
Defender (2002)
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Company: 7 Studios (PS2)Inevitable Entertainment (GC Xbox)Outlook Entertainment (GBA)Lavastorm (Mobile)Digital Eclipse (Xbox 360)
Release Date: Oct 22 2002
Genre: Shoot 'em up
Defender (subtitled For All Mankind outside North America) is a shoot 'em up video game developed in October 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox and was ported to the GameCube the following month followed by a port to the mobile phone version published by THQ in 2003. The game was also rereleased for Xbox 360's Live Arcade in November 2006. It is a remake of the 1981 game of the same name. Featuring three-dimensional (3D) graphics the game is set on multiple planets and moons within the Solar System where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts.