The original Bug Heroes is one of my all-time favorites. It blended dual-stick shooting, tower defense, and RPG leveling into one slick little package. But that was way back in January of 2011, and now nearly three years later a sequel is upon us. Bug Heroes 2 was first announced back in mid-October, with the first actual screenshots coming a month later. Today Foursaken Media has released a few more screens, and although it’s still a work in progress, Bug Heroes 2 continues to look really impressive.

I’ve always been a fan of “tiny things in the regular world" games ever since playing Micro Machines on the NES way back when. The first Bug Heroes captured that incredibly well with its environments, but this sequel takes it to a whole new level. You really get the sense from these screens that you’re a bunch of little bugs having epic battles in a massive kitchen world. It’s so cool. Don’t forget that Foursaken continues to post new information and character profiles in our forums, so be sure to check that out, and look for Bug Heroes 2 to hit sometime in 2014.