Have you played Worms? If not, you’re missing out – Worms is a side scrolling turn-based shooter that has cartoon worms using a large arsenal of weapons to, well, blow each other sky high. The series itself has seen a great deal of success, spanning a large number of consoles and mobile platforms.
EA has evidentially made note of this, recently announcing that they have purchased the rights to publish Worms on mobile platforms.
Head of Team 17 (the studio behind Worms), Debbie Bestwick, had the following to say about EA’s purchase:
“As the market leader in mobile gaming, EA Mobile’s reach and breadth of partner relationships will massively help Worms’ positioning and greatly increase appeal to a new generation of mobile gamers.”
Team 17′s hilarious 2D multiplayer “shooter” Worms 2: Armageddon is coming to Xbox Live Arcade. Originally released 1999 as a successor to Worms Armageddon, Xbox Live owners will on July 1 get a chance to (re)live one of the best Worms games to date. It will retail for $10 (800 MS Points) on XBLA.
The above video has been circulating on the web showcasing what appears to be an iPhone, and iPod touch, rendition of Team17′s popular Worms franchise.
First only appearing as a rumor, Joystiq has since contacted the game’s developer for more information; the game, along with the video, is in fact real and Team17 will be publishing the game independently (read: no EA).
Unfortunately, they weren’t able to squeeze a release date or pricing out of the developer but we’ll keep you posted.
Team based cooperative gameplay has always been popular. Whether you’re joining with friends to become the greatest fake band of all time or shooting up aliens with a buddy across the country, gamers have often gotten by with a little help from their friends. Yet nothing equals the sheer joy of smashing your friends into a grim digital pulp and dancing on their electronic graves.
That’s the idea behind Worms, one of the most recent additions to the Playstation Network. It’s already been out for Xbox Live Arcade for more than two years but its continued success prompted a port. It’s actually even older than that, with the original Worms having debuted on PC in 1995. After remakes and spin-offs the game landed as a remake on these two current-gen systems.
The game hasn’t even been announced yet but thanks to the Australian Classification Office, we now known that Worms Armageddon: Decades is set to hit the Xbox Live Arcade.
I recall playing Worms Armageddon on the PC when it was originally released in 1999 and if I remember correctly it was tremendously fun.
Now, with some top notch graphics and along with an abundance new content, a whole new generation of gamers could be introduced to the Worms universe. That is, if they didn’t play the original Worms Xbox Live Arcade game in 2007.
Three more titles are being added to the Arcade Hits collection by Microsoft, effectively giving price cuts to the following: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Worms and Feeding Frenzy.
These games will now retail for 400 Microsoft points ($5). This reflects a 50% discount for all three games. However, the price cuts are yet to take effect in Xbox Live Marketplace.
Microsoft hasn’t officially announced the induction of these titles to the Arcade Hits collection, though an official confirmation is expected soon.
Three more titles are being added to the Arcade Hits collection by Microsoft, effectively giving price cuts to the following: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Worms and Feeding Frenzy.