Mars is a wonderful place, how come you’ve never been? Well, if you want to partake in the tranquil delights of living your robotic life on the red planet, then perhaps Take on Mars might take your fancy.

Take on Mars, the sim that lets you take control of a Mars rover and explore the Red Planet, is now available on Steam Early Access.

Here's a new gameplay trailer for Take on Mars, a nifty-looking game in which you control a Mars rover. The game looks neat, despite a notable lack of aliens and/or Arnold Schwarzenegger. You can see a full E3 demo of the game here. (via RPS)

ArmA developers Bohemia Interactive picked a bad week to announce Take On Mars, a new simulation game that has you rolling, bouncing and cutting your way across the red planet doing all kinds of boring science stuff.

When the ancient alien plagued colonized of the planet Mars meet a popular Norwegian New Wave band, there can be only one outcome: Pipe wrench fight!