This fall, Team 17 is offering up a double dose of Worms. Upcoming release Worms: Ultimate Mayhem will feature enhanced versions of both Worms 3D and Worms 4: Mayhem. The game will also feature new single player levels and extra customization options.

When the Playstation Vita was announced, Sony had plenty to say about the new handheld and its many capabilities. The device’s specs, however, were kept under wraps. While this is not unusual for a hardware announcement, it does leave the door wide open for Internet speculation. One such speculation is that the Vita will ship with 512MB of RAM.

Recently, a development studio working on Vita games stated that a reduction in RAM would not have any effect on the games they were creating. This caused widespread panic that the RAM had been halved when development kits were sent to studios. To quell the rumors, Sony Worldwide Studios honcho Shuhei Yoshida reminded everyone not to believe everything they read on the Internet.

The Resistance 3 multiplayer beta will begin in August. For owners of SOCOM 4, the beta will open up on August 4. The beta will be available for PlayStation Plus members on August 23.

The multiplayer beta will feature Team Deathmatch and Chain Reaction gameplay modes. It will allow players to reach level 20, including all of the upgrades and unlockables, and feature two maps from the upcoming game.

The PlayStation Vita’s elusive release date was thought to be revealed in a press release for Supremacy MMA. In the release, the PS Vita version of the game was going to be released this September, alongside the console versions.

While this initially caused some confusion and excitement for Vita fans, the statement was quickly corrected. The console versions of the game will be released in September, with the Vita version following sometime during “holiday 2011.” PlayStation fans are going to have to wait a little bit longer to get their hands on the device with the dual analog sticks and rear touch panel.

Google software engineer Steve Lacey was killed during a road rage accident recently. The former Microsoft employee, with work credited in games like Flight Simulator 2000 and Combat Flight Simulator 2, was killed when a car chasing another car lost control and struck his vehicle.

He is survived by his wife of ten years and their two children.

Shack News reports that an adjustable field of view option has been added to the PC flavor of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Field of view determines how much of the game world can be seen at once. Many PC gamers prefer an FOV of 90 degrees or more, while console games are often closer to 65 degrees. It’s becoming increasingly common, however, for the PC editions of games to incorporate the same low FOV of their console counterparts. It had been previously announced that the same would hold true for Human Revolution, but Eidos Montreal has apparently experienced a change of heart.

THQ has called it quits on the Red Faction series due to declining interest. Develop Online reports that the team responsible for development of the titles, Illinois-based Volition, will continue on, and now move on to collaborate with Guillermo del Toro on the Insane project. Though THQ did announce lay-offs for Volition in March, it does not appear that the 200 member team was significantly reduced.

Nintendo’s 3DS price drop will most likely affect the launch of Sony’s PlayStation Vita, as it will now cost $80 more than the Nintendo device.

But if you were thinking that this will herald a lower price point for the Sony handheld, think again. Shack News reports that while Sony will have to carefully coordinate Vita’s marketing, at least one analyst believes the 3DS price drop won’t affect Vita’s launch sales.

“I am not sure whether Sony will find it necessary to lower the Vita price,” RW Baird analyst Colin Sebastian said. Citing as one of his reasons was the current state of the 3DS library. Sebastian notes that, “if game publishers had been able to make really compelling content for the 3DS with appeal to millions of gamers, then the story might have played out differently.”

Sony Online Entertainment has launched a digital marketplace for its MMORPG, DC Universe Online. The marketplace went live last week, but currently only offers a couple of items, with no word available as to when more are coming. These items include Proto Repair Bots and Vault Tickets which enhance experience.

Google launched a trial of its new social networking service, Google+ last week, and while games aren’t yet a component, 1Up reports that source code has been uncovered that suggests games be incorporated at some point. The code references what would be used to notify users about games. The company has yet to offer any official words on when or even if games will officially be adopted by the service.

Disney is closing its UK games development studio, Black Rock. Their current project wasn’t greenlit for further development, so the company informed the studio’s employees of their intent to enter a consultation process on the proposal to close the studio. Under Disney, the Black Rock released Pure and Split/Second, but neither was received as well as anticipated.

Develop Online reports that Media Molecule will no longer be working on Sony’s LittleBigPlanet franchise. Siobhan Reddy told an audience at Barcelona’s GameLab 2011 event that: “We’re stepping away from Little Big Planet to focus on some new ideas.” There’s no need for fans to panic just yet, however, and it’s believed that the franchise will continue on without them.

Back in February, THQ announced they would create games based on the 80s cartoon Voltron: Defender of the Universe. Now they’ve revealed that folks will finally get a look at it this year during Comic-Con. The title will be part of a Voltron panel that will include toys, comic books, and other collectibles. In addition to the upcoming series of games, there’s a new cartoon and a feature film in development.

According to Joystiq, there’s a new James Pond game on the streets for both the iPhone and iPad. For those of you who don’t remember 1993, James Pond was a series of British platformers published by EA, that starred a tuxedo-clad goldfish secret agent. In the new title, James Pond in the Deathly Shallows, James must stop Doctor Maybe from ruining the oceans by navigating an underwater maze to find and repair leaking oil pipes.

Minecraft‘s business model falls into the “different” category. It spent a short time in development, and released to the public soon after it was playable. Mojang began selling its Alpha version, and it has gained immense popularity while still in beta. The official release is scheduled for November.

Developer Mojang finds this process works for them, so their next game, Scrolls, will be released to the public in a similar fashion.

“With our new game, Scrolls, we’ll follow the same formula as Minecraft,” Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan told Gamasutra. “That means we’ll release the game very early, as soon as it’s playable in some capacity.”