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Worms 2: Armageddon now on Android

Jordan Mallory — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:20:00 EST

Worms 2: Armageddon is now available on Android, three years after the game originally hit mobile platforms by way of iOS in 2010. Worms aren't known for being the most expedient creatures.

The game costs $4.99/£2.99/€3.99, depending on your geographical location, and is available through both Google Play and Amazon's Appstore for Android, for folks with a Kindle Fire. Like its previous incarnations, Armageddon on Android features 30 single-player missions and multiplayer support for two players via Wi-Fi or up to four local players, in addition to 12 gameplay modes and customization options for the worms.

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Worms wriggling to PS Vita in 2013

David Hinkle — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:00:00 EST

A PS Vita version of Worms is coming this year. "One big Worms game we can mention is a game for the PS Vita that we are working closely with Sony on, this will be the ultimate handheld console version releasing later this year," Managing Director at Team17 Debbie Bestwick says.

It's a brief aside during a lengthy piece at Red Bull about how the company has managed to stay profitable all these years, mostly on the backs of its invertebrate mascots. Team17 is also a listed developer on PS4, though Bestwick doesn't offer any clues as to what the developer is working on. Team17 is currently fiddling around with Ouya developer kits, though "not for Worms specifically but for a number of possibilities."

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Worms now on Facebook

Jordan Mallory — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:00:00 EST

Like SimCity before it, Worms has joined the ranks of other long, storied PC franchises that have been unable to resist the siren song of Facebook's business model. Replete with all the trappings of the platform (coins, experience stars, "Share" buttons, etc), Worms on Facebook allows for battle between two friends on their choice of two different islands using 19 weapons from the series' past.

Individual Worms can be customized with 40 different hats, and players can create their own islands for their worms to hang out on between warfare, as well as for their friends to visit when they're feeling social. As is the way with these things, there are also tasks to be completed, daily rewards to reap and an immeasurable amount of work and productivity to be distracted from.

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Worms Revolution review: Wriggling in circles

Richard Mitchell — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:30:00 EST

It says it right there in the title: Worms Revolution. A revolution, a radical change, a momentous shift. The game that will, as the marketing blurb puts it, bring classic Worms gameplay "squarely into the 21st century." Let's just settle this right now: Worms Revolution does not radically alter or change the traditional Worms formula in any fundamental way.

In truth, though, does anyone really want it to?

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Team17's Alien Breed hatches on iOS

Richard Mitchell — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:00:00 EST

As promised, Team17's fondly-remembered top-down shooter, Alien Breed, is now available on iOS. The universal app features both original and enhanced graphics, 22 levels (four of them new) and Retina Display support for your tired, alien-hunting eyes.

You can grab Alien Breed now for $5 on iTunes.

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Worms Revolution gets classy this October

Richard Mitchell — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:30:00 EST

Worms Revolution, the first built-from-the-ground-up Worms title in a very long time, is heading to PlayStation Network this October. Developer Team 17 revealed the news on the EU PlayStation Blog, noting that Worms Revolution will launch on October 10 for £9.99/€12.99. For those who haven't been following the game, Worms Revolution is built with a brand new engine and adds dynamic water and different worm classes to the traditional Worms formula.

Unsurprisingly, the post doesn't mention the release date for the PC or Xbox Live Arcade version - or the North American PSN release date, for that matter - though they will presumably arrive on or near the same date. We've reached out to Team 17 to see if we can suss out release dates on all platforms.

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Worms 2 iOS updated with asynchronous play

Alexander Sliwinski — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:00:00 EST

Worms 2: Armageddon for iOS was recently updated to enable asynchronous play. It means the worms are no longer bound by timers or quick lunch breaks. Now they can unleash their turn-based death over days or weeks - whenever players find the time to make their next move.

The asynchronous play supports up to sixteen simultaneous matches, along with continued support for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and local hotseat modes.

