For those of us currently having fun with Worms: Open Warfare 2 (Sony PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS), then here's some very good news for Sony PlayStation Portable owners: every Friday going into November, Team 17 is going to be rolling out new content for the game easily downloadable by going into Infrastructure mode. That's right, new stuff directly downloaded onto your PSP that's relevant to the game where you control worms blasting each other to chunks. Awesome!

So what's going to be available for download? We're not quite sure what could be posted up for grabs, but if the first downloadable pack that went online is anything to go by, then it's definitely going to be a blast. If you haven't yet gone into Infrastructure mode on your PSPs to get a look-see, the first downloadable pack contained six extra flags (Yin Yan, Shotgun, Victory, UFO, Pointing and Peace) and four landscapes (Winter, Tugboat, Robot and Race). This means that it might not be too long before Team 17 starts shipping out new weapons for your Worms to mess around with.

Certainly a very good update for the game that fondly reminds us of games such as Warheads and Scorched Earth. Updates as we get them!



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Debuting this week is Medal of Honor: Airborne, and as fate would have it, a couple of other war games - even some World War II themed ones like Hearts of Iron - are joining it on the shelves. Stranglehold is also hitting the market for the Xbox 360 and the PC, with the Sony PS3 version coming later this month.

Another game wriggling its way to the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP this week is Worms: Open Warfare 2. The worms are back with their rocket launchers and grenades ready to do some serious squishy damage.

Medal of Honor: Airborne. Step into the shoes of Boyd Travers, a soldier in the 17th Airborne Division in this first person shooter game set in World War II. You can choose from a wide and authentic range of weaponry as you sent in mission from France to Germany.

• Xbox 360, PC - September 4, 2007
• US$ 59.99 (Xbox 360), US$ 49.99 (PC)
  
• ESRB T (Teen)
• Electronic Arts and EA Los Angeles

Stranglehold. Chow Yun Fat reprises his role as Inspector "Tequila" Yuen in this third-person shooter from director John Woo. The game features an environment where you can destroy almost anything you can see (and shoot.) Battle with the Triad and the Mafia in slow motion with "Tequila Time."

• Xbox 360, PC - September 5, 2007
• US$ 59.99 (Xbox 360), US$ 49.99 (PC)
• ESRB M (Mature)
• Midway and Tiger Hill Entertainment

Worms: Open Warfare 2. The worms are back and they're coming complete with online capabilities for the DS and the PSP. Go to war with the worms in six different scenarios. The PSP version will have downloadable maps as well.

• Nintendo DS, PSP - September 4, 2007
• US$ 29.99 (DS), US$ 29.99 (PSP)
• ESRB T (Teen)
• THQ

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Are you ready to go to war? The worms are back and they are set to invade the handhelds, and just in case you need any more reminding, THQ has released two more trailers for Worms: Open Warfare 2 for the DS and the PlayStation Portable.

As usual, Team 17's warring worms are bent to blow each other to smithereens. In the PSP trailer, we see a number of features that the upcoming video game will sport: customization options from hats to victory dances, and level editor. The trailer for Worms: Open Warfare 2's DS version on the other hand showcases the new weapons you can arm your worms with, new single player modes, and a slew of mini games, among other features.

Worms: Open Warfare 2 is set to hit the shelves anytime soon so stay tuned for more news and info about the title. In the meantime, check out the trailers below.

Check out the DS trailer after the jump!

You guys might end up getting a newsletter from THQ, but for a free demo for Worms: Open Warfare 2, we'd say it's a pretty nice trade-off. It seems THQ UK has quietly released a demo of the game to the public, allowing folks to try a copy of the game out before they buy it.

For those who've never heard of the Worms series of games, here's a heads-up. In the series, you get to play as a worm who can outfit himself with all sorts of different weaponry. You fight other worms on a 2D stage and fire off your weapons at enemies to either dislodge them from the face of the game world or remove their HP completely. It's a fun premise, and there's probably no better way to try the game out for free than to download the demo, right?

The Worms: Open Warfare 2 demo is 4MB in size and requires that you sign up for the myTHQ member's club before you can download it. That being said though, a few minutes of extra work shouldn't be quite a big detriment to grabbing a piece of the worm-filled, action-packed pie.

THQ has rolled out the third trailer for Worms: Open Warfare 2 (Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation Portable). Even though the game is for both DS and PSP, all of the gameplay footage shown in the trailer are from the game's PSP version. Check it out below.

If you've ever played through the first Open Warfare, you won't be disappointed with this one. THQ has promised to bring more of what the first game had along with quite a few new additions such as weapons and unlockables. Worms: Open Warfare 2 is slated for release in September.

Team 17 recently sat down with Pro-G UK and revealed how the latest addition to the Worms franchise, Worms Open Warfare 2, is faring, and how the team bounced back from the quite tepid response that they got from the first Worms Open Warfare game for the DS and PSP. They made sure that they listened to the opinions and criticisms that they have garnered from the past PSP and DS game, and applied what they have learned on the latest installment. Inputs from gamers have also become invaluable towards the creation of new weapons and game modes.

