Panzer Tactics blitzing DS

Via Gamespot:

CDV Software, a longtime purveyor of PC-based military strategy sims, is starting to think outside of the desktop box--the publisher has announced it is preparing Panzer Tactics DS for the Nintendo DS. The publisher of such games as Codename: Panzers - Phase Two and Blitzkrieg 2 will be bringing the turn-based strategy game to Nintendo's portable later this year.

Built on hexagon-based maps, the game's campaign mode will take players through a series of 30 historically based missions from actual World War II battles. The missions get tougher throughout the three different campaigns, but so do the player's troops. Troops that survive emerge as experienced veterans, and players can also gain access to new types of units along the way.

Panzer Tactics DS will take advantage of the system's hardware, giving players the option to control the game with the D pad and buttons or with the touch screen. It will also make use of the system's wireless capabilities for multiplayer matches accommodating up to four players.

The game is being developed by Sproing, whose past credits include Iron Soldier 3, Beyond Normandy: Assignment Berlin, and the downloadable AIDS prevention game Catch the Sperm 2. CDV expects to release the game in the fourth quarter of the year.