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Activision employing Team17 co-founder to create mobile studio in UK

Ben Gilbert — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:20:00 EST

After shutting down Bizarre Creations last February and restructuring DJ Hero studio Freestyle Games, Activision's reach in the UK was recessed for the past year. But with a renewed mobile push at Activision, the publisher is now looking to build a new studio across the Atlantic - and Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown is in charge of building said studio.

Develop confirmed the news with Activision, who only allowed this vague statement: "We are investing in mobile initiatives and that includes a UK studio." For Brown's part, he's staying mum, but the job description falls right in line with Brown's, following his departure from Team17 last year.

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Worms creator Davidson rejoins Team17 after 14-year absence

JC Fletcher — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:00:00 EST

Original Worms creator Andy Davidson has returned to Team17, just in time for the development of Worms Revolution. Davidson originally designed Worms in 1993 as an Artillery-style game featuring Lemmings sprites, then added original worm sprites in an effort to release it commercially. He left the game industry fourteen years ago, according to Team17; we're guessing to pursue other interests like fishing and gardening.

And now he's back at the company, where he will "offer the Worms Revolution developers his support." So he's not heading up Worms development just yet. In fact, the announcement notes that he's working on a "variety of new game ideas."

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Sega's Shogun 2 expansion leads the charge on Origin

Ben Gilbert — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:00:00 EST

Sega's PC games have been available on Steam and other internet portals for some time, and are now on the way to EA's Origin service.

Starting today, folks can pre-order the upcoming Total War Shogun 2 expansion, "Fall of the Samurai," and more content will follow in the coming weeks. Beyond the Japanese publisher, Origin added Team 17, Rebellion, Kalypso, "and more" to Origin today, and their games will start showing up "in the coming months."

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Worms: Reloaded $10 on Steam, new DLC unearthed

Richard Mitchell — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:30:00 EST

Good news for Worms fans this week, as Team 17 has revealed new downloadable content packs for Worms: Reloaded on PC. Altogether, there are four packs to be had, including the Puzzle, Forts, Time Attack and Retro packs. Each pack includes new single-player missions, hats, gravestones, speech banks, landscape themes, and achievements. For a "limited time," each DLC pack costs $4.24 apiece, 15 percent off the usual price.

A note for Mac users: the DLC is only compatible with the PC version of Worms: Reloaded. Team17 tells Joystiq that work began on the DLC "quite a long time ago when the game was solely a PC title," and thus the packs are incompatible with the Mac version. Team17 currently has no plans to bring the DLC to the Mac version, but will "see what happens."

In addition to the new DLC, the full Worms: Reloaded game is part of the Steam Summer Camp Sale. It can currently be purchased for $10, half the normal price.

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Worms 2: Armageddon now $1 on iOS

Alexander Sliwinski — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EST

Worms 2: Armageddon for iOS devices will be $1 for a "limited time." The "Battle Pack," an in-app expansion, which adds more weapons and a new single-player campaign, has also been reduced to $1. The game and add-on are normally $5 and $2, respectively.

For a bunch of soil-slithering invertebrates, the Worms are sure getting around in the news this week. On Monday, Worms: Ultimate Mayhem was rated by the Australian Classification Board, though no official details have followed yet.

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Alien Breed Trilogy headed to retail on Xbox 360 March 18

Richard Mitchell — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 04:00:00 EST

A boxed compilation of Team17's recent downloadable Alien Breed games will soon make its way to retail. Entitled Alien Breed Trilogy, the game bundles together Alien Breed: Evolution, Alien Breed 2: Assault and Alien Breed 3: Descent into a single package for the Xbox 360. No price has been announced, though it seems likely it will be at or below the $30 combined asking price for the individual games on Xbox Live Arcade. Alien Breed Trilogy is scheduled to arrive March 18.

All three games are currently available for individual download on PSN, PC and Xbox Live Arcade.