The team also delved in dealing with the differences between the controls on the Nintendo DS as well as the "twitchy analog nub" of the PlayStation Portable. Team 17 confirmed that the touch screen medium is just about the ideal way to play the video game,

The DS touch screen is obviously a perfect compliment to the gameplay style of WORMS and allows the player increased depth of interaction but the PSP controls are not without their merits...The analogue stick is used to control the camera's position around the landscape while the d-pad is used to control the worms' movement.

Since they already mentioned the modes of play like Deathmatch, Race, and Fort Modes, Team 17 decided to let people in on other new stuff, such as the strangely named Buffalo of Lies, the Bunker Buster, and the Sentry Gun. Basically the Bunker Buster seeks out any worms that may try to infiltrate the other team from underground while the Sentry Gun automatically fires once a worm crosses the line of sight. Pretty cool indeed.

Online gaming is now at a whole new advantage in Worms Open Warfare 2. Team 17 has now enabled inviting players to a match, regardless of "where he is in a game". Best and worst Worms players are now shown in the leaderboards as well as given Daily Awards.

Surely, Worms Open Warfare 2 will be out to command and conquer once it hits the stores this coming August.

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The Worms series has always been an entertaining game. If you look back at other games like it such as Scorched Earth, you can say it totally redefined its genre. Lead Game Designer of Worms: Open Warfare 2 Kevin Carthew was recently interviewed by CVG and he gave us quite a few details on the newest iteration of the game.

One of the things Carthew discussed are the reasons why they decided to release the game. He said the the development team had "ideas for another Worms game." This prompted them to go over the criticisms thrown at the previous Worms games. That said, he announced that this latest iteration "addresses all of these issues and includes new weapons, environments and an online element." Right. If we don't see sheep bombs in this game, we're just going to go ballistic.

Another thing that was addressed is the inclusion and implementation of multiplayer features. He gave word that there will be three modes: Deathmatch, race mode and fort mode. These additions, he says, "add to the experience when playing in multi player mode and make the game more challenging and fun to play". Sounds good, though he never really discussed one thing that we wanted to hear, whether they will be including hot-seating options for its multiplayer aspect.

That said he also addressed a community that hasn't really been getting any Worms lovin' as of late: The PC gamers. Carthew said "there is a still mass fan base for Worms on the PC and it's still really well received." Given that, can we expect to be seeing a few Worms games coming to our PCs soon?

Team 17's Worms: Open Warfare 2 is slated to be hitting PSP and the DS in July so watch out for it. If you want to read the full interview, be sure to click on our read link.

So maybe all the titles that followed the original Worms didn't quite catch the lightning in a bottle that the first one did, but we say Worms: Open Warfare 2 for the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS does the franchise proud with all its cute violence, rocking explosions and pop-culture charm.

This trailer taken from the PSP version lets you have a peek at what the sequel to the first Open Warfare has to offer in the multiplayer online department. As expected, the game lives to its billing as the video shows what looks like a fun time blasting away at friends and rivals.

THQ promises to give gamers a lot more of what they had the first time around. The weapons are still crazy but are now more balanced than ever to up the competition and prevent cheap shooting from those who get obsessed with winning. You'll see more grenades, cluster bombs, banana bombs, dynamites air strikes, and shotguns than ever before in this time-based light strategy derivative. Ready those wallets because we've got big gear incoming.

It's only been a few hours since we had something about Worms: Open Warfare 2 posted around here, but here's some more wormy goodness for you guys. There are twenty new screenshots from the PSP version of Worms 2: Open Warfare waiting for you down below. Check 'em out.

Team 17's Worms 2: Open Warfare will be hitting both the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS handheld systems this July, and it'll be bringing with it some all new weapons, unlockables and gameplay modes. The single player mode in this title has also been beefed up to better complement the ever-popular multiplayer mode.

   

More screenshots after the jump!

It is generally accepted that Worms: Open Warfare didn't really meet the expectations of fans from this more than a decade old video game franchise. Development studio Team17, clearly, is trying to rebound with the sequel Worms: Open Warfare 2 (DS, PSP). Lead designer Kevin Carthew recently spoke with IGN regarding the matter.

"It has an abundance of single-player content, features in-depth training modes, a huge list of unlockable items, customizable worms, brand new types of multiplayer games, some really cool tools that allow players to create their own landscapes and online play with an extensive feature set," noted Carthew.

Aside from this, the designer also mentioned that there will be a total number of 33 weapons available in the game including ones that we have never been seen before. There are also additional features that can only be noticed, Carthew explained, while playing the game.

The lead designer then went on and talked about the game's single player mode. The Worms franchise is generally more known for its multiplayer features, that's why Team17 added some new enhancements to the single player mode. One of which is the Puzzle Mode:

It's basically thirty levels of Worms-based brain teasers. Each level asks the user to perform a specific task with a very limited amount of weaponry. Basically, the game asks the player to use weapons in a way they might not have thought of before.

Regarding multiplayer mode, Carthew explained that Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection system for the DS somehow restricted their developers while making Worms: Open Warfare 2. The PlayStation Portable version, on the other hand will have certain advantages over the DS version when it comes to online features like online leaderboards. Carthew explained further,

Customization of Worms teams on PSP is a little more varied, with a variety of hats you can put on your team of worms. We've also been able to do more with the online community aspects of the game on PSP through clans, sharing of user-created landscapes, Downloadable Content">downloadable content, etc.

Both versions of Worms: Open Warfare 2 will be available this July.