PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour

Next in the series scheduled for Q4, with Rebellion once again taking on development duties.

News by GamesIndustry.biz Contributor

Published on May 25, 2010

Northamptonshire, UK Tues 25th May 2010 – Bring the passion and competition of tournament darts to your living room and take on your friends and family with the launch of the new game in the hugely popular PDC franchise PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour.

Hot on the heels of the amazing Premier League finals last night, where Phil “The Power” Taylor became the first darts player in history to hit two nine dart finishes, comes the announcement of the next PDC World Championship Darts game.

The popularity of darts has never been higher with major celebrities attending the major darting events, which is now seen as one of “The” nights out.

Now nobody has to miss out with your very own darts tournaments at home with family and friends.

PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour debuts for the first time on PlayStation 3 with a whole host of new features to be announced shortly for all versions of the game.

A teaser trailer for the upcoming game is released today, let the competition begin!

Six new players will feature in the game, including the two semi finalists from the Premier League, Mervyn King and Simon Whitlock.

“ PDC World Championship Darts provides an authentic darts experience right in your living room. Now you can experience all the emotions and the highs and lows of the big darts matches against you family and friends” said Jim Scott CEO of O-Games.

“ Without a doubt this is by far the best darts game made, it’s very easy to play and enjoy and great fun for everyone” added Jim Scott.

Developers Rebellion are back on board after the success of PDC World Championship Darts 2009 last year;

"We are delighted to be working with the same team again for PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour. We look forward to continuing the successful relationship we enjoyed in the past to develop another critically acclaimed darts game for the Wii.” said Jason Kingsley CEO at development studio Rebellion.

PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour is out Q4 2010 for the PlayStation™ 3, Xbox® 360 & Wii™.

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