Worms W.M.D
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Worms W.M.D is an arcade developed by Team17, released 23 August 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Google Stadia. It currently starts at $4.98 at GameBillet.
What Worms W.M.D is
Worms W.M.D is an arcade game developed by Team17 and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Worms W.M.D is a 2D artillery turn-based tactics video game developed and published by Team17. It is the nineteenth installment in the Worms series, and was released on 23 August 2016 for Linux, OS X, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox One. It was later released on 23 November 2017 for Switch, on 1 July 2022 for Stadia and on 11 April 2023 for iOS and Android.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 6 players online. Local play supports 6 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 29 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Worms series
Worms W.M.D is the 15th of 23 entries we hold in the Worms series. It arrived 2 years after Worms Battlegrounds. The next entry was Worms Rumble in 2020. Its critic score of 79 is 7 points above the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Worms at 80.
How it was received
Worms W.M.D holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 66% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 86 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Dual Core 6600 @ 2.4GHz, 2 GB RAM and Intel 4400, GeForce GTX 280, AMD Radeon HD 7750. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.98 at GameBillet, 83% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Worms W.M.D launched on 23 August 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Worms W.M.D yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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