Worms wriggles onto iPad

By Robert Purchese Published 28 May, 2010

HD game costs three quid.

Team17 has released an iPad version of Worms that costs three Queen's English pounds.

Dubbed Worms HD, the most obvious advancement is crisp, full-screen visuals. But the developer has also gotten to grips with the iPad's multi-touch capabilities.

"Worms is perfectly suited to a casual platform such as iPad, and it's quite possibly the best handheld Worms experience to date," said Team17's Martyn Brown.

"Features such as the ability to pass and play (with the screen flipping for the other player) hark back to the game's social roots. We look forward to delivering more titles for what has quickly become a popular gaming platform."

Worms HD has hotseat multiplayer for four people, a nifty auto-save for abruptly ended games, iTunes music support and loads of content.

English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch languages are supported.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (39) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Jackface #1 2 years ago

    Hmm. Three quid eh? Good touch controls suited to the ipads great screen would definitely sell that to me :)

  • sonicyoda #2 2 years ago

    Again? Don't get me wrong, I love me some Worms but at this rate we'll have Worms on every electronic device known to man. Worms on toaster and kettle.

  • septimus #3 2 years ago

    Love the game on the iPhone. Doubt I need it again.

    Think I own Worms on Amiga, PC, 360, PS3, iPhone and probably the microwave. Its become like Doom.

  • sonicyoda #4 2 years ago

    @septimus

    Wavelength!

  • Jackface #5 2 years ago

    I know its been out everywhere but I've actually not played it in a while.

  • redneon Verified Programmer, SUMO Digital #6 2 years ago

    @MrMarc:

    Jesus Christ. Change the bloody record. I happen to agree that the iPad is stupidly expensive for what it is but I'm sick and tired of hearing this over and over and over again.

    Clearly, some people disagree, which is fine. Stop the hating and enjoy life!

  • Floppy #7 2 years ago

    @sonicyoda

    The Android platform has been spared... for now

    /crosses fingers

  • wizlon #8 2 years ago

    I'd actually like a version on Android. More game for Android please!

  • Muzakjunkie #9 2 years ago

    Totally with designer headache on a new Superfrog! How about it Spadge. ;)

  • dllord #10 2 years ago

    Lol i had superfrog on the Amiga, good times!

  • edmondo #11 2 years ago

    MrMarc,

    Must be tough for you making your way in this world of stupid people that so offend you. If only there was some way you could mould this fallen world in your own mighty image, make people listen and understand. Perhaps then the "scales will fall from their eyes" and they could see you for what you really are. A keyboard hero.

    btw coins "chinkling" away in your pocket instead of the silence of notes? ...you are clearly being paid too much.

  • alcides #12 2 years ago

    yawn?

  • StooMonster #13 2 years ago

    Dungeon Master was my favourite Amiga game, would enjoy similar on iPad; in the meantime Worms will do. :)

  • Wyrm #14 2 years ago

    Eurogamer, every time you post an article about iPad gaming, can you finish the story with a bullet-point list of all the iPads foibles so that they don't need repeating in the comments section? It'll save some folks a lot of work. Cheers :)

  • edmondo #15 2 years ago

    @MrMarc:

    Did some work at CERN a couple of years back and your "little iTards" would include many of its resident physicists who were Mac users.

    I don't doubt for one moment though that you easily match their qualifications and intelligence and are only posting unfunny remarks like "Steve Jobsalot" during breaks in your postdoctoral research into string theory.

  • YoshiMcTaggis #16 2 years ago

    Hitler was a vegetarian are all vegetarians etc etc

  • edmondo #17 2 years ago

    i invoke Godwin's...
    Edited by 1 at 28/05/10 @ 21:15

  • madgerald Verified Studio Head of PR & Marketing, Colossal Games LTD #18 2 years ago

    @Edmondo - I didn't think string was a theory. I know it exists I once had some... Not sure where it's gone though. Maybe that's the theory.

  • jonsaan #19 2 years ago

    Why is it that owners of every other games paying machine get raped on price yet Apple can do this sort of thing?