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Alien Breed 3 propagates to PSN next week

JC Fletcher — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:40:00 EST

Alien Breed 3: Descent, the last in Team17's trilogy of downloadable top-down shooters, will arrive on PS3 this Tuesday, February 22, three months after its debut on Xbox Live Arcade -- and just two months after Alien Breed 2 hit PSN. Don't worry, it's just a name -- these games are actually developed by a team of humans, not cultivated in some kind of game breeding operation.

It comes to PS3 as a downloadable PSN game, with the same $9.99 price point as the Xbox release, and includes 35 Trophies, one of which is a Platinum. If you'd like to catch up before Descent, the first two Alien Breeds are on sale on PSN this week.

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Martyn Brown quits Team17 after 20 years

Justin McElroy — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:00:00 EST

After two decades at the helm of annelid annihilators Team17, Martyn Brown has left the Worms developer to work as an independent video game consultant, according to a post on his (private) Facebook page, as noted by Eurogamer. Brown co-founded Team17, which got its start developing games for the Amiga (before your time?).

"I had an amazing 20-year ride and whilst it's the end of a truly enjoyable period of my life, it equally signals the start of a really exciting new one," Brown posted before swinging away on a grappling hook, throwing a grenade, falling on that grenade and blowing himself up.

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Worms: Battle Islands squirming to PSP, Wii

Ben Gilbert — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 20:30:00 EST

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In case your iPhone, Xbox, PS3 and PC didn't provide enough recent opportunities to play Worms games, you can now look forward to playing Worms: Battle Islands on PlayStation Portable and Wii. Aside from a single-player campaign, Battle Islands adds a new weapon customization utility and the ability to alter the look of individual worms to an even greater extent.

The PSP version will be arriving via the PlayStation Network and comes packed with an all new "Tactics Mode," where players use one of the game's 16 "secret island bases" to gain "a tactical advantage for the player to use at the beginning of a game" -- some examples given are "recon a battlefield before the war commences" and "snipe an enemy worm to gain the upper hand." If you explode (or drown, snipe, dismember, etc.) your online opponents fast enough, you'll earn one of their secret base's items.

Both Wii and PSP versions will have online multiplayer and the new secret island base feature (only the PSP has "Tactics Mode"). Though we're sure to see these additions in forthcoming Worms titles, they'll be featured first in Worms: Battle Islands when it comes out this November.

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Alien Breed 2: Assault launching this Wednesday

Ben Gilbert — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EST

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This morning, Team17 announced the forthcoming Steam/XBLA release of Alien Breed 2: Assault, the followup to last year's Alien Breed: Impact. Adding to the single-player and co-op campaigns this time around is a new "Survivor Mode," which has players assaulting "endless waves of intense alien horde attacks." The developer also promises a new species to brutally murder en masse: "Webber" aliens.

Picking up the game on XBLA nets players some "exclusive" Avatar award items in a "Barnes" helmet and body armor, each of which must be earned through game objectives ("killing a set number of aliens" and finishing the single-player campaign, respectively). The title arrives this Wednesday on both XBLA and Steam.

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Team17 wriggles free from third-party publishers

James Ransom-Wiley — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:25:00 EST

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Having released only two boxed retail games in the past three years, Worms developer Team17 has been working toward total independence from third-party publishers. That moment has arrived for the studio, which has repositioned itself as an independent digital publisher, reports MCV. "We have no ambitions to return to retail publishing," co-founder Martyn Brown told the site.

Team17 has completed a restructuring initiative, which has both promoted existing staff and brought in new hires to fill the roles of a publishing entity. In addition to continuing to self-publish its own titles through digital distribution channels -- having celebrated its 20th anniversary last December, Team17 is one of the oldest independent developers in the industry -- the company will be working with other independent developers to bring their games to digital platforms, including XBLA, PSN and the App Store.

"We are actively involved in working with other independent studios to publish their IP. This is a key aspect of our strategy going forward," Brown said. "We now have the right structure and team in place to accomplish this."

