The expansion pack 'Tales of Kaloki' for NinjaBee's turn-based tactical title Band of Bugs has been added to the Xbox Live Marketplace and is now available for download.
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BeefJack writes: "From next Wednesday July 8th, your Xbox 360 avatar will be able to fight for you.

That's assuming you have the XBLA game Band of Bugs, and get the new mode that will be released for it called Spider Hunter, and you will also be able to use said Avatar in the single player mode, replacing main character Maal. The download will be free, which is always a bonus, and will let you cast fireballs and spells with your avatar."
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NinjaBee, the creators of the first fully-enabled Avatar game on Xbox LIVE® Arcade, A Kingdom for Keflings, announced today that beginning July 8, Band of Bugs will include Avatar support. In addition, NinjaBee will be releasing Tales of Kaloki, a new, game-changing DLC for Band of Bugs.
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Console Monster writes: "As it is Valentine's weekend we decided we would give you readers the opportunity to win 1 of 3 arcade codes. The codes are for A Kingdom for Keflings, Band of Bugs and Cloning Clyde.

So what do I have to do? It's very simple. All you have to do is leave a comment about anything you want. It could be about which game you want out of the 3, a poem for that someone special, something that will make us laugh or just a comment about how great we are. It doesn't matter as the winners will be drawn at random..."
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Nintendo, which has been historically criticised for not providing enough software for its platforms, emerges as the clear winner this week ¿ at least in terms of quantity.

Specficially, American gamers get to choose between eight DS titles over the next five days, including the likes of Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008 and Pocket Pets. Also, a quintet of Wii releases are available through Friday, which includes the towering arrival of Godzilla Unleashed and Myth Makers: Super Kart GP.
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NinjaBee, announced a new expansion pack, Red Kingdom, for Band of Bugs on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The new expansion pack comes with two new troop types - artillery and cavalry and more content for the level editor, leading to Ninja Bee's own "Design a Level Contest." the expansion also brings with it new areas to explore, characters, special powers, level caps and best of all achievements.
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Microsoft has just sent word on this week's Xbox Live Arcade release, Band of Bugs by Cloning Clyde developer NinjaBee. Band of Bugs is one of XBLA's first strategy games and comes complete with a full-on level editor which you can use to share custom maps over Xbox ...
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MundoRare writes: "Recent times and cancellations have shown that all is not well in Rare-land. As if the cancellations of both Perfect Dark 2 and Kameo 2 in favor of Project Natal have shaken the faith of even the most loyal Rare fans, David Wise's departure from Rare could very well be the killing blow. [...]

From his Facebook: "I think the business of Rare has changed a great deal, and at the moment there is just not the opportunity to create the soundtracks that Rare were fortunately very famous for."

Unfortunately, though, this is only the most recent loss of a distinguished employee within the British developer in the recent months.

Back in August, Steve Burke, another prominent Rare musician from Kameo fame, also left the company to take a year's sabbatical "to go travelling," according to some Rare sources; no word if the real reason could be or not related with his well known desires to work for the film industry. Burke and Wise's departures only follow the trade open by Grant Kirkhope a year ago.

Out of the musical department, there has recently been huge losses, with Microsoft's recent restructuring process affecting several engineers and artists, including Steve Malpass, designer for Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark, Ghoulies and Nuts & Bolts. Moreover, some programmers have also left, like veteran Mark Edmonds, one of the remaining members of the original GoldenEye 007 team, who abandoned Rare in late 2008 after 14 years of work at Twycross."
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Select Target Corp. stores this month began holding a new game clearance for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360.
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Rare was acquired by Microsoft back in 2002 and has been at the heart of the platform holder's internal development, but only now, with the upcoming launch of Natal, does the developer feel it and Microsoft are on the same page.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com about Natal prior to gamescom, Rare design director George Andreas explained just why the motion sensing technology is such a big deal.
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