Team17 Software, the developers of the popular TBS (Turn-Based Strategy) game, Worms, have finally released Worms 2: Armageddon, a sequel to Worms, onto the App Store for $4.99. Worms 2: Armageddon features:

• The worms are back!
o Authentic Worms™ gameplay with cartoon-style visuals, comical audio and a refined control system using the innovative touch screen user interface.
• New Worms™ Weaponry!
o Defend and attack with new weapons and utilities, including the Sentry Gun, Electromagnet, Napalm Strike, Super Sheep, Petrol Bomb, Armageddon, Drill, Earthquake and Poison Strike.
• Classic Worms™ Weaponry:
o The return of the Sheep, Holy Hand Grenade, Concrete Donkey, Parachute, Baseball Bat and enhanced Ninja Rope.
• Single-player Worms™ Action:
o Campaign Mode: 30 single-player missions across 5 new themes including Manhattan, Medieval, Sports, Construction and Cheese.
o Body Count Mode: The player takes on endless waves of increasingly tough enemies across 5 different themes or a random landscape.
o Practice Mode: A mode where the player can practice with every weapon against A.I. dummy worms.
• Multi-player Worms™ Combat:
o Battle against your friends with offline Bluetooth multi-player action for 1-4 players.
o Take on all-comers from around the globe with online Wi-Fi multi-player action for 1-2 players.
o Master the new game styles – Fort Mode, Forts Pro Mode, Crazy Crates and Custom Game Style
o The return of the favourite game styles – ‘Bazooka and Grenade’, Melee, Gun Show, Heads Up, Lightside, Darkside and Sinking.
o Master the variety of difficulty settings – Beginner, Intermediate and Pro.
• Additional online features:
o Plus+ integration provides in-game Awards, Friends list, Leader-boards.
o Post your high scores and achievements to Twitter and Facebook.
• New customization options:
o NEW – in-depth ability to make custom game styles so players can create whichever game style they want to and play with online or offline.
o NEW – create the team you want with new personalization features – hats, forts, skins and victory dances.
o NEW – spend gold earned by completing the Campaign missions in the Worms™ shop on new hats, forts, and gravestones or unlock weapons for multi-player games.
o NEW – customise even further with one of the iPhone exclusive bonus hats.
o Further personalization of worm and team names, speech-banks and gravestones.
• Other features:
o For 3GS and iPhone 4 users – improved visuals with animated 3D backgrounds, water effects and other graphical enhancements.
o Unlock up to 30 in-game awards.
o Save game status on quit – automatic save to the last turn if you exit – great for longer battles and for saving your single-player progress.
o Watch your finest victories again with action-replays.

• iPad specific features:
o Crisp high definition visuals, graphical enhancements and special effects.
o Flip the screen! Great for ‘coffee-table’ style play given the support of the screen orientation feature.

Worms 2: Armageddon is a universal app, so, for those of you who have both an iPad and a iPhone/iPod Touch, there’s no need to worry about buying 2 separate apps. Worms 2: Armageddon costs $4.99 and weighs in at 184 MB.

Worms 2: Armageddon on the App Store.