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Alien Breed: Impact half price on Steam

Richard Mitchell — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 02:00:00 EST

Team17 has announced that its extraterrestrial murder sim, Alien Breed: Impact, is now available for fifty percent off on Steam. The title has been reduced to a mere $7.49. You can also grab a co-op friendly 2-pack for just $11.24. Grab it quick though -- the deal ends on Thursday.

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Worms Reloaded tunneling 'exclusively' to PC on August 26

Ben Gilbert — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:20:00 EST

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Lordy! Another Worms game already? That seems to be the case, as UK dev house Team17 just revealed a solid release date for Worms Reloaded -- August 26 -- and even handed over a rather wormey trailer, found just after the break.

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PSA: Worms 2: Armageddon 'Battle Pack' DLC available

Ben Gilbert — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:40:00 EST

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You've already read all the details about the new Worms 2: Armageddon "Battle Pack" DLC, but have you seen it with your own two eyes? We've got a handful of extra wormy screens and a trailer after the break.

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Alien Breed: Impact on Steam June 3, pre-order bonuses detailed

Richard Mitchell — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:00:00 EST

Team17 has revealed that Alien Breed: Impact, the expanded version of Alien Breed: Evolution, will be released on Steam in June 3. The game will sell for $14.99 in the US, £12.99 in the UK, and either €11.25 or €14.99 in other regions of Europe. Those who pre-order will receive a 10 percent discount as well as "an exclusive in-game digital comic, chronicling the troubled back-story of the game's hero, Conrad, the doomed space vessel's Chief Engineer."

To help you make that purchasing decision, Team17 has released an Alien Breed: Impact demo, which includes single-player and online co-op. There's also a new trailer, which you can watch right here.

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Alien Breed: Impact bursts onto PC and PS3 this summer

Andrew Yoon — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:00:00 EST

Team17 Software, best known for its Worms games, is bringing an expanded version of Alien Breed: Evolution to PC and PS3 this summer. Alien Breed: Impact takes the original XBLA game and adds "suggestions from the community," such as weapons upgrades, increased difficulty, and a new "Prologue" campaign for newcomers to the franchise.

Like its predecessor, the top-down shooter is powered by Unreal Engine 3, and will be distributed digitally via Steam and PlayStation Network. Expect both versions of Impact to arrive this summer.

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Worms Reloaded beta going worldwide on Monday

Mike Schramm — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST

News from the Steam Community tells us that Worms Reloaded, that new "extended" version of the old game in which sentient invertebrates do battle with rockets and/or sheep, is moving up to a worldwide beta. Previously, the game was only available for testing in Europe, but it's opening it up globally on Monday, so children of all nations will be able to throw airstrikes and ninja ropes at each other then.

The only catch? You need a key, and they've only got a few. So you'll just have to hope you come up when they spin the random numbers around. We do know that you have to be a member of the official group, so sign in over there right now ... and then begins the waiting game.

[via LA Examiner]

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Worms Reloaded is 'an extended edition' of XBLA, PSN versions

Richard Mitchell — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:29:00 EST

Remember that "new" edition of Worms that Team 17 announced for Steam? It turns out that it may not be that "new" after all, which isn't a bad thing. Big Download did a little sleuthing and discovered that the game is actually based on the recent versions that have appeared on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Specifically, Team 17's Facebook page notes that Worms Reloaded will be "an extended edition of the console versions of late." Again, however, the studio leaves any other details to your expansive imagination.

In other words, it's time to start arguing about why it's absolutely essential that Reloaded includes your favorite weapon. Not your stupid best friend's favorite weapon though. That thing totally ruins the game, Stephen!

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New 2D Worms game squirming its way to Steam

Griffin McElroy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST

A recent tweet from Team 17's Martyn Brown has revealed that everyone's favorite combative invertebrates will soon star in a new 2D outing on Steam, titled Worms Reloaded. That's literally all we know about the game at the moment, though Brown's tweet promises more details soon. Until then, we're left to worry that it's going to be an all-annelid remake of The Matrix: Reloaded, which would be totally awesome, until, of course, the big rave/orgy scene.

