Oddworld confirmed

The co-founded of Maxis, Jeff Braun, has confirmed that a new Oddworld title is in development.

Braun this week confirmed his involvement with the title, working with developers Oddworld Inhabitants.

This will come as a surprise to anyone who remembers the developer's founder, Lorne Lanning, announcing its retirement from the games industry and venture into film production in 2005.

"They're such a talented group of people and I really trust their ability to create compelling content," said Braun of Oddworld Inhabitants.

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (which came before the most recent Oddworld title, Stranger's Wrath) was one of the titles used to show off the next-gen abilities of the first Xbox, and Braun talked up a "revolutionary new 3D animation system" to be utilised in the new game, too.

"The rendering tools are getting so good now for 3D animation that you can literally create a linear animation and create a video game using the exact same objects," said Braun. "The tools are finally getting to the level where we can come out with a show and we can come up with a game." No gameplay details or platforms were specified.

However, don't expect to be playing the game any time soon, the game is apparently undergoing a "slow and measured production schedule" meaning we might not see this game on shop shelves for a few years yet.

Source: CVG