Last week, we posted the news that Maxis co-founder Jeff Braun had confirmed a new Oddworld game, and there was much rejoicing. Now the head of Oddworld Inhabitants, Lorne Lanning, has added his own confirmation.
"I can confirm that we're working with Jeff on Oddworld stuff," stated Lanning. "That's all I can say at this time. [Braun] was giving a talk to a school, but there hasn't been a formal announcement, yet."
For me, Oddworld Inhabitants was a tragic creative failure. Originally designed as a quintology, we only ever got two official titles in the series, Abe's Odyssey and Munch's Odyssey. There were other spin-off games (the last game being '05's Stranger's Wrath), but the project was canceled before its grand designs could ever be close to realized. Oddworld Inhabitants scrapped the idea when they decided to move into animated films, which was a real shame as the games and universe were excellent.
With a ridiculous six games unfinished, there's plenty for the team to be getting on with. Will we finally get Squeek's Odyssey? Sligstorm? Hand of Odd? Probably none of those, but I'm going to wait expectantly for a quality Oddworld game regardless. It's been far, far too long.
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6:09 AM on 05.27.2008
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So long to wait!
I'd love to travel through oddworld in high-def!
There are only 3 more games in the quintology though, not six (that'd make it an octology).
*Crosses fingers*
C'mon, Wii...
So boo on what is most certainly a game made with mostly outsourced talent! Bad for us good for India or Korea!
Ah, nothing beats the sight of a depressed Mudokon slapping himself to death. Reminds me of summer...
I'll definitely look into this when some info comes rollin' out!
But for now, Maxis: STFU MOAR SPORE!
Nope. Abe's Exodus is officially a spin-off game. The "proper" Oddworld games were five titles each revolving around a brand new character. The fact that this idea derailed after the first game was probably proof that it wasn't going to work. Not that Abe's Exodus is a bad game, it's a fucking stellar game -- it just deviated from the plan ridiculously quickly because they realized they could make a few more bucks out of the Abe character.
That being said, I hope they do a Strangers Wrath 2 as it was left wide open for a sequel.