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This Wednesday: Alien Breed Evolution brings about Puzzlegeddon on XBLA

Richard Mitchell — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:20:00 EST

It looks like we get more than the previously announced Alien Breed Evolution on XBLA this week, as Major Nelson has revealed that it will be joined by Puzzlegeddon from Tecmo. Despite its apocalyptic name, Puzzlegeddon sports an entirely cheery disposition, complete with lots of bright colors and bubbly music. The PC version previously received some decent reviews, and we've certainly been roped in by cute puzzle games in the past.

Alien Breed Evolution and Puzzlegeddon will run you 800 ($10) apiece.

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Alien Breed PC slated for Q1 2009, PS3 in Q2

Richard Mitchell — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST

Having already dated the timed-exclusive XBLA debut of Alien Breed Evolution -- it will land on December 16 -- Team17 has told GamerZines when PC and PS3 owners can expect the game. According to Team17's Mark Baldwin, Alien Breed Evolution will hit PCs sometime in the first quarter of 2009, while the PS3 version will arrive in the second quarter. Elaborating, Baldwin said the PC version should be available "sometime before March." Meanwhile, PS3 owners "will have to wait as long as perhaps June."

Team17 has previously stated that exclusivity is "just the way the world works," noting that Microsoft had a lot of early faith in the title. At least three to six months' worth of faith.

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Alien Breed Evolution evolves on XBLA Dec. 16

Richard Mitchell — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:43:00 EST

Team17 has announced that the first episode of its upcoming shooter, Alien Breed Evolution, will arrive on Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, December 16. The first of three planned episodes, the game will offer both single-player and co-op play. Team17 revealed earlier this year that each episode would contain a prologue and five full levels, lasting roughly five to eight hours altogether. Each episode will also include a cooperative battle mode. The first episode has been priced at 800 ($10).

Check out a new trailer above, new screens below, and episode one videos after the break.

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Worms 2 gets patched up on XBLA

Ben Gilbert — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST

We've all felt the pain of pressing the jump button a second time just barely too late in a game of Worms 2, sending a brave worm soldier free falling off the side of a mountain or, worse yet, into the watery depths below. Recognizing that the game might have some issues - and rather than simply calling us "newbs" like most people do - Worms 2 developers Team17 have just released a patch aimed at ailing all that is wrong with the adorable multiplayer strategy games.

Listing everything from "Back flip input slowed down to stop incorrect jumps harming the player" to "Fixed bug which made crates in Forts matches only land on the right hand side," as well as a slurry of other fixes, Team17 seems to have given the nearly five-month-old release a full overhaul. An overhaul that'll perhaps feel all the more worthwhile when the developers make good on next year's DLC for the game. In the meantime, we'll be over here waiting for you with a Buffalo of Lies.

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Team17 details Alien Breed episodes structure

Richard Mitchell — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST

At the Eurogamer Expo -- in Europe! -- Team17 has revealed its plans for the episodic structure of its upcoming downloadable title, Alien Breed Evolution. It was previously revealed that the game would be released in three separate episodes, and now Team17's John Dennis explains that each episode will contain a prologue and five levels that are "much larger than they should have been." In addition, each episode contains two major "set pieces" -- large scripted events -- as well as two boss battles and a multiplayer level. Each episode should last five to eight hours.

The first episode of Alien Breed Evoluation should release fairly soon, as it was originally slated for "around October." The XBLA version will enjoy an unknown period of exclusivity before the PSN and PC versions are released.

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iPhone It In: Worms

Ben Gilbert — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:45:00 EST

There isn't a whole lot to say about my six or so hours spent with Worms, and as such, this won't be one of the longer iPhone game reviews you read anytime soon. In fact, if you've played past Worms games, then you're going to find some pretty glaring issues to complain about here and not much of anything new.

