COLOGNE, Germany—Much of my youth was spent in front of a flashing DOS prompt with my friends, trying to CD my way into the Worms installation folder in an attempt to to blow up said friends with an erratic exploding sheep. Yes, my computer skills in those days weren't exactly what you'd call "l33t hax0r," but getting the thing to load was all part of the fun. While that aspect of the game sadly isn't part of the upcoming Worms WMD, the ludicrously silly multiplayer fun most certainly is.
First things first. You're probably wondering whether the world even needs a new Worms game. After all, since the original was launched way back in '95, there have been an astonishing 20 sequels across pretty much every major gaming platform, from PC to console to mobile. The series has gone from 2D to 3D and back to to 2D again, offered up mission-based games, online multiplayer, and even a social version in the form of the now-discontinued Worms for Facebook.
The trouble is, few of those games have managed to capture the magic of the originals. For many, the series peaked with the 1999 release of Worms Armageddon (the third in the series), a game that took the core elements of the original Worms and gave them a fresh lick of paint in the form of crisp cartoony visuals. It's that game that forms the basis of Worms WMD, an Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive arriving in early 2016.
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