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New Oddworld Games In Development
Game developer Just Add Water announced today that the Oddworld series, dormant since 2005, will be getting multiple new titles in the near future. Quoting:
"... for the past 12 months we have been working extremely closely with the fantastic people at Oddworld Inhabitants, from what started off as brief discussions in June 2009, to now working on multiple projects, across multiple platforms. Whilst we cannot go into specifics right now, we can tell you that over the coming weeks and months we will be announcing these exciting projects starring all of your favorite Oddworld characters."
!!deh
hmmmmmm!!!!
Of course, it was using your ancestoral spirits to possess your own flatulence.
Hmmm.
If each mistake being made is a new one, then progress is being made.
I see a game about saving an endangered species from being someone's lunch. And a rescue counter. (290/300 made me unhappy.)
For abandoning the PS2 in favor of the original X-Box. Exclusivity deals FTL.
My kingdom for a donkey!
It was mentioned before by the Oddworld Inhabitants team that if the re-released Abe games sold well there would be an Oddbox, with additionally Munch's Oddysee and Stranger's Wrath ported to Windows.
This sounds more like a reference to that, since there is no indication Squeek's Oddysee or other new Oddworld games are in development.
Is he still a Glukkon, like Darth Gates turned him into? :)
About time as well. All they're missing now is a motion picture ;)
I had the opportunity to tour their SLO facility just before Munch's Odyssey was to be released. They had some great ideas in the works, and I looked forward to seeing more. The industry has really changed since their last game came out, and I can't wait to see what they will bring to the table.
I guess whether warming up old franchises and churning out sequels ad infinitum is PlusBad or PlusGood largely depends on whether you're a fanboi of that particular franchise. Let's remember that the next time we mock the latest incarnation of MetalWarfareHalo 23: Encashening Extreme Edition.
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Subject, :P.
I loved the old games, I loved Munch's Oddysee. I thought Stranger's Wrath was awesomely different.
This better be good.
...of a re-release of all 5 Oddworld-games for Windows through steam, including Munch's Oddysee and Stranger's Wrath? Wikipedia links to http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2009/10/12/oddworld-games-being-ported-to-pc/1 and appearantly it was confirmed by Oddworld Inhabitants for early 2010.
Amazing, isn't it, that in the years since Abe's Oddysee came out the phrase "Follow Me" has become a cultural phenomenon thanks to Twitter. Or am I making to much of a tenuous connection over two words?
Please make the new games 2D like the original. Or at least 2D gameplay in a 3D universe. Some types of games are not the same when in 3D.
Omg I love oddworld, I have burned too many nights playing it..
what started off as brief discussions in June 2009
Oddworld Inhabitants: "Hello"
Just Add Water: "Hello"
Oddworld Inhabitants: "Follow me"
Just Add Water: "Okay"
Oddworld Inhabitants: "Work!"
Just Add Water: *works*
Pffffffft! Hee hee hee.
"I'm not a quack, I'm a mad scientist! There's a difference." - Dr. Cockroach
I want the original ported to Android. (pls, kthnx). It might be too small for all the glorious detail, but damn would that be fun for the commute.
Hello?
Hello.
Follow me?
Okay.