Finally: Worms XBLA is certified

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Feb 27th 2007 at 5:31PM }

With the constant gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair that accompanies every gamer's pining for extreme invertebrate on invertebrate violence, the news of Worms HD's certification should surely prevent many from being certified themselves. Team 17's marketing director, Martyn Brown, informed Eurogamer this morning that the game had finally crawled through Microsoft's labyrinthine and supposedly thorough certification process.

Worms HD should be available within "a few weeks." Until then, invest in a durable mouthguard and a stunningly elaborate hat.

Tags: Worms, Worms HD, WormsHd, XBLA, Xbox Live Arcade, XboxLiveArcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Shagittarius @ Feb 27th 2007 5:36PM

Yea! I'm gonna invite over some chicks and have a wiisome to celebrate.

ZenGaijin @ Feb 27th 2007 5:38PM

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE

Explain to me what the big deal about this game is?

Shagittarius @ Feb 27th 2007 5:41PM

Its just like 'Over the mountain' on the Apple ][. Only with worms and super xremeexx weaponry!!!

Who doesn't love calculating angles and velocity? I'm being serious here.

KineticOnline @ Feb 27th 2007 5:43PM

@ ZenGaijin

Cause its worms, duh!
Its hard to explain why just make sure you play it and within a few minutes you'll understand what all the fuss is about.

jay @ Feb 27th 2007 5:51PM

I don't get it either ZenGaijin.

For less than the 360 Live game I could buy Worms Armageddon or that other one they made that has even more stuff, online, higher resolutions, custom levels from bitmaps, custom soundbanks etcetc.

This is as flawed as classic Doom on the 360.

ZenGaijin @ Feb 27th 2007 5:56PM

I've played Worms before (though it was some time ago) it was nothing to right home about...at least then. I'll give the demo a whirl but everyone is all up in arms about Worms and I am WAYYYY more excited about what Behemoth is doing with 2-D shooters and Beat-em ups.

Intentless @ Feb 27th 2007 5:57PM

Can't explain it but I can not wait for this...

Dark_Jedi @ Feb 27th 2007 6:00PM

NM worms, where's Double Dragon or SotN?

kinshadow @ Feb 27th 2007 6:01PM

Catan is really all that I care about. Everything else is just a distraction.

Dark_Jedi @ Feb 27th 2007 6:01PM

Nm Worms, I want my Double Dragon or SotN...

Dark_Jedi @ Feb 27th 2007 6:02PM

Whoops! sorry for the double post...

polly @ Feb 27th 2007 6:06PM

...get a rope...

ackmondual @ Feb 27th 2007 6:13PM

Warms is similar to Cannon or War for the older assed systems like Amiga and c64.

-U have a team of worms. Turn based moves.
-Each move lets u move one worm at a time to perform a move to another part of the map and then maybe to attack once.
-Standard mobility includes walking and jumping. Using special items (limited use) includes grapple ropes (like Spidey), jet packs, and teleporters.
-standard attack includes bazooka. It's unlimited ammo, but must be aimed VERY well. It's affected by gravity (travels in an arc or parabala) and wind, so when trying to hit a far away target, the one with the best mad skillz will win there
-special attacks are limited in ammo, but are more powerful/versatile/easier to use, like napalm, air strike, shotgun, pistol, exploding sheep, and the holy hand grenade (no ref to Monty Python from what i heard).... WHICH THEY INEXPLICABLY OMITTED FOR THE XBLA VERSION
-there's terrain that can be destroyed, bu also permanent type
-last team standing is the winner.

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On a similar note, Settlers of Catan, the board game (and also for PC) is slated for XBLA. Any word on this? Altho both these games are alr OL, having a uniform OL service like XBLA, not to mention their $10 price tag couldn't hurt to spread their popularity

Mikeawesome @ Feb 27th 2007 6:31PM

While I like playing Worms/Pocket Tanks/etc. for fun from time to time, I have to say I'm going to have to give it the good ol' college demo before I buy it.

Alien Hominid HD, however...

LongshotX @ Feb 27th 2007 6:51PM

So basically an older version of GunBound?

Tetranitrocubane @ Feb 27th 2007 6:57PM

At last! Now everyone can stop complaining about having to wait for Worms - And start complaining about how they ruined Worms!

Holy Hand Grenade, etc...

Tristan @ Feb 27th 2007 7:14PM

Worms Rules!

Goldspire @ Feb 27th 2007 8:45PM

@Tetra
how they.. ruined Worms.. with the Holy Hand Grenade? how long have you been playing this series? Worms has ALWAYS had the Holy Hand Grenade. As for the ridiculous weapons like the Iron Donkey, and Super Banana Bomb, I have no comment.

Roflgoat @ Feb 27th 2007 8:54PM

@The Skeptics:

It's awesome because it's WORMS ARMAGEDDON. Obviously thou hast not indulged in that classic Win98 game. Who can resist blowing up worms with sheep and holy hand grenades a la The Holy Grail.

Danny @ Feb 27th 2007 9:51PM

@Goldspire

Exactly. Apparently they removed the Holy Hand Grenade for XBLA. And the skunk and the select worm and the baseball bat.

JohnH @ Feb 28th 2007 7:41AM

Who the hell cares about this crap . Where is SotN already.

GamerG @ Feb 28th 2007 2:25PM

Er I'm an old school worms addict and it did not always have the holy hand grenade

I'm so pumped for this game, We played this non stop at uni and all my old uni buddies are buying 360's so we can relive those old days on line!

FaceAche @ Feb 28th 2007 3:32PM

I still have the original Worms running on my ancient Pentium 133 with 1gb HDD and 16meg of ram. It does not have the Holy Hand Grenade.

Worms is a great game, so much fun. Back in the day, when my Pentium 133 was cutting edge state-of-the-art technology, me and my mates would all sit around the PC passing the bong round, laughing our ar$es off as misjudged an angle and blew half our own team away.

So much fun.

The XBLA version of Worms sounds like it's going to be similar to the Nintendo DS one Worms Open Warfare, as in no worm-swapping etc.

I don't care, i'm still getting this, it will be awesome. Worms really is a lot of fun, especially with others, which is where the XBLA game will come into it's own.