Worms Armageddon News

Worms Rumble - Open Beta Live Now!

Hey everyone,

We're excited to share with you all that the Worms Rumble Open Beta is live now and open to everyone!

What awaits you in the beta? Well, we've got a trailer for that...

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Beta Period

Our open beta runs from:

8am GMT / 9am CEST / 12am PT / 3am ET Friday 6th November

Until:

8am GMT / 9am CEST / 12am PT / 3am ET Monday 9th November

During that time you'll be able to download the free beta from the Worms Rumble Steam Store page and dive into the action alone or with friends.

Simply head to the Steam Store page below and get downloading:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186040/Worms_Rumble/

We've also put together a handy Open Beta FAQ which you can read here.

Beta Content!

We've got a jammed packed weekend for you, giving you a taste of the game that's meatier than a sheep!

Multiple Modes

Deathmatch (Solos)
Last Worm Standing (Battle Royale - Solos)
Last Squad Standing (Battle Royale - 3-player squads)
Training Area (Practice weapons and utilities and take on the time trial!)

Weapons & Utilities!

From classic Worms weapons to brand new creations we’ve got a range of weapons and utilities for you to use and master!

What will your favourites be? There’s only one way to find out...

Weapons

Baseball Bat – Use for melee attacks and to knock back projectiles!
Hand Cannon – Semi-automatic precision pistol that packs a punch!
Assault Rifle – Trusty rapid fire, automatic rifle.
Shotgun – Two barrels with widespread shots, perfect for CQC!
Bazooka – Single fire, explosive rocket – a Worms classic!
Plasma Blaster – A charging, bouncing laser. Great for routing out campers!
Rocket Shield – Directional protection with built in rocket bash to whack enemies
Sentry Launcher – Deploy up to three auto-targeting sentry turrets simultaneously
Sheep Launcher – Launch a High velocity, explosive sheep that hunts down your foes! BAA!
Hammerhead – Unleash a salvo of rockets from the jaws of this powerful beast…

Utilities

Med Kit – Restore health fast
Energy Drink – Add energy shield
Grenade – Throwable explosive, mean, green and a classic.
Banana Bomb – Not one of your five a day. Clustered fruity destruction.
Holy Hand Grenade – Huge damage for when you really need to smite some worms. HALLELUJAH!
Grapple Gun – Shoot out a chain to ascend and swing around the arenas whilst using your weapons.
Jetpack – Jet out of and into the action! Just watch your fuel…

Give us your thoughts & feedback!

Your feedback matters, every single one of you!

If you jump into the beta over the weekend we'd love to hear what you thought of it! Especially in the following areas:

What you liked!
What you didn't quite like.
Weapon balance.
Utility balance.
Match flow.
If you encountered a bug / what it was.
Loot spread.

And of course anything else you'd like to share with us.

The best place to share your feedback is here on Steam at the following locations:

All feedback -> Open Beta - Feedback forum Bugs and issues -> Open Beta - Report A Problem forum

Go forth and RUMBLE!

That pretty much wraps up this post!

We hope you have a fantastic time in the open beta and we look forward to hearing what you think of it. As it's totally free to jump in and play, grab your friends, your enemies and everyone in-between and take them on in the first ever opportunity to play a Worms Battle Royale.

If you're looking for a cool crew to play with feel free to swing by the official Worms Rumble Discord to grab some fellow Worms fans to play with! Come say HELLO! by clicking this link.

If you enjoy your time in the beta you can pre-order either the Standard or Deluxe editions of Worms Rumble to get yourself some cool customisation items on Day 1, December 1st!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186040/Worms_Rumble/

Right! That's enough talk for now, the time has come to Rumble...

Humble's new Bundle is packed with Worms! Worms! Worms!

Ahh, Worms. The long-running, turn-based tactics series that sees oodles of little pink invertebrates blast chunks out of each other with bazookas, holy hand grenades, and exploding grannies. The Worms games are fantastic fun, and if you're a fan, Humble's new Bundle will surely be your bag - it's all about Worms! Worms! Worms!

The Humble - yes, you guessed it - Worms! Worms! Worms! Bundle is filled with $211 worth of Team 17's grub-related goodies, and like many of the site's other offerings, has four different price tiers on offer. First up, for a teeny weeny £0.77 / $1 you can unlock the original 1995 Worms, which - although missing the polish of the series' newer titles - is ideal for classic PC games fans. Also in tier one are three Worms spin-offs; the puzzle-action game Worms: Blast, and the self-explanatory Worms: Crazy Golf and Worms: Pinball.

The Bundle's second tier, meanwhile - which unlocks if you pay more than the average of £7.37 / $9.53 - has 2010's Worms Reloaded, one of the series' classic 2D artillery titles and a port of Worms 2: Armageddon, along with the 3D game Worms Ultimate Mayhem, and range of add-on goodies for the two.

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Humble's new Bundle is packed with Worms! Worms! Worms!

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Worms Rumble - Launching December & Open Beta November 6th!

Hey everyone

We’re super excited to share with you that Worms Rumble will be launching on Steam this December!

