Blastball is a new multiplayer sci-fi sports game for 3DS

LOS ANGELES — It’s time to blast those balls.

Blastball is a new soccer-style game with guns from Nintendo. The publisher announced the new game at its World Championships event today prior to this week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow. It ended up being a surprise event for the competitors in Nintendo’s competition, and it pitted two teams of three against each other. The goal is to blast a giant orb into the opponent’s net by shooting it and using power-ups.