The game looks great, has tons of content (near equivalent to the recent XBLA release, Worms 2: Armageddon), and doesn't cost a whole lot of money ($5). There are, however, a handful of niggling complaints that could be made about the lack of precision control necessary for a time-based game, as well as long load times strewn throughout the game's menus. Unfortunately, these little issues add up to a much bigger one -- they make me not want to play the game.

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Team17 head: Timed exclusivity is 'just the way the world works'

Ben Gilbert — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:28:00 EST

"I appreciate PS3 owners getting pissed off because it's not on their platform immediately, but that's up to Sony I guess to address that," Team17 studio head Martyn Brown said in a recent interview with VideoGamer.com. According to Brown, exclusivity is just a fact of life. "People on Live Arcade can't play Super Stardust [HD] or PAIN or a bunch of titles ... it's just the way the world works really." he added. Addressing concerns that his company was paid off by Microsoft for the timed exclusivity of Alien Breed Evolution on XBLA, Brown answered ... "bollocks" (British for "nonsense"). Instead, Brown credited the exclusivity deal to "early faith" from the publisher.

Specifically, Brown stated, "In exchange for exclusivity we get a lot more promotion ... it isn't the case of here's some cash in a suitcase, It just doesn't work like that -- It would be nice if it did!" No suitcases full of bank notes, Mr. Brown? Oh, that's right, GTA IV's exclusive DLC used up all of Microsoft's petty cash for a bit. Sorry, guy!

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Team17: XBLA publishing is much harder now

Alexander Sliwinski — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:00:00 EST

Team 17's Martyn Brown believes the barriers to self-publishing on Xbox Live Arcade are becoming more difficult to break through. The studio director tells GI.biz that it's "massively" harder to get games on XBLA now, saying that there just aren't "many gaps in the portfolio" and the top sellers are mostly established IPs -- like his company's Worms games.

Brown believes that new developers without established connections need to make titles that cater to the platforms. He expresses that Sony "tends to like the new stuff" that isn't necessarily mass market, while with Microsoft "you're really going for the commercial mass market audience." The takeaway from this is that as digital distribution goes from being the new frontier to becoming the norm, it's going to have similar issues as current brick-and-mortar retailers.

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Alien Breed Evolution to spawn trilogy on XBLA, PSN, PC

James Ransom-Wiley — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:50:00 EST

Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton, England today, Team17 leader Martyn Brown described his studio's forthcoming digital release, Alien Breed Evolution, as a trilogy -- "one of the most expensive digital titles to-date," too -- according to GamesIndustry.biz. Said to be costing in the realm of $2.5 million to develop, Team17's Unreal remake of its Amiga shooter will be distributed in three parts, spanning an estimated 15 hours of gameplay. The first "episode" will include three, one-hour levels and an additional three-hour, co-op scenario, and is scheduled to hatch on Xbox Live Arcade around October and destined for PSN at a later date, confirmed VG247.

The underlying message of Brown's presentation, titled "10 Things Nobody Tells You About Digital Distribution and Self-publishing That You Must Understand to Succeed," seemed to be one of caution, as summarized by Gamasutra. Brown dispelled much of the get-rich-quick myth of independent, digital development -- and publishing. Sure, one in a billion basement programmers might strike gold, but to enjoy lasting success, as Team17 has for nearly two decades, expect to spend money to make money and employ a staff with a "wide variety of skills" (a team of 30 or so is currently working on Alien Breed, for example). Brown warned, "if you don't know something, get someone who does, because you will not be able to wing it."

Update: It's coming to PC too.

