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IGN.com has just added a hands on and 8 new images from the DS version of the game. The Hands-On is for both games and from that sounds of it we are going to have a ton of fun. The news report describes the first few missions of the campaign and some new info such as the maps. The game is set up on the planet of Ruhr III and you take control of a unit of 6 men as you fight your way through Chaos forces. Each member of the squad will have something called AP (no not Armor Penetration) that decided how many actions that particular person can do per turn. AP is not the same for each character as every member of the squad is customizable as you can choose the unit type they are (scout, marine, terminator etc.), secondary weapons they carry around and the amount of ammo they have for that weapon. This makes it so that each character in the squad plays separately and has a different strategy attached to them. Both the PSP and DS versions have the same story and functions but the PSP has better graphics and sound while the DS has better game play according to the hands-on. The terrain is based on 3 basic sets ranging from Ice, Desert and Industrial features. The AI also isn’t as dumb as a brick as they will take cover and help each other out. Also some pictures from the DS version have been released and it doesn’t look 1/2 bad. Some are posted below but for all 8 pictures check out the image gallery at the bottom of the article that can be found here.

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IGN posted new screens for the PSP version of Squad Command in all its sexyness which you can find here.