As sure as "Cyber Monday" is a loathsome name, Microsoft is running a tasty discount or two on the Xbox Live Marketplace for today only, to celebrate the virtual salesfest of Monday after Thanksgiving. Beyond Good & Evil HD is a bargain $3, if you've yet to pick it up, plus there's half off the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, and a few more savings.

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It wasn't long ago that EA brought the classic board game of Risk to consoles and PC in the form of Risk: Factions. At its recent summer showcase, the publisher announced that it's bringing a version of the game to Facebook sometime this summer.

As one would expect, the version of Risk: Factions on Facebook will include competitive multiplayer, but will differ from previous iterations of the game in that each faction will have access to "special abilities" to help them turn the tide of battle. Zombies, for instance, will gain access to a special weapon that makes them "better brain eaters," and humans will have access to a special attack boost, as well. Read more »

EA released the Stainless Games re-imagining of the classic board game, Risk: Factions, on the PC yesterday. The title has already spent several months on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but it's available now through Steam for $9.99.

Factions puts its own spin on the Risk formula by introducing new objective modes, terrain benefits, and new maps besides the standard World. Players who prefer their Risk untarnished by new ideas can play the Classic mode, while Factions mode weaves a zany cartoon story around the action. If you've ever been playing Risk and thought to yourself, "if only Zombies were fighting Robots," this is your game.

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. Read more »

Mega-publisher Electronic Arts has issued a breakdown of the games it will display next week at E3 2010, offering new release dates and windows for a few titles in the process.

RISK: Factions, the downloadable Xbox 360-exclusive revamp of the classic board game, will arrive on June 23, 2010.

Meanwhile, EA SPORTS NBA JAM--a Wii exclusive--will hit in October alongside the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of the recently renamed NBA ELITE 11. Read more »

What began as a simple war between humans and cats before robots joined the fray continues to grow more and more complicated, as new RISK: Factions screenshots and a trailer reveal misunderstood zombies are now involved.

Developed by Stainless Games, RISK: Factions is due to be released for download via Xbox Live Arcade this summer at a price yet unknown. A 'classic' mode is on hand for those who fancy playing Factions as simply the classic Risk board game they know and love. Read more »

What's that, soldier? You thought RISK: Factions was all about the secret war between humans and cats, orchestrated by a canine conspiracy?

Well, think again. We now have robots to contend with--evil, angry red robots. Me-ow.

Fortunately, we have adequate time to prepare, as Stainless Games' downloadable take on the timeless board game--yes, it includes a classic mode--isn't due on Xbox 360 until summer. Bide your time, evil doers. Read more »

Fresh off word that Hasbro's classic board game RISK is coming to Xbox 360 as an Xbox Live Arcade download, publisher Electronic Arts has put out a pair of trailers that highlight the "outlandish factions" and "off-beat humor."

But fear not RISK purr-ists, as Electronic Arts has confirmed that "you can absolutely play the classic board game" in addition to the promised "innovative ways of experiencing the timeless turn-based board game in both objective-based and world conquest modes." Read more »

Strategy board game Risk is to receive an Xbox Live Arcade revamp courtesy of Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers developer Stainless Games, EA has announced.

Risk: Factions updates the global domination game with online play as well as, EA Play says, "outlandish factions, a unique art style, new gameplay twists and off-beat humor."

Objective-based and world conquest modes will feature, with dynamic terrain, five different factions and unlockable avatar rewards. "Head-to-head... unique, animated combat missions" will also bring exciting-sounding "Overkill" moments based on dice rolls. Read more »