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''Savage Moon'' is a
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developed by British company FluffyLogic and published by
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for the
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. The game was released on the
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in the PAL region on 24 December 2008 and in North America on 29 January 2009. A ''Waldegeist Pack'' edition was released in the UK on 6 August 2009. In the game, the player protects a remote, off-world mining facility from constant attack by Insectocytes, a type of carnivorous creature inhabiting the planets. The mission is to strategically place an array of upgradeable, defensive weapons in the way of the bugs. There is a range of towers, from rapid-fire machine guns to support towers such as the chaos tower. In 2010 the soundtrack to the DLC of ''Savage Moon: Waldgeist'' - also composed by Elsaesser, was nominated for Best Original Video Game Score in the 55th
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. This was the first year that music from games was given a category in the awards. On 22 December 2009, a new game set in the same universe and featuring some of the same units and towers was released on the
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, titled ''The Hera Campaign''. FluffyLogic would work with Sony again on '' Eat Them!''.


Reception


''Savage Moon''

The game received above-average reviews according to the
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''The Hera Campaign''

''The Hera Campaign'' received a bit more favourable reviews according to Metacritic.


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