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Conjoshus
10-30-2006, 11:00 AM
This Variety article reveals that Oddworld Inhabitants, developers of the acclaimed Oddworld series of console action games, have revealed their new project titled Citizen Siege. The company actually left full time video game development nearly two years ago but now they and Vanguard Animation are developing this adult oriented CGI movie which will also have a video game tie-in project. The movie is described as a "dark political thriller set in the near future".
Xephion
10-30-2006, 12:28 PM
Interesting...Oddworld's CG was always awesome.
Conjoshus
10-30-2006, 12:34 PM
Yeah, but I'm not that happy that they aren't a full time game development company anymore. Stranger's Wrath was one of the most unique games I've played in a long time. Munch's Oddyssee was also really fun, but nothing compared to Stranger's Wrath.
Xephion
10-30-2006, 12:38 PM
What that could be interpreted as is that they will be making games and movies now...nothing too disappointing in my opinion since plenty of companies dip into other industries. This could just be them growing.
Conjoshus
10-30-2006, 01:01 PM
it already took them longer than Bungie to release new games... now if they make movies too...
Xephion
10-30-2006, 02:18 PM
Yet everything they made did really well. Microsoft should just talk them into making some exclusive Oddworld games for X360. They can be very persuasive!
Conjoshus
10-30-2006, 02:23 PM
Yet everything they made did really well. Microsoft should just talk them into making some exclusive Oddworld games for X360. They can be very persuasive!

Microsoft had them tied to an exclusive 4 game deal with Oddworld games. Munch's Oddysee was the first of the deal.. but they didn't sell as well as Microsoft wanted (they wanted a system seller) so they let them out of the contract. EA picked them up and put out Stranger's Wrath on Xbox and PS2 (as far as I know that's it). It didn't do very well even though it is one of (if not the) the best games I've played by them.

Microsoft doesn't care about them anymore... which sucks. That's probably why they downsized like crazy because Munch and Stranger didn't do what they needed them to.

Microsoft also killed their Kung Fu Chaos team due to poor sales... that game kicked all kinds of ass! It should have been the party game, forget about Fuzion "boring-ass" Frenzy.
Xephion
10-30-2006, 03:31 PM
I've always hated Fusion Frenzy...
Conjoshus
10-30-2006, 03:50 PM
I've always hated Fusion Frenzy...

Fusion Frenzy is ok... but when you play against the computer.. they are ungodly difficult. If it's with four people, it can be a lot of fun.
jp
11-01-2006, 01:35 AM
Microsoft also killed their Kung Fu Chaos team due to poor sales... that game kicked all kinds of ass! It should have been the party game, forget about Fuzion "boring-ass" Frenzy.


Which is fucked up because Just Add Monsters was the shit! Or rather, Kung Fu Chaos was the shit! I fuckin' love that game. Wish it was backwards compatible.



And when the hell are we getting that update!? Gah!
Conjoshus
11-01-2006, 09:28 AM
Good question... all my theories were wrong about that... I'm sure it'll be sometime before the PS3 drops or day of.