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Ground Control to Team17: Online Worms for Wii; Update: 2D Confirmed

Aug 30, 2007 2:59pm CST tags: Worms: A Space Oddity, Team 17, THQ
Update: THQ has confirmed with Shacknews that Worms: A Space Oddity is built around 2D gameplay (hooray!).

Original story: Publisher THQ has announced Worms: A Space Oddity, the approximately four hundredth entry in UK-based Team17's beloved and long-running turn-based ballistic warfare series. Heading to Wii in spring 2008, A Space Oddity will support up to four players online and is being developed by Team17 itself.

Oddly, today's press release did not specify whether the game features 2D or 3D gameplay, a distinction that will surely have a large impact on the reception of the announcement among series fans. THQ has been contacted for comment on the matter. It did, however, note that the game is clothed in a new outer space theme and, perhaps taking a cue from platform ... Read more