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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:37 PM
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Team17 have announced that Worms will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade this coming Wednesday March 7th at 0800 GMT. Available for 800 Microsoft Points.


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  • 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 and starting weapon arsenals 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
About time too
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:39 PM
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Excellent. Now all we need is Castlevania
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:49 PM
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In also waiting for 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:51 PM
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whats the £/Point scaling? is 800 a fiver?

yeah need some minigolf/crazygolf games
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:56 PM
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"Scheduled as an early 2007 release on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade"

yes its coming to live & i didnt even know there was a crazygolf game
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:58 PM
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Used to love this with a few beers against mates.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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looking at the screenshot of 3D minigolf, it looks like the game that sierra dropped from the pc afew years ago, Mingolf Manics, which is open source for anyone to update. It was a really good game
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by InvisibleMan
whats the £/Point scaling? is 800 a fiver?

800 points = £6.80

Microsoft Points Converter Results
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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worms is awesome
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by InvisibleMan
looking at the screenshot of 3D minigolf, it looks like the game that sierra dropped from the pc afew years ago, Mingolf Manics, which is open source for anyone to update. It was a really good game
Yes its published by Sierra. Didn't know it was open source.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:05 PM
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Worms was and still is toss (IMHO)

Never did get it

Scorched Earth I enjoyed for a while, then it got boring.

Nowt queer as folk
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Hanslow
Worms was and still is toss (IMHO)

Never did get it

Scorched Earth I enjoyed for a while, then it got boring.

Nowt queer as folk
I suppose some did and some didn't get it.
I did and what a fantastic game it was. I posted a thread wanting to install the original worms on my pc as the current version on the psp isn't a patch on the original. I can do this instead.

I also remember scorched earth on the amiga PD the nuke was cool!!
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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Was worms just like scorched earth, or was there more to it?
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:54 PM
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not a bad price then for some of the bigger ones like the Oblivion KOTN.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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Worms ruled as it was ace on the PS after some wacky baccy (well back in the days I partaked anyway) or beer
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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The original Worms on the Amiga was excellent.

Although I've been enjoying Worms 4 on the PS2.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 11:48 PM
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the ps1 version was the best ...ive got it for the psp and its pants
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I liked it till it went all 3D...
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Old Mar 5, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Neanderthal
I liked it till it went all 3D...
took a bit of getting used to but I quite like it.


however, Girders and ninja rope just aren't the same.
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More arcade titles anounced including Jetpac Refuelled.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...oryUnitPR.mspx
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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Just downloaded this, it is just as I remembered!

Now to persuade my wife to play.

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Originally Posted by Iain Young
Excellent. Now all we need is Castlevania

Castlevania SOTN is confirmed as landing on Wednesday, again for 800MSP


Castlevania Screen Shots - a photoset on Flickr
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Old Mar 16, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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i want the simpsons arcade game
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Downloaded Worms yesterday - awesome!
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