Aspyr Will Serve Top Spin 2 On The PC

I don't think there's been any good - let alone great - tennis game on the PC since 2004, when the first Top Spin came out. But thanks to Aspyr Media, fans now have a reason to look forward to Q1 2007, when a PC version of Top Spin 2 is expected to be released in North America. As announced this week, Aspyr will be acting as both publisher and developer for this PC version, after having licensed the game from 2K Sports.

It's not clear to us yet if this will be a direct port of the Xbox 360 version released earlier this year, and just how much of the original content will survive the transition from console to PC.

The first few PC screenshots do look similar to the ones taken from the Xbox 360 version, so that's pretty good news for now. And we'll see how the game plays, once they release it early next year. Until then, you can check out Aspyr's product page for Top Spin 2, and here's a brief description they supplied along with the announced:

"The hit tennis game Top Spin 2 serves up 24 top-ranked athletes (Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and more), a wide variety of events including all four Grand Slam tournaments, a multi-season career, and a set of new risk and advanced shots. In detailed, real-world venues such as Wimbledon, gamers can create realistic player models and their own on-court style with slices, drops, top spins, lobs, and drives against the tennis world's best-of-the-best. For experienced players, Top Spin 2 adds depth to gameplay with a number of risk shots and advanced controls, giving gamers the ability to pick apart their opponent piece-by-piece. If hard-core competition isn't your thing, take it easy and enjoy multiplayer party games, like Splash Court, Wall Breaker, and Time Bomb. The game supports up to four players on a single PC, and two players over the Internet or a LAN."

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