Worms Battlegrounds is now available for the Xbox One from the Xbox Store and PlayStation 4 from the PlayStation Store for just £19.99 / $24.99 / 24,99 €, Team 17 has announced. NA PlayStation fans will be able to get their hands on Worms Battlegrounds from the PlayStation Store on June 3rd for $24.99.

Worms Battlegrounds features include:

• 25 single player story missions.
• 10 ‘Worm‐Ops’ time attack missions.
• 5 environments: Inca, Viking, Feudal Japan, Industrial Revolution and Prehistoric with day to night lighting transitions.
• Multiplayer Deathmatch and Fort modes with online and local multiplayer for up to four players.
• Stunning graphics and gameplay running at 1080p 60fps.
• Landscape editor.
• Clan support including clan emblem editor.
• 65 weapons and utilities including 10 outrageous new items: Mega Mortar, Gravedigger, Winged Monkey, Oxygen, Worm Charm, Bovine Blitz, Whoopsie Cushion, Teleport Gun, Aqua Pack and The Equalizer.
• Physics based contraptions.
• Over 200 individual customisation items for the worms.
• DualShock 4 wireless controller’s light bar dynamically changes colour depending on your worm’s scenario. Watch as the light car glows red for attacks and explosions, blue when your worm is submerged in dynamic water and green to indicate that your worm is poisoned (PS4 version only).
• Weapon Gestures. Assign up to four weapons for quick select using the DualShock 4 wireless controller’s Touch Pad (PS4 version only).
• Companion website. Keep track of your stats on the go! (PS4 version only).
• SmartGlass companion app. Keep track of your stats on the go! (Xbox One version only).

Team17 has unveiled plans to release their first PlayStation 4 and Xbox One title, Worms Battlegrounds.

"The veteran independent British publisher is proud to see its award-winning franchise make its debut on the next generation of consoles, having seen it already appear on over twenty-five other platforms since its introduction back in 1995." said Team17 in a press release.

Worms Battlegrounds will be one of the first titles to be self-published on the Xbox One under the ID@Xbox program, of which Team17 is one of the ambassadors.

Worms Battlegrounds is due for a 2014 release and will be available for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Further details will be announced at a later date.

Two of the first Xbox One games released under the ID@Xbox program will be a new Worms game from Team17 and Nutjitsu from Ninjabee. The games were revealed by Phil Spencer, corporate VP of Microsoft Studios.

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