Could it be? It appears that Major Nelson has come through for us two weeks in a row. Of course, things aren't as perfect as they seem. What you see below is the newly corrected list. When the list originally appeared, it had a surprise visitor: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.

Ever since that point speculation has run rampant. The most common theory seems to be this: SPFIITHDR appeared on PartnerNet and was "purchased" by so many people that it appeared on the list. Strange but true? We'll never know. So, let's just look (and read) below and focus on what we do know.

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)

Rank	Last Week	Title	Release Date	WOC*
1	-	Track And Field	8/8/2007	-
2	2	Spyglass Board Games	8/1/2007	1
3	1	Bomberman Live	7/18/2007	3
4	4	Sonic The Hedgehog	7/11/2007	4
5	3	Marathon: Durandal	8/1/2007	1
6	7	UNO	5/9/2006	65
7	6	Golden Axe	7/11/2007	4
8	10	Worms	3/7/2007	22
9	-	TMNT 1989 Arcade	3/14/2007	21
10	9	3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures	4/18/2007	16

*WOC: Weeks on Charts

Tired of killing worms in Space, Hell, or the Jungle? Sick of the same music playing vocal battering whilst engaging in said tactical destruction? Well get ready to ninja rope around the Desert, flips some banana bombs in Manhattan, and get your wind velocity calculations on with some new grooves voices.

Major Nelson's got the skinny on all the new Worms DLC including the aforementioned Desert and Manhattan landscapes (150 MSP/ea.). The Worms Music Soundbank Pack 2 is even free. So, go get it. And if you need a newly bedecked gamercard or dashboard there are new pics and a theme up as well.

[via Major Nelson, thanks JDUDE11]

[Update]: Some corrections added, more info below (including trouble with the Manhattan environment) in the comments thanks to lightsup55.

First the title update, and now official Worms DLC details over at Xboxic. And better yet, the DLC drops this Wednesday (AKA tomorrow!) to continue the instant gratification from Team17. Some of the content will even be free. Here's the quick and dirty breakdown:

• Three new landscapes: Space (free!), Jungle (150 pts), and Hell (150 pts)
• Tons of new voices! And they are free! (See the full list on Xboxic)
• Two gamerpic packs: 5 pics for 100 pts, or 12 pics for 200 pts
• Two themes (150 pts each)

Xboxic has some of the gamerpic images and also point to the Team17 forums (registration required) where more pics can be found. Any of you about to dust off the game and load up some new content?

[via Xboxic]

[Thanks JUDE1, keep 'em coming!]

File this one under "Instant Gratification": The Worms update we told you about on Tuesday is coming on next Wednesday (5/23/07). Spadge nonchalantly drops the bomb at the end of his latest post.

So no more double weapon ninja-roping for you cheaters out there. Balance has been restored. Now where's the Holy Hand Grenade?

[via spadget17.blogspot.com]

Kotaku is reporting that the UK's 360 Magazine will be having a Worms HD tournament this month. Here's the "official" details.[quote]To enter just email your Gamertag and country of residence to 360 [at] imagine-publishing.co.uk. The first round will be starting sometime near the end of the month. The winner will get a "bundle" of Microsoft points. Go on, do us proud. [/quote]I wonder how much the bundle will be? XBLArcade.com forum goer Measure won 100,000 MS points in the Assault Heroes contest; however, my guess is the winner of this contest will not be as lucky. Is it time to dust off your Worms copy?

Great news as the first batch of Worms DLC looks to be free (registration required), but don't expect this to come anytime really soon. Spadge of Team 17 has stated that the Worms patch is first on their plate.

PREMIUM DLC Gamerpics 150 pts (standard MS pricing) Worms Dashboard Theme 150 pts (standard MS pricing) DLC Speech Pack 1 (FREE) - A dozen or so speech banks. ** Space Theme & Audio (FREE) - New background level to play on Audio Pack (FREE) - Various background audio and Worms theme Expect additional speech packs, level themes, more audio, gamerpics and dashboard themes from then on. Some of the content will be charged, some will be free. **Africaan, Angry Scots, Classic, Cyberworms, Danish2, DanisPyrus, DoubleohSeven, Dutch, Dutch2, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Redneck, Russian, Scouser, Stiff Upper Lip, Swedish & Swedish 2 (Note: It is currently hoped that all speech banks will be supplied FREE).

Great news as I bet we all could use some more speech packs. Anyone else sick of hearing "Ich bin tot" when your Worm does something dumb?

Good news for Worms fans as Spadge has updated the community on the progress of the first patch and on the downloadable content.[quote]I'd just like to say that most of the issues reported so far have already been fixed and are currently being tested prior to resubmission of our update code. We'll need for that to be tested and recertified before it goes live. I'll update again when we have timings on that.

The 4player lobby issue (5th player joining causing host lock and other player problems), a few minor leaderboard things, the rope weapon stuff, the jetpac fall damage, etc are all sorted out.

Additionally, the AI has been sorted out, it now takes 1-2 secs max for the AI to think. (our apologies for that). As a result, the challenges can be completed much faster. Also, we stopped the AI doing those crazy, unnervingly accurate grenade shots too...

We're currently not sure if this means the leaderboards will reset or not, I'd probably propose that they're left alone since the times can be beaten (and not the other way). The bizarre issue that leads to times of zero will be fixed, obviously

The first DLC is around the corner with a total of 6-7 new visual themes coming through the spring/summer... so look out for that. 30+ voice sets are on the way too.[/quote]Keep in mind that from the update that was posted a few days ago, it will take at least two weeks (more than likely a few more than that) for this to pass certification and get released.

[Via Dream17]

Now that we know that Worms will be wiggling it's way onto XBLA this Wednesday, we decided to take a look around at the different screen shots and interviews to see what would and what wouldn't be making the weapon list for the title. While it seems that many of peoples favorites are indeed missing, we should be getting enough weapons to keep even the most hard-core Worms fan happy.

User Whet Wurm has been kind enough to help figure out all of the 22 Weapons that will be shipping this Wednesday with Worms.

Click "Read More" to see what they are:

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

Dig throught your couch and dirty pairs of pants because there is no mix up this time. A post on the Team 17 forums has revealed that Worms has passed certification and is now in discussions for a release date. Will it be next week? Who knows but it is bound to be soon (not tomorrow).

Via Xbox Archive