Sega unveils Virtua Tennis 3

Arguably the greatest tennis franchise ever made is set to make its reappearance on the PSP as Sega announced it's developing Virtua Tennis 3, which will be released spring 2007.

Here are some of the new additions Sega has announced for the sequel:

• An all-new World Tour Mode that has 10 new mini-games;

• Court Games enables you to play Virtua Tennis' great mini-games via multi-player against up to three other people;

• Five set matches are now available;

• A new roster of athletes:

  • Women: Amelie Mauresmo, Maria Sharapova (Yes!!!), Venus Williams, Martina Hingas, Nicole Vaidisova, Lindsay Davenport and Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova.

  • Men: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Tim Henman, Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Mario Ancic, Gael Monfils, Taylor Dent, David Nalbandian, Sebastien Grosjean, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tommy Haas.

Aside from Virtua Tennis on the N-Gage, every version I've played has been surprisingly fun and addictive. I don't think there was a lot to fix with the game's predecessor, Virtua Tennis World Tour, but it's nice to see Sega add in new features like Court Games.

(Via UK IGN)