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DRM-free classic gaming digital download store Good Old Games adds yet another star to their stellar lineup with the addition of the beloved Oddworld Inhabitants series.
Oddworld Inhabitants Lorne Lanning thinks that Consoles are a big problem for games developers.
“Personally, I think the consoles are a problem”, he told GamesDeveloper.bizGameDaily, “Years ago I was excited about consoles, but anything that makes development more expensive, rather than better, faster, cheaper, I think is a step backwards”.
“I’m more excited about what I see happening on PC because I see it allowing for more smaller games to be sold that can be delivered to anyone who’s connected at much lower price points”.
I think what he is getting at is that you can just write a game for a PC and release it — you don’t have to negotiate with LIVE or PSN, for example — and use the Internet to get the code out to whatever niche audience you like.
This may be the case, but if you are developing a big title (like, say, a new Oddworld game) surely the big money sink is in the creative side of the IP? All that artwork, music and writing — plus the code, of course. Is the open nature of the PC that much of a boon when you have multiple graohics cards to support?
‘Consoles Are a Problem,’ says Lorne Lanning [GameDaily]
Oh. Turns out my urge to exercise caution last week was completely unnecessary. Oddworld Inhabitants boss Lorne Lanning has confirmed that, yes, a new Oddworld game is in development, and yes, Jeff Braun is working on it. Lanning had nothing else to add, not even a working title, so your imagination’s going to need to fill in the gaps on its own.
Lanning confirms new Oddworld title [Gamesindustry.biz]
Could be. Speaking at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, Jeff Braun, co-founder of Maxis, announced that he’s working with Oddworld Inhabitants on a new Oddworld title. Thing is, Oddworld Inhabitants cut out internal game development years ago, and CordWeekly, the university’s paper reporting on his talk, didn’t provide any further details on the specifics of the announcement. Are EA (or somebody else) taking over development of the series (they only published Stranger’s Wrath)? Is this meant to tie-in with Oddworld’s movie project, Citizen Siege? Who knows. And until we know more, Oddworld fans might want to keep their kickers untwisted.
Maxis co-founder speaks at Laurier [CordWeekly, via Gamasutra]
