Digital Eclipse's excellent Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition launched on Switch last month and we loved it. This is already a pretty beefy package with all Armageddon game modes, the studio's usual museum content and access to a Game Boy Color version, but it's about to get even bigger.
Publisher Team17 today revealed that three more games will be blasting into the Switch remaster at some point in "early 2025". Both the NES' and Mega Drive/Genesis' Worms will arrive alongside the GBA's Worms Party in the upcoming content update, putting this Anniversary Edition closer to an 'Anniversary Collection' than we'd initially expected.
As if that wasn't enough, the announcement tweet (above) also revealed that the base game is now subject to a 20% eShop sale until 13th November, so you can pick up the title for £19.99 / $19.99 and get prepped for next year's update.
In our Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition review, we called the title "a perfect entry point for newcomers as well as a warm, nostalgic cuddle for veterans". You can find our full thoughts below:
Have you had a chance to pick up Worms Armageddon: Anniversary Edition yet? Let us know your thoughts in Digital Eclipse's latest in the comments.
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Brings back memories!
I am mostly looking forward playing the remastered PC version, but these console/handheld versions are a nice addition.
Yes, the more retro games coming to Switch the better, Worms ones absolutely included!
I rather see a complete release before releasing an physical version in December...
Waiting from them to add Worms 2. That one is still my favorite.
Really nice that more games are being included in the collection, but it feels very odd to have them be released so soon after the physical version with this being a collection of old games and stuff, and not like Atari 50 where that came out nearly a year or 2 after it launched and was more than just a few games, with them having the documentary content being added as well
Must say I'm a bit frustrated that there is an immediate discount on this after I purchased at launch!! The additions are nice, but the game is in need of some quality of life patches rather than adding three inferior versions of worms to the package (although the additions are better than nothing of course!). My patch wishlist is the ability to zoom, private online lobbies, and custom maps online.
The Mega Drive version was my first Worms experience so the nostalgic value is definitely there. Ironically, the famous Armageddon would mostly pass me by later but instead I got acquainted with Worms 3D which even my father enjoyed playing for a good while. On that note, what are the odds of the 3D entries being revisited as well?
I always preferred the original to any of the sequels. 2 and Armageddon were OK but I have a soft spot for the original worm-like worms. I'll probably get this now!
I would like the Worms World Party game modes to be added, I played with infinite teleports, no Weapons at all at start and 5 gifts on, LAN so no one knew what weapons the other players had. You had to pick up gifts every turn.
Someone call the vets because I've got a bad case of Worms!
ok but when will they update it to run at 60fps instead of 50 and add the extended match options from the newest version?
this is the main drawback of this version right now, for some reason they based it on the 2012 (or 2013, not entirely sure) version instead of the 2020 version which is just weird, I don't understand why they did that
I'm still not sure what games are in this «anniversary edition». Are the PC, Dreamcast, PSX, N64 and GBC versions all part of this, or are they just meshed into one game?
Shame this wouldn't have been put on cart as I pre ordered this. Years to come the additional games with be lost when removed from store. Why I don't like digital for replay. Dont say if charge for these extra but guess Thier will be
@Sinton it's just the PC and GBC versions right now
Where's Worms Blast, already!?
I'd love to play the SNES version of worms again. But world party for the game boy advance is an odd choice.
Worms World Party was a great game. I still have the PC version (although I can't play it anymore - easily at least). Not sure what the GBA version was like but surely it's a downgrade.
I'm in for all Digital Eclipse museum documentary games.
So cool.
They're nice bonuses, but I don't know why DE couldn't just port the original MS-DOS version instead. The 16-bit console versions have broken physics, lack many animations and voices, and there is no random map generator either.
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