If you're among those that enjoyed Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, the remake of the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (that's been hitting platforms left, right and centre in recent months), you'll no doubt be delighted to hear that creators Oddworld Inhabitants has just announced a new game in the series, Oddworld: Soulstorm.
Nothing has been confirmed as yet, but from the description of the game offered on this teaser site it sounds like a reworking of Oddworld: Exoddus. Here's an outline of the upcoming title, which apparently will pick up with New 'n' Tasty left off:
Having defeated Molluck The Glukkon, his former boss and RuptureFarms' meanest inhabitant, Abe soon finds himself - along with 300 newly emancipated Mudokons - without food, water or a place to call home. Stranded alone in the desert, they find solace in a strange new brew - a delicious drink that has insidious ramifications for their newfound freedom.
On the site it has been described as "a complete story retake inspired by our original tale" with "intelligent new mechanics, twisted new devices enabling highly explosive deviousness." Sounds delightful.
"There was a deeper, darker, and more sinister story that we never got to tell," Lorne Lanning revealed. "Soulstorm gives us the opportunity to flesh out more meat on the bones of an original spine, but re-tell the fable from a very different angle."
"Abe has a long way to go and plenty more adversity ahead. Soulstorm is going to be a much heavier trip for him."
Soulstorm is scheduled to land sometime in the second half of 2017, so there's plenty of time for the developers (who are working with Firma Studio) to whip something up worthy of the Oddworld name.