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Citizen Siege correspondence

Originaly e-mailed by Mwa!
To Oddworld Inhabitants.

I've got some questions That I desperatley want an answer for:

1. Games! Games! Games! Will there be any more Oddworld games after the
movie?
2. When will the new site be up on the net?
3. When it is will you re-open 'Ask Alf'?

Can you also fill me in on a bit of Citizen Siege info.

Please reply to this e-mail

From the Australian fan who owns all 4 games and the 'book of art',

Jimmy Barnes....

[Not to be confused with John Howard]

Reply:

Originaly e-mailed by Matt Lee [info@oddworld.com]

Hi Jimmy,

Phew! You had us scared for a minute... but you're not actually John
Howard! (Whom we don't quite agree with on most things ;-)

To answer your questions - there will be more Oddworld games, but the
company is focused on getting Citizen Siege and the game that goes with
it - finished first. We hope to see the film out in late 2009... but it
is a tremendous effort and that target date may change.

The Oddworld stories are valued greatly by us here at Oddworld. While
there may be a gap in time before new ones, you can bet that Sherry and
Lorne worked very hard to secure all of the rights to the Oddworld
stories and games and are also intensely dedicated to doing a lot more
with the brand in the years to come.

There are also discussions on how to make these games LEGALLY available
for digital distribution. Still in discussions on the best way to make
this happen and finding the right partners.

Regarding Citizen Siege... beyond what you're able to read on the web,
at this time we are still unable to talk about the film and game. We
are moving along with the development of both the film and the game...
and hope to have some announcement soon.

We're also waiting for some additional announcements before the new site
is launched.

Sorry we can't be more specific with information at this time, but we
hope you'll be patient and hang in there!

Matt Lee

Oh. By the way. I changed my name to 'Jimmy Barnes' for privacy reasons.

This is some helpful information (digital distribution? Interesting) and supportive words from OWI.

http://www.oddworldforums.net/showthread.php?t=15783

2009? Oh, okay. It will sure worth the waiting! :)

Thanks for the information, mate.

3 years? Sheesh. Mind you, it's been 6 years since MO. Only half that wait again.

Late 2009 is closer to two years away.

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3 years? Sheesh. Mind you, it's been 6 years since MO. Only half that wait again.

and 2 years since Stranger. Nearly twice that wait.

Keep in mind CS wants to be controversial so it might have some problems to be released ;)

'nother reply...

Future games can be a variety of both, depending on what system they are built for. There are ongoing discussions to see the 2D Abe games brought to PSP and other handheld devices. This is still to be determined.

The Citizen Siege game is still considering what the best platform will be. Digital Distribution is possible for PC players. Oddworld wants to connect directly with gamers and cut out the publishers and the retailers who stand between the creators and the customers. At least, these are the discussions that are currently being had. Cannot reveal more about any of this at this time.

Hope this has been helpful,

ML