Worms Battle Islands

Worms: Battle Islands is a turn-based strategy game which is currently in development by Team17. It is the 2nd game in the Worms series to be released on Nintendo's Wii platform, the other being Worms: A Space Oddity. It is also going to be released on the PSP version of the PS Network. Like Worms: Reloaded, it will be set in a 2D perspective.

It was originally going to be released trough the WiiWare platform, but Team17 decided that it should be a boxed Wii game.

Gameplay
The gameplay is going to be more or less the same as it was in its 2D predecessors. There are some new game features, like new speech banks; six brand new in-game environments to battle in: Arctic, Jungle, Nuclear, Chemical, Desert and Underwater.

There are three types of control setups for the Wii which is the Classic way with the Wii Remote turned sideways, Motion Sensing where the player makes gestures to fire weapons and move around the landscape, or the Motion Sensing option coupled with a Nunchuk for added control.

Weapons
40 different in-game utilities and weapons, including the new Flare and EMP Grenade. A new weapon creator called the Weapon Factory, set to create your own useful weaponry from "technology crates" in the single-player campaigns.

Game modes
Features 6 game modes that can be played offline or online, and multiplayer.
 * Tactics (New)
 * Deathmatch
 * Forts
 * Racing
 * Triathlon

Single-player
4 game modes that can be played alone. The PSP's exclusive game mode comprises ten individual time-based single-player challenges.
 * Campaign
 * Puzzle
 * Tutorial
 * Time attack [PSP only]

Multiplayer
The multiplayer game modes can be played offline or online. For the first time in the Worms series, new player ranking system awards the player with experience points, higher ranked players gain access to more of the games locked items.


 * Tactics (New)
 * Deathmatch
 * Forts
 * Racing
 * Triathlon

Customization
New items are available on the appearance customization are available including: Masks, Backpacks and Customizable power-bars.

Videos
thumb|300px|left thumb|left|300px|Worms Battle Islands WiiWare Trailer