EA announces Oddworld Stranger date

By Tom Bramwell Published 9 July, 2004

Inhabiting 2005, it seems. Oddly. (Don't call me Odd Lee.)

Electronic Arts has confirmed that Oddworld Inhabitants next title, Oddworld Stranger, which is picked up the rights to last month, will debut on PS2 and Xbox next spring.

The post-Munch's Odyssey title, which is now multi-format as opposed to Xbox-only as it was under the terms of Microsoft's exclusivity agreement (the deal that helped coin the term "money hat", fact fans), sees the player don the heavy weaponry of 'Stranger', a "rough and tumble bounty hunter who tracks down outlaws for moolah".

It's also "the first game that has been an enjoyable experience for me to work on throughout the entire production" according to Oddworld Inhabitants top banana Lorne Lanning, which certainly bodes well.

You can read more about Oddworld Stranger in our preview from t'other month here.

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Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (3) Latest comment 8 years ago

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  • Clive_Dunn #1 8 years ago

    Xbox version looks as good as anything I've seen so far, a real shame EA has delayed it to be a simultaneous release with what will be an inevitably piss-poor PS2 conversion.

  • IronGiant #2 8 years ago

    /watches tumbleweed tumble past... the response to this thread seems to back up MS's decision to drop Lorne Lanning and crew. Unless they have created something really fantastic this game will sink without a trace.

  • Nikanoru #3 8 years ago

    sees the player don the heavy weaponry of 'Stranger', a "rough and tumble bounty hunter who tracks down outlaws for moolah"

    Great, another great original series generified. The kiddies want guns, not telepathy. Shit.