XBLA title Band of Bugs available this Wednesday

   

For this week’s Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday, Microsoft decided to finally unleash the insect-infested combat video game Band of Bugs. This title was developed by NinjaBee and was first announced back in January 2007. This game is actually one of the few turn-based tactical strategy games available on XBLA.

Anyway, Band of Bugs is also expected to appeal to casual gamers despite its gameplay because of the rather quirky graphics and images employed by NinjaBee. If you haven’t heard about this title before, we listed down some of its more important features below:

• Choose to play through a story-based campaign, stand-alone missions or skirmishes:
• Story-based campaign: Action and adventure in a single-player campaign story. Follow the adventures of young Maal as he leads an elite team of bug warriors to protect the kingdom from evil insect enemies.
• Stand-alone missions: Try your hand at one of these unique single-level scenarios. These short battles include a background story, unique events and custom goals.
• Skirmish: Test your skills on a variety of individual maps, including custom maps designed by the player with the in-game editor. Select a game type (Elimination, Capture, or Escape) and choose to control any party in the battle to demonstrate your superior tactical skill.
• Four unique multiplayer modes for up to 4 players either locally or over Xbox Live including:
• Elimination: The first team to lose all the bugs in one party loses the battle
• Capture: Capture (or defend) a strong point
• Escape: Reach an escape point, or stop the enemy from reaching it
• Mission: A unique scenario with custom story, events, and goals
• Challenge friends to Spider Hunter, a more relaxed game that allows up to 8 people to join and leave on the fly
• Use the game’s built-in level editor to design your own custom scenarios for play against others over Xbox Live
• Xbox Live Vision camera support in all Xbox Live multiplayer modes
• Mystery leaderboard where players earn points for items they are not told about: Players can check the board and figure out what will help them get to the top of the leaderboard
• Earn up to 200 Gamerscore and 12 Achievements

Again, Band of Bugs will be available this Wednesday, June 20. No pricing has been announced yet as of this writing.

   

For this week’s Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday, Microsoft decided to finally unleash the insect-infested combat video game Band of Bugs. This title was developed by NinjaBee and was first announced back in January 2007. This game is actually one of the few turn-based tactical strategy games available on XBLA.

Anyway, Band of Bugs is also expected to appeal to casual gamers despite its gameplay because of the rather quirky graphics and images employed by NinjaBee. If you haven’t heard about this title before, we listed down some of its more important features below:

• Choose to play through a story-based campaign, stand-alone missions or skirmishes:
• Story-based campaign: Action and adventure in a single-player campaign story. Follow the adventures of young Maal as he leads an elite team of bug warriors to protect the kingdom from evil insect enemies.
• Stand-alone missions: Try your hand at one of these unique single-level scenarios. These short battles include a background story, unique events and custom goals.
• Skirmish: Test your skills on a variety of individual maps, including custom maps designed by the player with the in-game editor. Select a game type (Elimination, Capture, or Escape) and choose to control any party in the battle to demonstrate your superior tactical skill.
• Four unique multiplayer modes for up to 4 players either locally or over Xbox Live including:
• Elimination: The first team to lose all the bugs in one party loses the battle
• Capture: Capture (or defend) a strong point
• Escape: Reach an escape point, or stop the enemy from reaching it
• Mission: A unique scenario with custom story, events, and goals
• Challenge friends to Spider Hunter, a more relaxed game that allows up to 8 people to join and leave on the fly
• Use the game’s built-in level editor to design your own custom scenarios for play against others over Xbox Live
• Xbox Live Vision camera support in all Xbox Live multiplayer modes
• Mystery leaderboard where players earn points for items they are not told about: Players can check the board and figure out what will help them get to the top of the leaderboard
• Earn up to 200 Gamerscore and 12 Achievements

Again, Band of Bugs will be available this Wednesday, June 20. No pricing has been announced yet as of this writing.