Do you remember the game Dungeon Keeper? Do you miss it as much as I do? Since Bullfrog went belly-up in the financial crisis that took the life of many games companies, such as the worlds oldest digital games company Atari, the development of the third installment got cancelled. No other company wanted to buy the rights to develop it.

Then Night Owl Games came to the rescue! Along with Gameforge they developed Goblin Keeper, a new take on the classic style. It is a mix between the patience driven Facebook games, such as Backyard Monsters or Edgeworld and the classic Dungeon Keeper, where you have to think strategically and resources are scarce and far between. You have to build alliances to be able to withhold the other players, you have to loot other players dungeons and you have to defend yourself from other looters. You have to decide what to upgrade and what could wait in order to keep the balance between eat or being eaten.

This is not another Facebook game, you won’t be bothered with requests every 5 minutes from your friends, this is a completely stand-alone installment, but still played on your browser so there is no need to install anything on your computer. Continue reading →