    Worms has never cost 3 quid on anything else. It was a full price release on PSP and DS!!
    Edited by 1 at 29/05/10 @ 07:10

  • Kanjin #20 2 years ago

    mmm string, tasty string

  • Jackface #21 2 years ago

    "Why is it that owners of every other games paying machine get raped on price yet Apple can do this sort of thing? "

    It's not Apple who sets the price.

  • byron_hinson #22 2 years ago

    I think he was talking about the iPad as the game prices are great. Still I think it's been worth what I paid for it so far

  • dirtysteve #23 2 years ago

    Worms seems to next to Street Fighter in the whoring out stakes. I haven't been able to look Team 17 in the eye since Worms 3d. To be honest, for turn-based strategy/nationalistic stereotypes, i enjoyed Hogs of War more. My real problem with the Worms series was the random wind, made mastering the shots too hard.(I will admit that may be down to my lack of skill though)

  • tiny_Eggy #24 2 years ago

    Got to have Worms in Dutch! Double the fun.

  • Skooch #25 2 years ago

    I hate the iPad, it is an overpriced iPod touch with no USB or flash and you can't multitask on it.

    But then I picked one up and tried it and it is one of the most sexy, fantastic user experiences i have ever had.

    Can I buy it and still hate it? :-D

  • Crazyreyn #26 2 years ago

    I'm also in the 'more Superfrog please' camp. A Live Arcade / PSN / Steam release would be wonderful.

  • smelly #27 2 years ago

    "I hate the iPad, it is an overpriced iPod touch with no USB or flash and you can't multitask on it"


    If that's your reasons for hating the ipad - then whatever you do, DONT look at the psp-go!

    It'd probably give you a heart attack

  • paulf #28 2 years ago

    imagine how successful it would have been if it has won the Amiga Format games making competition. Great game and good to see it still growing strong after 16 years

  • Prodigy_BE #29 2 years ago

    Make that "English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch languages are forced onto the player".

    Being Belgian, I hate the dutch voices and deleted this after five minutes.

  • Pablo2k5 #30 2 years ago

    Why describe it as a HD version? I thought the iPad max resolution was 1024x768?

  • Jackface #31 2 years ago

    Technically, HD can be applied to that resolution. Look it up. But that aside, plenty of developers have decided to use the suffix HD to denote the iPad version of their app. Others use 'XL' or 'for iPad'.

  • sneetch #32 2 years ago

    @YoshiMcTaggis
    Hitler was a vegetarian are all vegetarians etc etc

    He wasn't, actually, don't know why that myth keeps doing the rounds (mind you, in your case it's quite valid to bring it up as you're just trying to point out faulty logic, just a pet peeve of mine).

  • Jackface #33 2 years ago

    Just been reading up on that whole Hitler/vegetarian thing and it is astonishing the amount of time that has been dedicated to research of the topic by so-called historians, as if it matters one single iota whether a dead tyrannical warmonger ate meat or not.

    Weird.

  • Law07 #34 2 years ago

    @Skooch, I'm not quite sure about sexy but it's pretty damn nice to use

  • Eraser #35 2 years ago

    MrMarc is hilarious. He has all you iDorks wrapped around his fingers.

  • Skurmedel #36 2 years ago

    Would be nice to have one for phones using bluetooth multiplayer, or something similar. Very few smartphone games actually seem to support any kind of phone-to-phone multiplayer. You could have a go waiting for the bus or at the restaurant (okay that last suggestion is a bit sad, but have you ever been to a nerd dinner?)

  • Ashcroft #37 2 years ago

    How long is this advert disguised as a news story going to be at the top of the side column?

  • pattygardiner #38 2 years ago

    I even wondered if it was about to burst open and turn into a dancing leopard or wriggling worm.The app is an aggregator taking multiple sites and rolling them up into the one single app.

    screenwriting

  • Jackface #39 2 years ago

    How long is this advert disguised as a news story going to be at the top of the side column?

    Can you give me your specifications for what stops being an advert and starts being a useful heads-up about a game being released?

    Also can you tell me what part of "It's been a bank holiday so there's been nobody updating the site and there's not been any new news yet" you can't work out for yourself?