Source - Alien Breed trilogy cost $2.5 million to make
Source - Alien Breed trilogy: PS3 version coming later
Source - Develop 2009: Team17's Brown Talks Challenges Of Self-Publishing Online

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Worms launch assault on App Store, available for five bucks

Griffin McElroy — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:05:00 EST

If your appetite for caecilian destruction hasn't been satiated by the recently released Worms 2: Armageddon, you'll be pleased to know that you can now get your fill on the go with the even more recently released Worms app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

For $4.99, it sounds like a nice little package. There's four-team multiplayer, unlockable items and over 50 challenges for the lone wolves among us to explore. Best of all, you can still customize your team names -- just keep it classy, folks. Your Weather app is watching.

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Team17 announces Alien Breed Evolution, teases imminent iPhone Worms

Alexander Sliwinski — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:10:00 EST

Developer Team17 loves its Facebook page. This morning the company announced a "retro modern remake" of Alien Breed, one of its games from way back in 1991. Alien Breed Evolution is an Unreal Engine 3-powered shooter, which can be played solo or co-op later this year. A representative for Team 17 tells us that a video of the game should be released in two to three weeks.

Team17 also teased that iPhone Worms "looms... not long now." There is currently a tentative date, but the developer is awaiting the go from Apple. Like a good Worm, though, Team 17 has everything locked, loaded and ready to fire when ready.

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XBLA in Brief: King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, Worms 2: Armageddon

Richard Mitchell — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:15:00 EST

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Another twofer this week, as XBLA adds a fighting game and a turn-based strategy game to its ever-growing ranks. From SNK's huge library of fighting games, we have King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match. The XBLA version includes online play and will set you back 800 ($10). Meanwhile, Team17 has dropped the sequel to the XBLA version of Worms, which is titled, appropriately enough, Worms 2: Armageddon. The game brings lots of new features to the table -- as well as some old favorites -- and also costs 800 ($10).

Watch the latest episode of XBLA in Brief and see which one is screaming for your hard-earned cash.

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Worms 2 details, new screens fresh out of the can

Richard Mitchell — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:15:00 EST

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Just shy of its official release on Xbox Live Arcade, Team17 has dropped plenty of details and a big ol' pile of screens for Worms 2 Armageddon, out tomorrow for 800 ($10). First up, there are lots of new weapons in Worms 2, some of them are brand new, while others are returning favorites from other installments in the series. Fans will be happy to know that the Concrete Donkey is back (as is his nemesis, the Buffalo of Lies[?]). The game also includes bunker buster bombs which, true to their name, are used to take out cowardly worms that have burrowed deep, deep out of harm's way.

As we've mentioned before, the game also brings persistent fire, which is utilized in weapons like napalm and the petrol bomb. The game includes a handful of new modes too, such as Fort Mode -- which sets each team's worms in opposing bases instead of placing them randomly -- and Rope Race Mode. Another addition that might not sound too sexy but, trust us, it's important: Host migration for network play. The game also introduces vertical levels, which are tall and narrow, as opposed to the traditional wide levels.

All in all, it sounds like Worms 2 Armageddon is packing plenty of punch. Check out new screens in the gallery below and two trailers after the break.

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Team17 working on Worms for iPhone [Update]

David Hinkle — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EST

A video posted over at Pocket Gamer seems to show off a very early build of Worms for the iPhone. The video is pretty brief, though it still manages to impress us through some slick visuals and competent controls. Whether or not this is real, know that we want it to be real.

We've put in word to both Team17 and EA's mobile division (which was rumored to have acquired the license). EA got back to us to say that the company "does not comment on rumor and speculation." While we wait on Team17, you can head past the break and watch poor Harlequin catch a rocket to the face.

Update: We've spoken with a source at Team17 that has confirmed the video past the break is authentic and something the team produced in-house, choosing to sneakily unload it onto the 'nets, rather than send Joystiq a press release. Our contact said that Team17 has actually moved to self-publish games in the digital distribution space, so it no longer needs to rely on partners get its products out there. So, in short: Worms on the iPhone is real, Team17 is doing everything, and there isn't any planned release date as of right now.

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