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Worms: Open Warfare 2 has been officially announced for PSP and Nintendo DS.

The latest sequel to the Worms Franchise brings online battles allowing players to blow each other away with 11 new weapons. Classic specials Super Sheep, Concrete Donkey and Holy Hand Grenade are also back. Players will be able to battle online and check on daily updated stats and leader boards on the official Worms site.

Game modes for Open Warfare 2 include new single and multiplayer modes Rope Race, Fort Puzzle Campaign and Firing Range. New customization options will also be available allowing players to customize landscape, team flags, hats, tombstones and victory dances.

The game is scheduled for both systems this summer. ...

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Worms: Open Warfare 2 has been officially announced for PSP and Nintendo DS.

The latest sequel to the Worms Franchise brings online battles allowing players to blow each other away with 11 new weapons. Classic specials Super Sheep, Concrete Donkey and Holy Hand Grenade are also back. Players will be able to battle online and check on daily updated stats and leader boards on the official Worms site.

Game modes for Open Warfare 2 include new single and multiplayer modes Rope Race, Fort Puzzle Campaign and Firing Range. New customization options will also be available allowing players to customize landscape, team flags, hats, tombstones and victory dances.

The game is scheduled for both systems this summer. ...

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Unveiled in May 2006, Tecmo's Pangya! Golf With Style will finally be arriving on Europe Wiis on June 8th, courtesy of Nintendo.

The game, a spin-off of the online PangYa! Title, was a Wii launch title in Japan last December and was subsequently released in North America a couple of weeks later as "Super Swing Golf".

As with Wii Sports: Golf and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07, Pangya! Golf With Style will utilise the motion-sensors in the Wii-remote as part of the control system, though the gameplay seems to be more in line with the former title than EA's golf franchise. As well as focusing on getting through the course with the least about of putts, gamers will also be on the look out for Pang Points, the currency in Pangya! that they can then use to buy additional items and clothing for their golfer - including clothes from Tecmo's Dead or Alive series of beat-em-ups.

A variety of items added to distract opponents, such as the Wing God Fan (which creates gusts of wind on the course) and Graffiti Crayon (where gamers can scribble out the screen), are just two examples of how Pangya! is golf with a difference. ...

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The GameTap Online games service continues to add new titles each week, including the classic Wing Commander and Bug, which was a Sega Saturn title. Games added this week include:

Wing Commander: Electronic Arts’ sci-fi strategy game enlists players in an outer space aerial war to defend Earth from the marauding Kilrathi race. Wing Commander was a revolutionary game when it was released, blazing trails in the realms of 3D gaming, cinematic storytelling and the popularization of sound cards and game soundtracks, so check out the game that started it all!

Warlords Battlecry III: This real time strategy game from Enlight Interactive Inc. further expands the Battlecry tradition of featuring persistent RPG-like fantasy heroes with its retinue of loyal followers fighting massive battles in the Warlords' world of Etheria. As a true sequel to Warlords Battlecry I & II - both of which are also available on GameTap - it features many familiar races and troop-types, while also adding new ones into the mix.

Bug!: Originally appearing on GameTap last week in the form of an “Easter Egg,” this SEGA action title ushers in GameTap’s latest console – the SEGA Saturn. Bug is a big movie star whose film set friends are kidnapped, so he’s off to save the day in a hopping-and-bopping platform-jumping adventure. With some of the greatest Saturn titles on the horizon, this is big news for fans of classic console gaming.

Doki Doki Penguin Land: GameTap unveils SEGA’s Doki Doki Penguin Land, its latest addition to its library of games for the rare SG-1000 Japanese-only 8-bit console. As a penguin in the harsh arctic wasteland, it's your job to outsmart the burly polar bears and roll your egg to the safety of your underground home.

ThinkTanks: GarageGames’ ThinkTanks is a fast-paced tank combat game where only the smartest tanks survive in a deadly arena. The backstory is that the Terranians have been harvesting human brains and popping them into armored vehicles, all to create a game show where these captive Think Tanks do battle for the amusement of wicked alien overlords. You're one of the Think Tanks, but you've escaped! Now it's up to you to free your fellow brains and destroy the enemy. ...

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April 19, 2007 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced the development of Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck, which will star "the infamously short-tempered and devious Daffy Duck in stylus-based gameplay," exclusively for Nintendo DS.

Developed by WayForward Technologies, the game will see players wield the stylus as they irritate, aggravate and infuriate their own Daffy Duck in humorous ways. Inspired by the classic Duck Amuck cartoon, players will compete against Daffy through a series of mini-games, randing from retro inspired favorites to modern, innovative gameplay interactions, with the goal of driving Daffy’s temperature, and his temper, through the roof. Wireless functionality will allow players to not only gang up on Daffy as a team but also battle each other in head-to-head competition.

"Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck gives gamers and all Daffy Duck fans a brand new experience and total control in tormenting the heated duck all in good Looney Tunes fun," said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Development and Production, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "The imaginative gameplay puts players in the creator’s role with the Nintendo DS™ system incorporating individual and competitive play with the beloved Daffy Duck character."

The game will be available later this year alongside the Melbourne-developed Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal, which is hitting Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. Stay tuned for more on that title. ...

via Aussie-Nintendo

April 19, 2007 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced the development of Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck, which will star "the infamously short-tempered and devious Daffy Duck in stylus-based gameplay," exclusively for Nintendo DS.

Developed by WayForward Technologies, the game will see players wield the stylus as they irritate, aggravate and infuriate their own Daffy Duck in humorous ways. Inspired by the classic Duck Amuck cartoon, players will compete against Daffy through a series of mini-games, randing from retro inspired favorites to modern, innovative gameplay interactions, with the goal of driving Daffy’s temperature, and his temper, through the roof. Wireless functionality will allow players to not only gang up on Daffy as a team but also battle each other in head-to-head competition.

"Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck gives gamers and all Daffy Duck fans a brand new experience and total control in tormenting the heated duck all in good Looney Tunes fun," said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Development and Production, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "The imaginative gameplay puts players in the creator’s role with the Nintendo DS™ system incorporating individual and competitive play with the beloved Daffy Duck character."

The game will be available later this year alongside the Melbourne-developed Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal, which is hitting Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. Stay tuned for more on that title. ...

via Aussie-Nintendo

April 19, 2007 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced the development of Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck, which will star "the infamously short-tempered and devious Daffy Duck in stylus-based gameplay," exclusively for Nintendo DS.

Developed by WayForward Technologies, the game will see players wield the stylus as they irritate, aggravate and infuriate their own Daffy Duck in humorous ways. Inspired by the classic Duck Amuck cartoon, players will compete against Daffy through a series of mini-games, randing from retro inspired favorites to modern, innovative gameplay interactions, with the goal of driving Daffy’s temperature, and his temper, through the roof. Wireless functionality will allow players to not only gang up on Daffy as a team but also battle each other in head-to-head competition.

"Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck gives gamers and all Daffy Duck fans a brand new experience and total control in tormenting the heated duck all in good Looney Tunes fun," said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Development and Production, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "The imaginative gameplay puts players in the creator’s role with the Nintendo DS™ system incorporating individual and competitive play with the beloved Daffy Duck character."

The game will be available later this year alongside the Melbourne-developed Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal, which is hitting Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2. Stay tuned for more on that title. ...

via Virgin Media

Codemasters's motorsport title 'Race Driver: Create & Race' is coming exclusively to Nintendo DS this summer.

Using the Nintendo DS stylus, the game's track editor lets players select and place race track elements, such as hairpin corners, long straights and chicanes, to design unique circuits. Once all the pieces are placed to perfection, players can take to their track and experience exactly what it's like in aggressive multiple car races.

In addition to the track editor, the game features 32 real-world circuits - from Silverstone and the Nurburgring to Bathurst - and 25 officially licensed race cars, including the Koenig GT, the AMG Mercedes C Klasse DTM, and the Chevrolet Silverado Truck.

Making use of the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi connection capabilities, players can challenge others to races on the game's official tracks as well as the circuits of their creation. 'Race Driver: Create & Race' also enables up to four players to go head-to-head in races gamesharing from only one cartridge. Further championships and cars can be unlocked from the World Tour Mode and then raced in realtime online and ad hoc multiplayer modes. ...

via Virgin Media

Codemasters's motorsport title 'Race Driver: Create & Race' is coming exclusively to Nintendo DS this summer.

Using the Nintendo DS stylus, the game's track editor lets players select and place race track elements, such as hairpin corners, long straights and chicanes, to design unique circuits. Once all the pieces are placed to perfection, players can take to their track and experience exactly what it's like in aggressive multiple car races.

In addition to the track editor, the game features 32 real-world circuits - from Silverstone and the Nurburgring to Bathurst - and 25 officially licensed race cars, including the Koenig GT, the AMG Mercedes C Klasse DTM, and the Chevrolet Silverado Truck.

Making use of the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi connection capabilities, players can challenge others to races on the game's official tracks as well as the circuits of their creation. 'Race Driver: Create & Race' also enables up to four players to go head-to-head in races gamesharing from only one cartridge. Further championships and cars can be unlocked from the World Tour Mode and then raced in realtime online and ad hoc multiplayer modes. ...