Team 17's endearingly violent series of deathmatching worms has finally reached the Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360. This turn-based action and strategy game will have those cuddly little, thumb-shaped worms battling for supremacy, with only the world at stake. And as the headline states, it’ll be arriving next week.

I don’t think there’s any other game on the market (or anything in real life for that matter) that gets people rooting and cheering for a worm. Really. Team 17's long-lasting franchise that extends more than a decade will arrive on Xbox Live for only 800 Microsoft points. Below is a list of features that will be present in the game when it finally crawls onto XBLA. For further information or details regarding Xbox Live, you can visit the Official Xbox Live Website.

GAME FEATURES • A mix of strategy and arcade action that, although simple to understand, contains real depth and massive replayability

• Turn-based multiplayer action for up to four players locally or over Xbox Live*

• An assortment of game options:

• Landscape on which to do battle

• Turn and round times

• Starting weapon arsenal for each team

• Three detailed tutorials to introduce the mechanics to first-time players

• Twenty increasingly difficult single-player challenges

• Three graphical themes for play

• A random landscape generator to ensure that no two landscapes are ever the same

• Twenty-two weapons and utilities to deploy against your enemies

• Many customizable elements, including what worms and teams are named, what worms say, and which gravestone they have when they die

• High-definition visuals and many graphical improvements throughout the game

• Twelve achievements

• Weekly, monthly and overall leaderboards