NinjaBee
just announced today that on July 8, Avatar support will be enabled in Band of Bugs. You'll be able to play as your Avatar in the main campaign (replacing Maal) and in the Spider Hunter multiplayer mode. There's more info about it
here on NinjaBee's blog. Team Xbox also spent some time with it and their first impressions are
here.
Also on July 8, NinjaBee is releasing DLC for Band of Bugs called Tales of Kaloki. It's a mix of characters and space ships form Outpost Kaloki X and tactics and characters from Band of Bugs. It adds a new tile set, a new story, new skills, new strategies and a whole bunch of other cool stuff. Check it out when it comes out July 8, along with the Avatar update.