THQ Wireless is sending out word that mobile phone gamers will soon have worms on their handsets. This will come in the form of Worms 2008: A Space Oddity, which also happens to be available on the Nintendo Wii.

This particular iteration from Team17 revolves around the story of intergalactic Worm travellers exploring their solar system. The features that will be included in the game's mobile version was outline by THQ:

• The improved single-player campaign missions feature varying objectives to keep the player on their toes as they fight to defend installations, repair space crafts, collect rare minerals and battle to the death against alien races
• With the space setting comes a host of new weapons, including the Impact Frag, Atom Packs and Cluster Frags, which are based around the classic Worms weapons
• Worms 2008 also features all new graphics and new animations, including new looks for the opponent alien races
• Advanced landscape generation systems have enabled more realistic levels. Graphical effects like smoke trails help to bring shots to life, while multi-layered parallax particles enhance the depth of field effect and have direct impact from gameplay, reacting to the direction and strength of the wind
• A new AI system that allows enemy worms to determine the greatest threats, navigate the landscape and unleash a variety of weapons
• Players will also be able to see the main game in landscape mode, as well as classic portrait mode. This view will allow the user to see more of the landscape and will give an experience closer to playing the game on a widescreen

THQ Wireless added that Worms 2008: A Space Oddity for mobile phones will be available in June this year. While waiting for the release and other updates, check out the screenshots below.