Worms: A Space Oddity Announced for Wii

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by Michael Flynn - August 30, 2007, 8:16 am EDT
Total comments: 7 Source: Press Release

Online multiplayer, unique controls await fans of the classic franchise.

Battle Through Space in THQ’s Worms: A Space Oddity for the Wii™

Challenge Up to Four Friends Anywhere in the World with New, Intuitive Controls Designed Specifically for the Wii Remote™

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced Worms: A Space Oddity, the newest iteration of the popular turn-based strategy game, is scheduled for release in spring 2008. Retaining the humor synonymous with the Worms brand, Worms: A Space Oddity marks the franchise debut on the Wii™ with a fresh visual style, new environmental settings, intuitive controls and even more customization options. Players will be closer to the action than ever before, launching attacks through a wide range of gesture-based maneuvers only possible with the Wii Remote™.

In Worms: A Space Oddity, players will enjoy the ultimate blend of classic Worms game modes and re-invented single-player missions, as well as multiplayer modes that include a host of all-new party games and even more customization options. The game takes advantage of the Wii’s intuitive controls, on-screen hints and the redesigned interface with an in-game help system. Worms: A Space Oddity demonstrates significant visual, technical and design advancement over its predecessors with a new visual style that abandons the traditional drawn approach and replaces it with a distinctive style inspired by classic Sci-Fi looks. The Worms battles take place across six planets, each with its own, unique environments and global events. The online multiplayer experience pits up to four Worms fiends from all over the world against each other.

Worms: A Space Oddity is being developed by Team17 Software Ltd out of West Yorkshire, UK. Along with this title, two additional titles in the Worms series, Worms: Open Warfare 2 for the Nintendo DS™ and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and Worms 2007 for wireless handsets, are scheduled for release this fall.

PRESS RELEASE

Worms: Open Warfare 2 Arrives for DS

Your DS now officially has worms.

Worms™: Open Warfare 2 Parachutes Into Retail for the PSP® System and Nintendo DS™

Latest Iteration of Popular Turn-Based Strategy Game Brings Unprecedented Customization Options and Online Battles To Worms Fiends around the World

AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced that Worms™: Open Warfare 2 for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system and Nintendo DS™ is now available at retailers throughout North America. Following the release of THQ’s Worms: Open Warfare last year, this new title features classic Worms humor, unprecedented customization options, as well as online multiplayer mode, pitting Worms fiends from around the world against each other. Worms: Open Warfare 2 is rated E10+ and is now available for a suggested retail price of $29.99.

In Worms: Open Warfare 2, players can look forward to classic modes such as Deathmatch, as well as several new single and multiplayer modes such as Rope Race, Forts, Puzzle and Campaign modes that challenge players to use new strategies and teamwork to defeat their enemies. The game’s vast arsenal of weaponry features 11 brand new weapons including the Bunker Buster and Buffalo of Lies, as well as tried and true weapons such as the Super Sheep, Concrete Donkey and Holy Hand Grenade. Players will command their troops across six new war-themed environments based on famous battles throughout history, in addition to a fictional battle set in the future. Worms: Open Warfare 2 also takes the battle online via Wi-Fi, allowing gamers to post their Worms expertise with daily updated stats and leaderboards on the official Worms: Open Warfare 2 website. Players will also experience new, in-depth customization options including landscape and team flag editors, as well as modified hats, tombstones and victory dances for their worm teams.

An additional Worms title, Worms 2007, is also now available for wireless handsets across all major mobile carriers worldwide. Worms: Open Warfare 2 and Worms 2007 were developed by Team17 Software Ltd out of West Yorkshire, UK. The studio is currently working on THQ’s recently announced Worms: A Space Oddity, which is expected to be available in spring 2008. Worms: A Space Oddity will mark the franchise debut on the Wii™ home video game system and will feature a control scheme designed specifically for this system.

For more information about Worms: Open Warfare 2, please visit the game’s official website at www.WormsOpenWarfare2.com.

Talkback

planetidiotAugust 30, 2007

I'm not holding out much hope that this won't be terrible, but it would be a nice surprise if it wasn't. I don't know how they made the Dreamcast version of Worms so good, and the DS one so god awful.

BlackNMild2k1August 30, 2007

This will be the game that I need to convince a hesitant friend to atleast try the Wii.
He is a Worms fanatic and we have had some very long play sessions with it on PS2.
So this game better be good, otherwise I might have try harder to convince him.

Spak-SpangAugust 30, 2007

I am excited about this game. I loved Worms on the PC...but if I can play it on my Wii it will be a better party and experience...and Wii Controls for the Weapons are exactly what we need. Melee Weapons will feel so much greater when I can Whack somebody.

And then Perhaps Fireballs and uppercuts and be performed classic Street Fighter Style moves.

MorariAugust 30, 2007

CENSORED FOR YOUR PROTECTION

SvevanEvan Burchfield, Staff AlumnusAugust 30, 2007

Hopefully this will feature many songs from Bowie's psychedelic/space rock period.

SheckyAugust 30, 2007

The 2nd DS Worms comes out soon, that's the title to look out for at the moment...

planetidiotAugust 31, 2007

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Originally posted by: Shecky
The 2nd DS Worms comes out soon, that's the title to look out for at the moment...

Maybe they realized the first one was a glitchy unplayable piece of unfinished garbage. I swear there's more polished homebrew on the DS than that game.

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