The original Defender Chronicles launched in the summer of 2009 and offered a unique take on tower defense with its vertically designed levels and inclusion of RPG elements. Now Chillingo finally brings us something new about the sequel, the long waited Defender Chronicles II: Heroes of Athelia will be available on May 24th.

According to Toucharcade, the sequel is even better than the original. It’s set to include 4 new heroes, 32 new abilities, 4 factions and 57 different units. There will also be a whole slew of new items and equipment to play around with, and the maps in Defender Chronicles 2 will be bigger and longer than in the previous game. Finally, it will be a Universal app with Retina Display support.

Take a look at the trailer:

via Toucharcade