Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee and Stranger's Wrath get PC port

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Years of console exclusivity have been broken with the news, that the Oddworld platformer Munch's Oddysee (a title which launched with the original Xbox in 2001) and the Western-themed bounty hunting shooter Stranger's Wrath will be making their way onto the PC in the near future.

In an interview with Bitmob Oddworld Inhabitants Co-Founder and Creative Director, Lorne Lanning spilled the beans.

"We are in the process of converting Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath to the PC, so that all four of the major Oddworld games will be re-releasing this winter in a package called 'The Oddbox," he explained. "This will be the Abe games, Munch, and Stranger as one package for Steam's digital distribution network, as well as a few other digital distribution outlets."

Currently there is no release date for the project. As for future Oddworld projects, Lanning leaves gamers with this message: "Regarding new material, we hope to have an announcement soon, but I’ve been saying that for awhile now so I’ll just shut up and hope for the best."

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15 Comments

Frozencry

3 years ago

Wooooooooooooooo

Awesome news, the Oddworld series was fantastic, and now I can finally try the Xbox versions out too.

Adam

3 years ago

Agreed, this is fantastic news. Now I can play Munch's Oddysee properly, as the backwards compatability on 360 with it is terrible, with no sound/voice.

Gobbzie

3 years ago

I love the Oddworld series. I remember before I bought the full game of Abes Odysee (my personal favourite) I used to play the demo over and over again. And the opening cutscene always scared me shitless no matter how many times I watched it.

I will be grabbing these for sure.

Jahanzeb

3 years ago

Strangers Wrath was amazing, one of my fav Xbox games. Such a vast and open ended adventure game.

Toastfarmer

3 years ago

Would kill to have this released on 360 ala The Orange Box, either as a physical game or just on XBLA. But Steam will do the trick, awesome news.

fupoisme

3 years ago

This is fantastic news. I was always a massive fan of the Abe games, but never had a chance to play the following Oddworld games because I never had an Xbox, and the 360 isn't backwards compatible for them. This is just such unexpected news, I can't wait for this.

Phreakuency

3 years ago

Apparently Abe is coming to PSN/XBLA which is awesome too but there was no news of Stranger coming with them. I hope it does though, Stranger was an absolutely amazing game!

RhysDeschain

3 years ago

Joy! Always wanted to play Stranger as I never had an original Xbox.

Azza

3 years ago

Loved the games; Hopefully we get a form of online multiplayer in Stranger's Oddysee. Only time will tell, I guess.

Quin

3 years ago

About damn time, I've been wanting to play these for ages,

critter2003

3 years ago

Gobbzie wrote

Me too! Played that demo so many times and the intro was definitely creepy.

Sinthesys

3 years ago

Sweet! I remember playing the first one on ps1 when I was a teenager and loving it. I was just reading about Munch's Oddysee and Stranger's Wrath the other day after the steam sale on the first 2, so this is good news.

matrix-cat

3 years ago

I knew it! They were just waiting for me to buy the first two games on Steam before announcing a bundle of all four. I do hope they'll be selling them separately, too.

bigjimmystyle

3 years ago

Awesome news, i hope the two xbox games are optimized for PC rather than just straight up ports. Been wanting to try Strangers wrath for a while now, i have heard good things.

IISpacebreakII

3 years ago

Ah I thought this company died, this is excellent news and hopefully with the added interest in Oddworld they can progress further and release more of the Oddysee Quintology.

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