RISK: Factions Trailer Celebrates Launch, Diversity

Filled with cats, robots, yeti and zombies, RISK: Factions may not sound like the classic board game we all know and love--fortunately, it includes a classic mode as well. The downloadable title, exclusive to the Xbox 360 and developed by Stainl

Chris Faylor

June 23, 2010 9:20 AM

Filled with cats, robots, yeti and zombies, RISK: Factions may not sound like the classic board game we all know and love--fortunately, it includes a classic mode as well.

The downloadable title, exclusive to the Xbox 360 and developed by Stainless Games (Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers), hit today--hence the launch trailer below--with a free demo and an asking price of 800 Microsoft Points / $10.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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IrreverentDiscourse

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June 23, 2010 9:46 AM

Why aren't all XBLA games available on GFWL?
- Chris Faylor
  
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  June 23, 2010 10:00 AM
  
  for the exact same reason that all xbox 360 games aren't released on pc--the challenge and cost of developing and optimizing a game for multiple hardware configurations instead of just one, making sure that the technology plays nice on both platforms, etc.
  - IrreverentDiscourse
    
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    June 23, 2010 10:20 AM
    
    I thought the XBLA stuff was kinda "sandboxed" from the programming standpoint.
    
    i just want this and... BCR2 and castle crashers on my PC :(
    - Chris Faylor
      
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      June 23, 2010 10:36 AM
      
      nah. there's a standard engine for pc and xbox 360 if you want to use it--the xna framework--but the engines and technologies used by xbox live arcade games are just about as diverse as retail.