Worms Wednesday!

That's right! After the delays, the 're-certification' - Team17 has just announced that Worms will be making their way onto Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, at an 800 Microsoft Points price! Take a look at some of the game's features:

 

  • A mix of strategy and arcade action that, although simple to understand, contains real depth and massive replayability
  • Turn-based multiplayer action for up to four players locally or over Xbox Live*
  • An assortment of game options:
    • Landscape on which to do battle
    • Turn and round times
    • Starting weapon arsenal for each team
  • Three detailed tutorials to introduce the mechanics to first-time players
  • Twenty increasingly difficult single-player challenges
  • Three graphical themes for play
  • A random landscape generator to ensure that no two landscapes are ever the same
  • Twenty-two weapons and utilities to deploy against your enemies
  • Many customizable elements, including what worms and teams are named, what worms say, and which gravestone they have when they die
  • High-definition visuals and many graphical improvements throughout the game
  • Twelve achievements
  • Weekly, monthly and overall leaderboards

I've got to admit, I am excited! Anyone else?

Via Xboxic

[UPDATE] Just added the full feature list from the Press Release

Comments

well who couldnt be excitied
well who couldnt be excitied if you have played any of the other games. Worms is such a simple game but its so much fun and they have sweet accents and its just a great time. *Hopes they still have the concrete donkey*
AWESOME!

 

AWESOME!

I have been waiting for this for months!

This kind of game is just what the Marketplace needs.

I'm surprised and impressed that it has come out at the 800 point level, I expected it would go for 1200, so good news all round!!

re: concrete donkey
It will be interesting to see what is and what isn't included in the 22 weapons. I've heard in serveral interviews that some weapons/game modes were not included to ensure that those of us who haven't played the series before still will have a chance.
Excited?
Oh you bet I'm excited. I am a diehard Worms 2 player (I still contest Worms2 was the best of all of them). I can't wait, but am saddened by the loss of the holy hand grenade.
There's no Concrete

There's no Concrete Donkey. The game won't include all the over-the-top weapons from games like Armageddon and World Party. I don't think it's really to give new players a chance, but rather to re-focus the game on strategy and skill.

Weapons like the concrete donkey, nuke, and Armageddon were really fun to use, but it kinda kills the competitive nature of the game when a player can just press a button and wipe out half the screen.


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