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Worms: Open Warfare

Worms: Open Warfare is an artillery strategy game.[2] It was developed by Team17 and published by THQ for the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS.[1] There are several other Worms video games in the Worms…

61 17 March 2006

Worms: Open Warfare is a strategy developed by Team17, released 17 March 2006 on Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

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What Worms: Open Warfare is

Worms: Open Warfare is a strategy game developed by Team17 and released in 2006. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Worms: Open Warfare is an artillery strategy game.[2] It was developed by Team17 and published by THQ for the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS.[1] There are several other Worms video games in the Worms series. The game marked Team17's return to its 2D roots.[2] The game spawned a sequel, Worms: Open Warfare 2, which is also available on Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable. In Worms: Open Warfare, the player takes control of an army of worms. The goal of the game is to defeat the opposing army through reducing the health points of enemy worms using various types of weaponry while avoiding friendly fire and other obstacles. The weapons and gadgets you use in battle include grenades…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Worms: Open Warfare holds a critic score of 61 out of 100. That places it above 20% of the 3,249 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Worms: Open Warfare launched on 17 March 2006, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II and Daxter. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter.

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When did Worms: Open Warfare come out?
Worms: Open Warfare was released on 17 March 2006 for Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

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