Worms 4: Mayhem now out on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, marks 10 years of worm-on-worm violence and to honour it the codemasters website has a 10th anniversary celebratory video.

The movie sees Worms 4: Mayhem’s wriggling warriors giving a spectacular synchronised performance as they are blown up in time to the music of the 1812 Overture!

It’s only fitting that Tchaikovsky’s dramatic piece of classical music, so often used at incredible firework displays and said to be described by the composer himself as “very loud and noisy”, be used to mark the occasion with all the appropriate pomp and circumstance that the classic Team 17 series deserves.

Opening with the worms’ birthday cake (complete with TNT sticks for candles and a suitably angry worm atop it), the movie takes you sweeping over the landscapes, through the customisation of both worms and weapons, and, as the 1812 Overture builds to its crescendo, the worms combust, crash, blow up, and generally show off their ability to suffer at the hands of their opponents.

Get ready to light the blue touch paper of Worms 4: Mayhem’s explosive gameplay as the loveable, customisable, yet entirely destructible, worms return in classic style on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC in Q2. See their brilliant performance now in the video at http://www.codemasters.co.uk/worms

And here’s a news post from a couple of days ago at the site:

>”Release the Worms!” Worms 4: Mayhem – out today plus multiplayer PC demo now available for download!

Let the worm-on-worm violence commence! Everyone’s favourite invertebrates are back in Worms 4: Mayhem and it’s out today for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC!

You can also sample the worms of mass destruction right now with the online multiplayer demo, available for from www.codemasters.co.uk/worms (in Downloads).

Worms 4: Mayhem is crammed with the explosive worm-versus-worm single and multiplayer gameplay that gave the series classic status and this time battles are bigger, badder and better than ever before. Gamers are free to wreak side-splitting revenge on their foes, with their teams of die-hard worms. Don’t underestimate these creatures, they may be invertebrates but they sure ain’t spineless!

For the first time in any Worms game, player’s imagination can run riot by creating their own arsenal of weapons to cause as much havok as possible on their opponents – how about an exploding kitten bomb which detonates poison gas on a fuse setting?! Prepare to cause chaos and humiliate the enemy with classic weapons, such as sticks of dynamite and exploding sheep, plus a host of new weapons that create new strategies and gameplay possibilities including the Bovine Blitz, which unleashes a squad of lethal cows!

Gamers can customise their worms and choosing their hair, hands, faces and glasses – all with Worms trademark humour. The customisation doesn’t stop there; players can give their personal army a Trinny and Susannah-style make-over and dress them in all kinds of clobber from disco outfits, cowboy get-ups, Scottish kits and even astronaut suits!

With bold levels, an improved 3D camera and animation system, a stunning arsenal delivering comedy kabooms, the loveable, customisable, yet entirely destructible, the worms are back in full force!

Worms 4: Mayhem, developed by Team 17 and published by Codemasters, is out today – July 29th – on PC (£19.99 RRP), PlayStation 2 (£29.99) and Xbox (£29.99). Wriggle online for the online multiplayer demo and more at www.codemasters.co.uk/worms.

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