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NinjaBee has announced A World of Keflings will be coming to Xbox Live Arcade. A World of Keflings is the follow up game to the popular A Kingdom for Keflings.

“A World of Keflings is much more than a sequel,” said Steve Taylor, President of NinjaBee. “It’s a new game with a ton of new features, including some innovative ideas that stand out from both Live Arcade and full retail games.  A World of Keflings also has a new story focus, with new exotic lands, characters, quests, buildings, customization options, and a lot more.”

Players will be treated to a more complete chronicle of the Kefling world than in the first game. Players can play as their Xbox Live avatar and build Kefling lands. Each land contains its own climate and culture as well as unique resources, buildings and tech trees.

If you are into building type arcade style games, check out A World of Keflings when it arrives on Xbox Live Arcade in 2010.

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Electronic Arts has issued a press release announcing Risk: Factions for Xbox Live Arcade, which they claim has “outlandish factions, a unique art style, new gameplay twists and off-beat humor.”

RISK: Factions will offer innovative ways of experiencing the timeless turn-based board game in both objective-based and world conquest modes. Players will be able to engage as one of five playable factions, each with different strengths, as they wage war on new maps with dynamic terrain in their quest for missile silos in order to strategically dominate the game. Additionally, as rivals go head-to-head during unique, animated combat missions, enemies will be able to trigger “Overkill” moments, based on the roll of the dice, and unlock avatar awards while attempting global supremacy. With a new animated art style, kooky humor and a choice of five oddball factions, RISK: Factions is sure to offer something for veteran RISK strategists and newcomers alike.

With all the re-imagining going on, I’m hoping that there’s an option to play Risk Classic, or at least the classic rules. A new version of Risk is nice, but some of us just want to be able to play Risk online with friends. The game will hit Xbox Live Arcade in early 2010.

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Polar Panic is a new downloadable title for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation 3, and Facebook, a puzzle game that mixes Pengo with Bomberman with a heavy dose of environmental preaching. The object of the game is to escape a maze of snow and ice bricks while avoid hunters under the employ of an over-the-top evil corporation Globoco.

Polar, our hero bear, has to navigate these snowy mazes while avoiding hunters. Snow blocks can only be destroyed, while ice blocks can be slid across the level; otherwise, if they can’t move, they too are destroyed. These ice blocks are one of the very few offensive weapons Polar can employ, sliding them to crush hunters. The more hunters with one block, the higher the score. As the single player campaign progresses, new features are introduced, like tents that produce more hunters and must be destroyed, snowmen and family members who add bonus points to level completion, and new enemies such as rocket-toting hunters. Adding to the complication is the level timer.

There are two more game modes. One is a puzzle mode in which you have to complete levels with as few moves as possible, and an endless mode in which Polar is beset by a constant stream of enemies in an attempt to get the highest point total possible.

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NinjaBee has announced an upcoming title for Xbox Live Arcade. They have not announced the name of the title, but will be releasing new artwork, on their blog, every Tuesday. At the end of January they will release an official announcement for the game.

The game will allow players to play as their avatar, if they so choose. This new title will be the third avatar based came NinjaBee has brought to Xbox Live Arcade. The other titles are Kingdom for Keflings and Band of Bugs. If you liked those games, you will probably like the new game coming out. If you haven’t played those games, go check them out on Xbox Live Arcade and find out what they are all about.

“2010’s gonna be a big year for us,” said NinjaBee’s Art Director Brent Fox. “We’re putting our biggest effort to date into making this game standout. The game is going to give people what we hope will be the most complete and best avatar experience on Xbox LIVE Arcade.”

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Good news for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 fans: Peggle Nights hits this week on Xbox Live Arcade (November 18) and PlayStation Network (November 19). PS3 owners will also get the original Peggle, which is necessary to play Nights in the first place.

Peggle will cost $9.99 on PSN, and Peggle Nights will cost 400 MSP/$4.99.