Toy Defense () is a

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game developed by Melesta Games. The first release of the game took place on October 17, 2012. The first two games in the series are dedicated to the World Wars, while the third takes place in a fictional location.

Overview

Since 2015, Wargaming has entered into a strategic partnership with Melesta Games and has worked together to develop the subsequent games in the series. Toy Defense 2, as well as Wargaming games, is dedicated to the

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

theme. The games consist of a single-player mission mode, as well as tournament and arena modes. single-player mode during which the player completes missions. Each mission successfully completed brings awards (such as stars in Toy Defense 2), the number of which depends on the success of its mission. Playing in the tournaments or arenas allows for players to compete with others online, and can receive additional rewards.

Toy Defense 2

Toy Defense 2 was a sequel to the previous game and was released on October 8, 2015. The game received updated graphics and an improved interface, as well as enhanced upgrades for units and commanders. The players are given three World War II nations (

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, UK, US and

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). Single-player missions are devoted to the most famous battles (

Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad ; see . rus, links=on, Сталинградская битва, r=Stalingradskaya bitva, p=stəlʲɪnˈɡratskəjə ˈbʲitvə. (17 July 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, ...

Operation Crusader Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert campaign during World War II by the British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) against the Axis forces (German and ...

and

Operation Overlord Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allies of World War II, Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Front (World War II), Western Europe during World War II. The ope ...

Battle of Iwo Jima The was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. The American invasion, desi ...

, etc.).

Toy Defense 3: Fantasy

Toy Defense Fantasy was released in 2014. The basic principle of the game remained the same. However, the events unfold in a fantasy world in the spirit of the Middle Ages. Archers, castles, dragons, magicians and more are used instead of soldiers, planes and tanks. In 2016, after the strategic partnership agreement was concluded and the company management changed, the game was significantly updated. In 2018, it was named the best game in its genre by the

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edition. On

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, the game received 68 points out of 100.

References

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