OREM, Utah – March 13,
2013 – The Keflings are spreading like rabbits. A World of Keflings, the popular city-building game that first made
a splash on Xbox Live Arcade, arrived on the Windows 8 Games Store today,
becoming the latest of a handful of XBLA titles to release on Microsoft’s new
operating system.
“With the current generation of consoles coming to an end,
we saw opportunities to bring what is perhaps our studio’s most well-loved game
to many, many more players,” said Brent Fox, Art Director at NinjaBee. “With
that said, we’re proud to announce that in addition to today’s release on
Windows 8, A World of Keflings will
be coming to the Wii U later this year.”
“Both of these new platforms offered us huge advantages and
were ideal marketplaces for a light-hearted city-builder,” Fox said. “Windows 8
gave us the chance to make the game mobile and add in very smooth, natural
touch controls. The Wii U has allowed us to significantly enhance the game’s
visuals and, with the Wii U GamePad, explore new ways to interact with the game
and its characters.”
As an Xbox game on Windows 8, A World of Keflings makes use of the power of Xbox Live to enhance
the gaming experience. By signing into Xbox Live, gamers can play as their individualized
Xbox Avatar, compete for high scores on Xbox Live Leaderboards, and unlock 20 all-new
Achievements. Even gamers who have already earned full Gamerscore from the Xbox
360 version of A World of Keflings
will be able to earn an additional 200 Achievement Points when playing on
Windows 8.
A World of Keflings
on Windows 8 also provides intuitive touch controls and a new
picture-in-picture feature allowing players to quickly explore the map while
keeping an eye their avatar’s progress.
The game is now available for purchase in the Windows Games
Store for 6.99 USD and supports both Windows 8 and Windows RT. The DLC offerings
for A World of Keflings are not yet
available on Windows 8. A World of
Keflings on Windows 8 does not include multiplayer or Avatar FameStar
functionality.
A World of Keflings
for the Wii U will release later this year.
About A World of Keflings
The sequel to the hit XBLA title A Kingdom for Keflings, A
World of Keflings is a city-building game featuring tiny, obnoxiously cute
characters called Keflings who need help building their kingdoms. Players play
as a giant and take a journey to three kingdoms (Ice, Forest and Desert) making
friends with Kefling characters along the way, helping them complete tasks, and
building and customizing elaborate kingdoms for the Keflings. Players teach
Keflings to harvest resources like wood, stone, magic crystals and wool, and
build up a booming economy of production, resource refining and building
construction. The game contains no antagonist or conflict, resulting in a
pleasant, play-at-your-own-pace city-building adventure.
A World of Keflings
first released in December 2010 on XBLA. Since that time the game has added
three new themed kingdoms (Alien, Candy and Graveyard) as DLC titled “It Came
From Outer Space,” “Sugar, Spice and Not So Nice,” and “The Curse of the
Zombiesaurus.” The XBLA version is also one of a select group of games to support
Microsoft’s Avatar FameStar program.
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