your patience!

For updates, follow us on Twitter (@Fieldrunners), stop by our Fan Page (facebook.com/Fieldrunners), and check out our Forums.  We’ll be sure to update this post as soon as the game is back up and running, but in the mean time you’ll be able to get up-to-the-minute info from our Tweets and Facebook-ings.

Thank you!

Good news, everyone: Fieldrunners, our classic tower defense game, is now free to play right in your browser!  How is this possible, you say?  All thanks to the magic of HTML 5!  We’ve ported a hi-def version of Fieldrunners into the powerful new language, allowing fans far and wide to play the game for free.

Play Fieldrunners in HTML 5 now: chrome.fieldrunners.com

This new version of Fieldrunners includes the powerful Poison Tower, as well as two new modes, and new tower combos that can be used in any level.

As I mentioned, this version was designed with modern gamers in mind.  Using the contemporary “Free to Play” model, you can access to the first of eight maps for free (the classic Grasslands map!).  If you want more action, each additional map can be had for $0.99, or you can purchase the complete map pack for $4.99 – cheaper than any version to date.

Have fun and let us know what you think!

For up to the minute info, follow us on Twitter (@Fieldrunners), stop by our Fan Page (facebook.com/Fieldrunners), and check out our Forums.

Thank you!

We’re pleased to announce that Fieldrunners HD is now live in the Korean T Store!  The game has been completely translated into Korean and it looks fantastic.  With a score of 4.7/5.0 in their app store, we’re excited to be climbing the charts in a new region and hope our Korean fans get their hands on the game soon!

Interestingly enough, it appears that we’re also involved with a promotion for Domino’s.  What does this mean for the stomachs and Androids of our friends in Korea?  It means food and games!  What could be better?

We’re pleased to announce that Fieldrunners HD was chosen to be an “Editor’s Choice” app in the Android Market! Everyone at Subatomic is excited to be a part of this awesome group of games. Thank you, Android Market editorial team!

Of course, none of this would have been possible without the support our fans have given us over the years. We’re hard at work on additional content (and new games!) to thank all our fans for being so awesome, so be sure to stick around to check out our upcoming releases.

For up to the minute info, follow us on Twitter (@Fieldrunners), stop by our Fan Page (facebook.com/Fieldrunners), and check out our Forums.

Thank you!

Free Game Friday is here.  This time we’re gonna try something a little different.  We’re going to try…

A FIELDRUNNERS POEM CONTEST.

That’s right, Soldiers.  Poetry!  That’ll help us hit the Runners where it hurts!  Right…?

Our good friends over at Owlchemy Labshave put up a free copy of their hit iPhone game Snuggle Truck.  We call it “inspiration.”  You’ll call it a “sweet prize.”

On top of this snuggle-rific sweetness, the winner will also get a promo code for Fieldrunners on iPhone. No iPhone? NO PROBLEM. We’ll be picking two winners – one iPhone owner AND ONE ANDROID OWNER! The lucky Android owner will get TWO copies of Fieldrunners HD! Why two copies? BECAUSE I SAID SO, SOLDIER!

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PRIZES:
- 1 copy of Fieldrunners for iPhone and 1 copy of Snuggle Truck for iPhone
- 2 copies of Fieldrunners HD for Android

HERE’S HOW YOU WIN:
- Write a poem about Fieldrunners
- Like our Fan Page on Facebook
- Post your poem on our Facebook Fan Page
- Do it by 12:00AM Eastern Time tonight
- On Monday, we’ll announce our two favorite poems (one from an iPhone owner, one from an Android owner) and contact the winners with their awesome prizes
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EXAMPLE HAIKU (by Eric):
I hate you, bikers.
I hate you with all my might.
Eat some flamethrower.

EXAMPLE POEM (also by Eric):
Flame towers are red,
Teslas are blue,
Run through my grasslands
I’ll fry your whole crew.

Got it? GOOD.

As an added bonus, if we get over 50 poems submitted, we’ll give away something extra special. So spread the word!

For those of you living in a cave, unaware of the physics-based driving game greatness that is Snuggle Truck: Show some respect!  Click the link to their trailer below so you can see what this game is all about.

Smuggle Truck / Snuggle Truck Release Trailer

For up to the minute info, follow us on Twitter (@Fieldrunners), stop by our Fan Page (facebook.com/Fieldrunners), and check out our Forums.

And of course, stay tuned for more exciting announcements from Subatomic Studios!

Good luck!

Click here for Fieldrunners HD in the Android Market

We’ve trimmed the file size down to 35mb, well under the 40mb memory cache of most phones, such as the HTC Desire. However, it’s still not small enough to download onto the 30mb memory cache in the Samsung Galaxy S1, Captivate, and Tab 7 when running Froyo. So, we’ll still be filtering these devices out of our Android Market page until we find a fix. The good news is that Google’s new split APK support is live – this should help us get the fix out for older Samsung devices much more quickly. We’ll keep you posted!

In addition to those fixes, we’ve added a super useful tool to help us make Fieldrunners even better: Google Analytics! It won’t impact your experience with the game in any way and we aren’t using it to track any personal info. What we are using it to track, though, is gameplay data. We can now see really cool stats, like the percentage of players unlocking Crossroads and the number of tower defense champions clearing 100 waves. This info accurately depicts where people are spending their time in Fieldrunners HD, and we can use it to fine tune the gameplay, continually making it more awesome for our fans.

Fun facts from our 12 hours of data in v1.04:

23 seconds – Average time spent on each wave
28% – Players in Grasslands on Easy that reach the 100th wave
7% – Players in Grasslands on Medium that reach the 100th wave
3.6% – Players have played Crystal Caves

How many waves have players reached in Endless mode so far? Let’s find out:

349 waves – Grasslands on Easy
65 waves – Grasslands on Medium
20 waves – Grasslands on Hard

101 waves – Crossroads on Easy
99 waves – Crossroads on Medium
24 waves – Crossroads on Hard

101 waves – Drylands on Easy
75 waves – Drylands on Medium
0 waves – Drylands on Hard

146 waves – Crystal Caves on Easy
109 waves – Crystal Caves on Medium
18 waves – Crystal Caves on Hard

Of course, this data is far from perfect – it only accounts for the first 12 hours after release and it only captured data from players that have updated to version 1.04, which is a much smaller number than the total amount of players so far. However, it’s still very cool to see how far players have made it in the new build.