So there was a second DLC Pack for Band of Bugs released last week. It is titled Ninja Sticks of Fury. Here is the official rundown:

NinjaBee announced yesterday its newest expansion pack, Ninja Sticks of Fury, for the Band of Bugs title. With this new expansion pack comes a new shadowy character, new achievements and a bigger challenge than anything that came before it.

The new campaign is set in a new desolate and mountain area beyond the known Insect Kingdom. Featuring a new unit class, players guide a ninja named Vail who leads a group of mercenaries while a mysterious group wreaks havoc across the snowy wasteland. The ninja adds a new level of strategy to Band of Bugs, forcing players to think in new ways.

Band of Bugs has gained popularity for its innovative level editor, which allows any user to create unique content for their friends and the community. Ninja Sticks of Fury adds a brand new unit and a winter tile set to the editor allowing level designers to push their creativity to the limit. The Snowy environment is not only available in the editor, but will automatically enhance select existing maps already in the game, adding new variety to old favorites.

Band of Bugs was released in June, 2007. It is available on Xbox Live Arcade as both a free trial and as a full game for only 800 Microsoft Points. It supports 1-4 players in co-op or in multiplayer versus modes and also supports the Xbox Live Vision camera. One of the few turn-based tactics games available, Band of Bugs provides gameplay deep enough to be satisfying to established fans of the genre, but friendly enough to appeal to casual gamers.

I played through the 10 new levels this weekend and had a blast with them. Band of Bugs is one of my favorite Xbox Live Arcade games and every time they release additional content for it I’m impressed with how much fun it is. This new pack, Ninja Sticks of Fury, was exceptionally fun because in addition the new unit type and some great level design the dialog is hilarious. The main character in the expansion is Vail. He is a ninja with an interesting past. It plays out really well because he has a love interest who turns out to be a little bit crazy. Besides the dialog I really enjoyed the levels in this DLC. They were laid out in really fun ways and took some new strategies to beat that made them a little bit harder than the last DLC. Personally I found the last DLC pack pretty easy and this one was more fun because it was a bit more challenging. It still was not super hard or anything, but had a nice level of challenge to it.

For anyone who played Band of Bugs and enjoyed it I would recommend getting the Ninja Sticks of Fury expansion pack. It is pretty cheap and you get an achievement when you beat all ten of the new levels. Hopefully NinjaBee is already at work on more expansion packs for Band of Bugs because these are great fun.