Earthworm Jim HD

The game was removed from the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and Windows Phone stores in February 2018.

• Title — Earthworm Jim HD • Developer — Gameloft • Publisher — Gameloft • Designer — Stephane Varrault Lin Xiao Xiao • Artist — Arthur Hugot • Composer — Diego Zaldivar • Series — Earthworm Jim • Platforms — * Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) • PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network) • Windows Phone • Released — Xbox Live ArcadeJune 9, 2010PlayStation 3August 3, 2010Windows Phone • Genre — Platform shoot 'em up • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Producer — Patrick Wagner

The core gameplay is still left intact from the original. The game plays as a 2D computer graphics sidescrolling platform game with elements of a run and gun game. The player controls Jim and must maneuver him through the level while avoiding obstacles and enemies. The player can use Jim's gun as a method of shooting enemies, or his head as a whip for whipping enemies. While levels are faithfully recreated in the remake, it does not feature the original's secret level "Who Turned Out the Light", or "Big Bruty" level that was only present in the special edition version of the game. It does feature three new levels and other extra content, such as a boss fight against Pitch the Cat, a reference to "Keyboard Cat". Achievements were also added to the game. New difficulty settings, both easier and harder than the original, were also included.

The main addition to the gameplay is the inclusion of a 4 player cooperative online multiplayer mode. The game contains new levels, not present in the original release, which can be played with up to four players both locally or over the internet, and involve teamwork-based puzzles and gameplay. There are fifteen multi-player levels in total. Achievements can also be unlocked in the multiplayer portion of the game, rewarding players for being "No. 1' in each Xbox Live multiplayer level".

Gameloft signed an agreement in 2009 with Interplay Entertainment to have the rights to develop, publish, and distribute games related to the Earthworm Jim series. This agreement lead to a port of the game, without new content, for the Wii's WiiWare, and the high definition remake for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game does not use the original game's code, but rather, the remake was entirely recreated. None of the game's new content was approved by Doug TenNapel, original Earthworm Jim creator, nor was any of the original game's staff involved. In addition to the game's updated high definition graphics, the game's soundtrack was remastered and Jim's voice acting was re-recorded. As such, TenNapel no longer voices Jim as he did in the original. A short, comic book-style introduction was added to the game's introduction as well, which originally hailed from the game's strategy guide.