The time has come to announce the dates for our Worms W.M.D Cross-Play Beta!
Platforms and Timings
The Cross-Play Beta will be launched with the aim to bring together Worms W.M.D players from the following platforms:
Windows
Mac
Linux
The Beta will start at 10am GMT on Friday 25th (this Friday) and run until 10am GMT on Tuesday 29th.
How do I sign up?
Good news, this is an open Beta so all are welcome! There’s no password required to get access to the Beta, however you will need to access a different branch of Worms W.M.D. The good news is, this is really simple to do, even if you’ve never done it before. We’ve got the process below for you:
Right click on Worms W.M.D in the players game library
Select Properties > Betas
Open the drop down list under ‘Select the beta you would like to opt into:’
Select “beta”
Select ‘CLOSE’ in the properties window
Allow Worms W.M.D to update to the Beta version
Launch Worms W.M.D
Then all you need to do is play as normal!
Linux users – Make sure you’re up to date!
We just need you to make sure that you’ve got your drivers up to date and that GL version 3.3 installed. If you’re not up to date you’ll be grab them through the manufacturer’s drivers. We’ve had to make this change as the minimum version of OpenGL had to be updated to get Cross-Play working.
How do I report bugs/give feedback?
In order to give the most direct, quality feedback straight to the development team we’re going to need our budding Beta testers to report to us on the Team17 Mantis database.
You can sign up to Mantis and find out all the information on how to report bugs by following this LINK.
By giving us feedback on the feature here it will greatly increase the speed at which we can make sure the feature is working as intended and we can roll it out as a fully-fledged, permanent feature to the main game branch.
What can I do before the Beta?
Start talking to each other, Mac & Linux players make yourself known. Windows players, if you know any Mac/Linux players give them a prod. Agree some timings where you’ll be on at the same time so you can have a good cross platform battle. Feel free to use this thread to do this.
When you’re playing on the Beta branch you will be on a separate server to the main game and will not be matched with those who aren’t participating in the Beta.
Not only does this serve as a reminder that if you want to play some normal games, switch back to the normal branch, but highlights the importance of sorting out some matchups beforehand.
If you have any questions please feel free to leave a post.
Thank you for your support with this, we’re excited to start the process of unifying the Worms W.M.D Community in glorious battle.
The time has come to announce the dates for our Worms W.M.D Cross-Play Beta!
Platforms and Timings
The Cross-Play Beta will be launched with the aim to bring together Worms W.M.D players from the following platforms:
Windows
Mac
Linux
The Beta will start at 10am GMT on Friday 25th (this Friday) and run until 10am GMT on Tuesday 29th.
How do I sign up?
Good news, this is an open Beta so all are welcome! There’s no password required to get access to the Beta, however you will need to access a different branch of Worms W.M.D. The good news is, this is really simple to do, even if you’ve never done it before. We’ve got the process below for you:
Right click on Worms W.M.D in the players game library
Select Properties > Betas
Open the drop down list under ‘Select the beta you would like to opt into:’
Select “beta”
Select ‘CLOSE’ in the properties window
Allow Worms W.M.D to update to the Beta version
Launch Worms W.M.D
Then all you need to do is play as normal!
Linux users – Make sure you’re up to date!
We just need you to make sure that you’ve got your drivers up to date and that GL version 3.3 installed. If you’re not up to date you’ll be grab them through the manufacturer’s drivers. We’ve had to make this change as the minimum version of OpenGL had to be updated to get Cross-Play working.
How do I report bugs/give feedback?
In order to give the most direct, quality feedback straight to the development team we’re going to need our budding Beta testers to report to us on the Team17 Mantis database.
You can sign up to Mantis and find out all the information on how to report bugs by following this LINK.
By giving us feedback on the feature here it will greatly increase the speed at which we can make sure the feature is working as intended and we can roll it out as a fully-fledged, permanent feature to the main game branch.
What can I do before the Beta?
Start talking to each other, Mac & Linux players make yourself known. Windows players, if you know any Mac/Linux players give them a prod. Agree some timings where you’ll be on at the same time so you can have a good cross platform battle. Feel free to use this thread to do this.
When you’re playing on the Beta branch you will be on a separate server to the main game and will not be matched with those who aren’t participating in the Beta.
Not only does this serve as a reminder that if you want to play some normal games, switch back to the normal branch, but highlights the importance of sorting out some matchups beforehand.
If you have any questions please feel free to leave a post.
Thank you for your support with this, we’re excited to start the process of unifying the Worms W.M.D Community in glorious battle.
As many of you know this month marks 21 years of Worms!
How time flies right. Your support since 1995 has been incredible and we’re truly humbled to have such an amazing, passionate community of players that literally spans decades.
To mark this year’s occasion we’re releasing the much requested All-Stars content, previously pre-order only, to all players free of charge from today. For those not in the know you’ll be getting full access to new weapons, campaign missions and Worm outfits from titles such as:
Team Fortress 2 (Steam exclusive)
Rocket League
Orcs Must Die Unchained
Unturned
Goat Simulator
PAYDAY 2
The Escapists
Yooka-Laylee
Worms
Saints Row IV
Broforce
The All-Stars pack will be a content update so you don’t even need to go searching for it, the chances are it’s already found you!
Thanks again for all your support and keep your eyes peeled for more celebration goodness as the month goes on!
As many of you know this month marks 21 years of Worms!
How time flies right. Your support since 1995 has been incredible and we’re truly humbled to have such an amazing, passionate community of players that literally spans decades.
To mark this year’s occasion we’re releasing the much requested All-Stars content, previously pre-order only, to all players free of charge from today. For those not in the know you’ll be getting full access to new weapons, campaign missions and Worm outfits from titles such as:
Team Fortress 2 (Steam exclusive)
Rocket League
Orcs Must Die Unchained
Unturned
Goat Simulator
PAYDAY 2
The Escapists
Yooka-Laylee
Worms
Saints Row IV
Broforce
The All-Stars pack will be a content update so you don’t even need to go searching for it, the chances are it’s already found you!
Thanks again for all your support and keep your eyes peeled for more celebration goodness as the month goes on!
You've been battling, competing and unleashing carnage week on week with ESL and now we've been granted a regular Tournament slot with Worms W.M.D getting it's own section!
So, awesome job Community! We're now in a position to build competitive Worms with you.
This Saturday's Tournament
You can sign up for this Saturday's Tournament at 18:30pm GMT HERE.
Take part, fight and become part of Worms history!
What we do next
Tell us what scheme changes you'd like to see/if you're happy with the current one
Would you like to move toward the introduction of prizes, if so, what?
What do you think would support competitive Worms?
You've been battling, competing and unleashing carnage week on week with ESL and now we've been granted a regular Tournament slot with Worms W.M.D getting it's own section!
So, awesome job Community! We're now in a position to build competitive Worms with you.
This Saturday's Tournament
You can sign up for this Saturday's Tournament at 18:30pm GMT HERE.
Take part, fight and become part of Worms history!
What we do next
Tell us what scheme changes you'd like to see/if you're happy with the current one
Would you like to move toward the introduction of prizes, if so, what?
What do you think would support competitive Worms?