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It's been more than three years since we last frolicked about in
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, but according to Maxis co-founder Jeff Braun a new game set in Lorne Lanning's
Oddworld universe is currently in the works. According to Wilfrid Laurier University student newspaper
The Cord Weekly, Braun confirmed his involvement with developers Oddworld Inhabitants on the project during a presentation at the school earlier this week.
Few details were revealed about the upcoming game, though Braun noted that the title will feature a "revolutionary new 3-D animation system" and "cinematic quality on a '1 to 1 scale' to that of computer-generated motion pictures," adding that the same assets could be used to create both a video game and film version in parallel.
This isn't the first time talk of CG features and
Oddworld have been mentioned in the same breath, with Lorne Lanning himself
refocusing his company in 2005 to create both games and accompanying CG movies, the first of which
was announced a year later as
Citizen Siege. However, as that title has yet to see the light of day, it doesn't exactly surprise us that Braun admits that the next
Oddworld release could be "years" away from seeing retail shelves, and may even be released in an episodic format when it's all said and done.
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