Worms Rumble is the next instalment in the Worms franchise! For the first time ever in a Worms game you’ll be able to jump into intense, real-time battles with upto 32-players!

You can squad up with friends or fight solo in different game modes from Deathmatch to Last Worm Standing. Worms Rumble will feature a variety of fan-favourite weapons from past games as well as new additions to the franchise for you to get your wormy hands on!

So to celebrate this awesome news we’ve put together a new trailer for you that reveals a new, never before seen level as well as some new mobility items…

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Let's take a look at some of the new trailer reveals shall we!

New Mobility Gadgets

Mobility tools play a huge part in any Worms game and today we’re revealing two of these tools that will be available in Worms Rumble for you to swing and soar through the skies with. (Yes, for those wondering, there’s more.)

As we all know, the ability to move around the map in a quick and stylish fashion is a key Worms feature and that’s no different in Rumble, so let’s take a look at what you’ll be getting to grips with:

The Grappling Gun

A close cousin of the Ninja Rope, the Grappling Gun rewards skillful worms with unrivaled mobility and speed, allowing you to swiftly navigate through the map, change your momentum and even access hard to reach locations.

Worms that become comfortable with this tool will also find many useful applications for the Grappling Gun during a firefight too…

The Jetpack

The classic Jetpack is back and ready to take your worm to the skies!

This tool is perfect for use in open spaces and larger rooms, giving you the ability to rain down destruction from above or fly above the carnage of an enemy Banana Bomb.

Perfect for ambushing enemies from above or quickly escaping a losing battle, Jetpack users should be aware that whilst highly mobile they are vulnerable to precision weapons whilst hovering, so unless you’re wanting to visit the respawn screen try and avoid that!

Bonus mobility move - Rocket Jumping!

Yes, for the first time ever you’ll be able to rocket jump in Worms (without ending your turn anyway!).

This high risk - high reward technique speaks for itself, so we’ll leave it to you, our brave players, to figure that one out in battle…

Crossplay Open Beta - Starting November 6th!

As existing Worms players you know Worms better than anyone. For that reason we’d love to invite you to try out Worms Rumble absolutely free from November 6th - November 8th in our crossplay open beta.

We know real-time Worms is very different to our turn-based history and that many of you will have questions on how it plays, what it is like and whether your experience with the turn-based classics will carry over to the real-time world. The Worms Rumble beta is the perfect time to have those questions answered, whilst also seeing how we’ve taken what makes Worms, well Worms, and crafted it into a real-time experience.

The Dev Team will be playing during the beta and be closely watching your feedback too, so it’s a brilliant time to share your thoughts directly with the team… And even lob a Banana Bomb at them!

With no sign-up required you’ll be able to jump straight into the action alone or with friends as you clash with players both here on Steam and on console.

We’ll be revealing more about the beta over the coming weeks, so keep an eye on the Worms Twitter and Worms Rumble Steam Community page to stay in the loop!

Pre-order & Digital Deluxe Editions

Just like its peers, Worms Rumble will be packed full of cosmetics for you to customise your worm and make them unique.

Some of these will be available from the start, with lots more being unlocked by just playing the game however you like and progressing through the ranks, using your preferred weapons and completing special challenges.

As a special thank you to those that pre-order Worms Rumble here on Steam we’ll also be giving them a unique cosmetic pack known as the ‘New Challenger’ bonus pack!

If you’re a fan of the classics and want to rep your favourite weapons then may we introduce you to the Digital Deluxe Edition that includes the following…

Here's a first look at the Retro Commando outfit too!

Pre-order Worms Rumble Now!

If you like what you’ve seen you can pre-order Worms Rumble from right now to secure your exclusive cosmetic pack and support us ahead of launch:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1186040/Worms_Rumble/

You can also support us with a Wishlist if you’re not ready to pre-order just yet!

Thank you for taking the time to check out the newest iteration of Worms. We’re excited to share this next step with you and we hope you enjoyed today’s news.

We look forward to chatting about Worms Rumble with you over on the forums and hurling a Holy Hand Grenade or two at you in the beta on November 6th.

See you then!

What's the best Worms game on PC?

When Worms released back in 1995, there was nothing else like it. The idea of taking the cute wiggly woos from the bottom of your garden and outfitting them with more firepower than Doomguy was absurd. But of course, that's where the appeal lay: there's nothing like the sheer, almost Pythonesque absurdity of a sentient worm wielding an Uzi.

It also helped that Worms was at the forefront of a new kind of action game that was mixed in platforming, terrain destruction, and could be played in multiplayer with only one input.. The series has only got more absurd as time has gone on, and while it's gone through an awful lot of iterations in the 25 years it's been around, that core has remained intact.

There are a lot of Worms games out there though, and finding the best one to play right now can take a bit of work. You might be inclined to assume that the series has gotten better as time has gone on, but you'd be wrong. That's where we come in. We've put together a list not of every Worms game, but of the ones that are worth taking a look at today, either because they're interesting, important, or still hold up well. This way you can find the best Worms game without having to do any of the leg (haha) work.

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