Mombie and baby zombies attack in Tweet Defense for iPhone

Our gay sister site, those mad cap iPhone toting Lesbian Gamers have an interesting new piece up about a new iPhone game, so we thought we’d share it with you here. Tweet Defense is a new title from the guys and gals at Promethium Marketing and GrinLock Limited. Tweet Defense – on the iPhone – utlizes your Twitter account to aid you in game. At its core Tweet Defense is a tower defense game that features “several unique defense towers and waves of zombies with some big surprises up their tattered sleeves. Ten fantastic game maps on the iPhone deliver you limitless fun and endless opportunities to test your skill and try new tactics to win.” The game uses Twitter as part of your stats, with tweets helping you gain rankings on the leaderboard. We thought the addition of a pregnant zombie – mombie – and zombie baby – zuppies – was something different. The dev tells us “the characters were inspired by our team or our friends and family. The “Freakie” boss zombie – with the big mouth – is a viral marketer zombie” The mombie zombie is based on the wife of a dev who was 6 months pregnant while they made the game. He and his wife are “both fans of the film Dawn of the Dead, where the infected pregnant woman gives birth to a zombie baby”. I can’t think offhand of a huge amount of games that feature pregnant women, so this seems to be a bit of a taboo area. The Sims features it, Fable II, Harvest Moon…. Can you think of any other video games that feature pregnancy?

Full Press Release below:

Via [Lesbian Gamers].

Promethium Marketing Group, community strategy agency behind some of the gaming industry’s most legendary franchises, today released Tweet Defense, the world’s first iPhone game that tosses ridiculous killer zombies and your twitter stats into a tower defense blender for a delicious brainy, viral juice mix.

Tweet Defense is available now for the iPhone and iPod Touch platform at a limited sale price of $.99. The game was designed in partnership with UK development studio GrinLock and will feature:

• 10 incredible levels that build from easy walk in the park to devastating horror show
• 5 whacked out enemy types including the viral marketing zombie and zombie twins Gu and Ga
• 6 tower types including the unique BOOSTER tower that lets you use twitter celebs to boost your tower stats
• Achievements including “Making Video Game History”

Tweet Defense’s executive producer, Nelson Rodriguez explained, “We wondered what it would be like to take your social network and your activities there and turn it into a game. We ended up with a full on tower defense game that uses your friend list and your tweeting activity to impact how powerful your towers are.”

The Tweet Defense story:
“A lethal marketing virus has turned half the world’s population into brain eating zombies. Now they are after you and your friends’ brains! All you have on hand are everyday items and an internet connection. Reach out to your twitter friends to help you build defense towers. Stop the zombies from penetrating your home base and eating your grey matter! With your friends helping you design the towers and your brilliant battle strategies the zombies don’t stand a chance … or do they?”

About Promethium Marketing Group:
Founded in March, 2009 Promethium Marketing Group has rapidly grown to become a leading social media and community marketing agency. Promethium continues to work on the launch of AAA gaming and technology brands including projects for Windows 7, Tekken 6, Madden NFL 10 and Shadow Complex.