I just discoverd this has already been posted, so I hope you didn't get your hopes up...
I found this news in the Febuary 2003 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly.
Details on Next Oddworld
"The third part of the Oddworld quintology (Abe's Exoddus on PS1 was merely a side story) is in development for Xbox. Details are scant, but The Q-meister has dug up some startiling facts about this next installment, which occurs after the events in Munch's Oddysee. Brace yourself, because it's a little... well, weird. Apperently, it involves a half-monkey, half-horse, centaurish main character who's got a psycic connection to (get ready for it...) his boat. Yes, I said boat. Your job is to transport some "things" down a river in said boat. The monkey-horse man and his talking thinking sentient boat have gameplay relationship similar to Ico's (from Sony's Ico) relationship between the mute princess Yorda. (Or is it more of a Katt/Micheal Knight relationship? Hmmm....) In fact, The Q hears that Oddworld's brainchild, Lorne Lanning, found the inspiration for this new direction from Ico."
[Source: "Quatermann" at Electronic Gaming Monthly- Game Gossip & Speculation]
Sure, this is a rumor, but this is no joke... SERIOUSLY!!
