Summary
- Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition will soon include 3 classic Worms games from the SNES, Game Boy Advance, and Sega Genesis.
- The games will be part of a free update coming in 2025.
The developers at Team17 confirmed that Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition will be getting three classic Worms games in its playable lineup, which includes entries from the SNES, Game Boy Advance, and Sega Genesis. Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition is a remaster of the 1999 classic turn-based PC game, courtesy of Digital Eclipse. The Worms Armageddon remaster first launched in September for Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S consoles with crossplay support. Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition also includes a museum chronicling the history of the long-running video game series.
The Anniversary Edition remaster also included the Game Boy Color version of Worms Armageddon, an abridged version of the game that cut out most of the features to make it portable. This is especially notable since Worms: Armageddon's other versions never got re-released before, aside from the PC version's anniversary remaster. However, Team17 recently announced three classic Worms games that were released exclusively for certain consoles will be coming to Worms: Armageddon's lineup.
Date Everything Delayed to Best Possible Release Date
Date Everything is pushing its release day back, which may be disappointing, but gamers will find that its new launch date fits a lot better.
Team17's official Twitter account announced that three different versions of Worms: Armageddon will be coming to the Anniversary Edition in 2025. These versions of Worms are the SNES, Game Boy Advance, and Sega Genesis versions, which are all similarly cut down ports of the classic Worms PC game for consoles. No date for when these ports will be added to Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition was given, but Team17 says they will be included as part of a bigger content update coming in early 2025.
Worms Armageddon is Getting 3 More Worms Games in Early 2025
- Worms (SNES)
- Worms (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)
- Worms World Party (Game Boy Advance)
Worms World Party on the Game Boy Advance is considered a sequel to Worms Armageddon. Though it was initially well-received on release, Worms World Party has a more mixed reception nowadays. The other two versions of Worms are based on the 1995 game, originally released on the Amiga, which was then brought over to the SNES and Sega Genesis consoles around the same time.
Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition is also currently 20% off on the Nintendo eShop until November 13, meaning fans can enjoy the remaster at a discounted price. A number of Nintendo Switch games have also been discounted for Halloween, with titles like Castlevania Advance Collection, Spiritfarer, Baten Kaitos 1 and 2: HD Remaster and Sonic Frontiers currently 30-75% off digitally on the eShop. Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition getting these older versions added to the ongoing game possibly means other older Worms games will eventually make Anniversary Edition a definitive collection of the series' past.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 74 /100 Critics Rec: 68%
- Released
- September 26, 2024
- ESRB
- T For Teen // Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes
- Developer(s)
- Digital Eclipse
- Publisher(s)
- Team17
WHERE TO PLAY
It's been twenty five years since the intrepid invertebrates flung themselves onto our screens. To celebrate this we have brought the much loved title back with Worms™ Armageddon Anniversary edition.
Re-live 1999 with this faithful rendition of Worms™ Armageddon. With all the hilarious fun and madness you know and love.
New Display features to suit modern hardware. An interactive documentary about Worms Armageddon alongside a museum timeline charting the history of the series. Also included is a fully playable version of the game for the world's most popular retro handheld.
Use over 55 classically weird and wonderful weapons and tools including Earthquake, Freeze and French Sheep Strike.
Play single-player Deathmatch plus an exciting 40+ mission campaign
Over 30 custom and comedy sound banks (including stiff upper lip, Cyberworms and more).
Beloved features from the multi-player mode: Handicapping (add or deduct energy for a team), Allied Teams (team up with others to target another player), ‘Worms Disease’, Home Runs and many, many more.
- Multiplayer
- Local Multiplayer, Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- Cross-generation, so PS4 and PS5 players can play together. The same goes for Xbox One and Series users.
- Franchise
- Worms
- Number of Players
- 1-6 Players
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
- Genre(s)
- Strategy
- How Long To Beat
- 9 Hours
- OpenCritic Rating
- Fair
