News – Centipede: Infestation Coming to Wii and 3DS

<p>Today Atari and developer Wayforward announced that a new version of the classic centipede franchise would be hitting stores later this year&period; Centipede&colon; Infestation will be released on the Nintendo Wii and 3DS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game promises to be quiet different than it&&num;8217&semi;s predecessors&period; It will boast a darker tone&comma; with a post-apocalyptic environment it will share elements of a rough and tough shooter as well as a tower-defense game&period; The player will take the role of an orphaned teen boy named Max who is tasked with surviving in a wasteland over-run by mutated giant bugs&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s his goal to help bring back plant life and save the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sounds pretty simple&comma; right&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;04&sol;image001-620x&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2300" title&equals;"image001-620x" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2011&sol;04&sol;image001-620x&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"480" height&equals;"332" &sol;><&sol;a>Well the game is a bit more complicated than that&period; It will host seven different environments expanding forty stages&period; Each of which will be overrun with giant bugs and obstacles but with a little help from some powerful weapons Max should be able to survive&period; Two weapons have been revealed so far&comma; one being the Lightning Orb Gun and the other the Nuke Cannon&period; Both of which promise to levy massive damage towards the likes of human eating beetles&comma; scavenging spiders&comma; and massive moth behemoths&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Being a Wayforward developed game&comma; a studio notable for creating Contra 4&comma; Centipede&colon; Infestation will feature a co-op multiplayer mode&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s also been reported that the 3DS version of the game will include some kind of &&num;8220&semi;content&&num;8221&semi; sharing capability across handhelds while boasting Streetpass support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We have some time before the game hits&period; So in the meantime check out the official announcement trailer for Centipede&colon; Infestation that hit earlier today&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><center><object id&equals;"vid&lowbar;4dae08ebdad0bd7223000002" width&equals;"480" height&equals;"270" classid&equals;"clsid&colon;d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;download&period;macromedia&period;com&sol;pub&sol;shockwave&sol;cabs&sol;flash&sol;swflash&period;cab&num;version&equals;6&comma;0&comma;40&comma;0"><param name&equals;"allowfullscreen" value&equals;"true" &sol;><param name&equals;"allowscriptaccess" value&equals;"always" &sol;><param name&equals;"flashvars" value&equals;"url&equals;http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;videos&sol;2011&sol;04&sol;19&sol;centipede-infestation-announcement-trailer" &sol;><param name&equals;"src" value&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;media&period;ign&period;com&sol;ev&sol;prod&sol;embed&period;swf" &sol;><&sol;object><&sol;center><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"width&colon; 480px&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;videos&sol;2011&sol;04&sol;19&sol;centipede-infestation-announcement-trailer">More Centipede&colon; Infestation Videos<&sol;a><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;