Worms on the DS [Update]

THQ has announced that they are working with the European development studio Team 17 to bring a new title from the Worms series to the DS. No other details pertaining to the title have been announced, but the game is expected to take advantage of the system's wireless multiplayer.

Source: IGN.com

-Dark Gray

*Update*

Spadge, one of Team17's moderators on the company's forums, confirmed the following facts:

-Both the PSP and DS editions will feature classic Worms gameplay - as vociferously requested by our fans. Both versions have been in development for some time, news on release dates will follow much later in the year.

-Both platforms feature ad-hoc wireless play and of course, hot-seat play as well as single player games that suit the play patterns of the devices. I.e. short bursts.

-The DS will feature touch-screen use; planned to be finger rather than stylus control to make it better for hot-seat situations. The touch screen will be used for map scrolling, weapon controls and stats.

-The gamecode is all new for both editions and not a port of earlier 2d games.

-A 3d version of Worms is not currently planned for these devices, for both technical and play-factor reasons bearing in mind their screen resolution and suitability to the original 2d game mechanics.

-Further information will be released by the global publisher, THQ in future.

Source: gba.n64europe.com

-Falco8