New Oddworld on hold, old Oddworlds coming to Steam this year
by Griffin McElroy 
on Apr 25th 2010 8:00PM
A couple of years ago, Maxis co-founder Jeff Braun
decided it was a good time to start teasing us with the prospect of a new installment in the
Oddworld franchise. We've been desperately nurturing that little glimmer of hope since his announcement -- but we might have to extinguish our excitement for the time being. The series' creator, Lorne Lanning,
recently told G4TV that the next
Oddworld game has been put "on the shelf."
"There's a lot of shakeup going on [in the gaming industry]," Lanning explained, "and in that turmoil, we didn't really want to put the Oddworld brand out there in the middle of it." Looks like our
Oddworld desires will have to be sated by the
Oddbox collection, which will bring the series' four console outings to Steam later this year -- or by purchasing the first two games
on Steam together, right now, for $9.99.
