The criteria for the teeshirt winners was simple: Did it amuse us? With these four winners, the answer is a definite YES!

Well done to Josh Allen for making good use of Mrs Wolowitz’s swimsuit (please get the Big Bang Theory reference). No one needed to guess you dressed up as a Slig (just kidding!). That’s a pretty cool Glockstar.


Obviously, everyone has a spare prosthetic leg lying around the house, so we were surprised there weren’t more entries for Scrabs like this one from Lachland Patterson. The creative use of cardboard from the recycling pile and those sexy velvet trousers meant it had to be in the pile.


Mad props to Laura Brown for this entry. Not only did she manage to rope in an unwitting canine test subject (how Vykkers is that?!), Laura also provided a behind-the-scenes, all-access making-of video for everyone. We even double-checked the rule book and there’s nothing in there preventing non-human entries! Little pooch Gigi makes a convincing emo-Paramite.


Last, but definitely not least, we loved this interpretation of Stranger from Patrick James Mazzu. From the home-made poncho to the bow taped to bare arm and the flash of knee flesh, he even managed to fit some real Live Ammo on there!


You can see all the entries over on our Facebook page. We’ll be sending out the winners’ prizes as soon as the winners get back to us, but we have a little something for all 19 entrants, so get in touch!

Want to offer congratulations, or think you could have done better? Leave a comment!

*whistles Indiana Jones theme*

You can grab Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD for PS3 in the sale. The title was €12.99/£9.99, and is now €6.49/£5.19 giving you some 50% off. An additional 10% off is available for PS Plus subscribers. We’re in good company, with Back to the Future, Trine and Marvel vs Capcom 2 on the list as well.

This sale is for EU only, don’t forget.

No, theses aren’t ice-packs

Competition time!

First of all, what can you win? We’ve got one of two LARGE teeshirts to give away. We’re not going to make this easy for you, though. You’ll have to earn it. In that spirit, we’ve come up with a little game we call Thrifty Cosplay. The rules are simple: dress up as your favourite Oddworld character, using only what you find in your home. If you try to cheat, we will know.

1. Take your thrifty cosplay photo.
2. Share it with us, either on the Facebook page or on Twitter. Don’t forget to include the phrase I want to win an Oddworld teeshirt.
3. Bonus points awarded for sharing the picture on your own timeline (@ mentioning OddworldOfficial) or tweeting it to everyone (yes, we’re feeling devilish today).
4. Closing date is Tuesday 30 April, 17:00 GMT.
5. We will choose our two favourite photos.
6. Our decision is final.
7. No exceptions.

The more thrifty and silly, the better. Happy cosplaying!

EDIT: We will send to anywhere in the world that takes delivery. We’ve also changed the name of the competition to reflect the insensitive nature of the original contest name. We apologise for any offence caused.

EDIT 2: Contest is now closed. We will announce winners tomorrow!

Looks like we’ve got some happy Qwertee customers!

You can check out many more over on our official Facebook page as people receive their packages all around the world. Keep ‘em coming! Tell us what other designs you’d like to see!

We even pitched in ourselves!

Once you’ve voted, let us know in the comments where you’re from and why that’s your preference!

We’ve spoken openly in the past of how OWI and the Oddworld games are platform-agnostic (as in, we release on any platform that will have our games). We announced at Eurogamer Expo 2012 that New ‘n’ Tasty will be on PS3, Vita, PC and XBLA. So why aren’t our old games on Microsoft’s console? To put it simply… Microsoft.

Here’s the short, simplified version.

When Just Add Water started work on the HD version of Stranger’s Wrath, we contacted Sony about getting the game on the PS3. We heard back from them in a matter of days, happy at the prospect of Oddworld returning to its spiritual home. Microsoft contact us shortly after we announced the PS3 version about getting the game on their  platform, but that we had to go through their submission process. It took nine weeks for Microsoft to get back to us, with a list of reasons rejecting the game for either Live Arcade or Games on Demand. Many of the requirements were easily fixable, such as adding achievements, but getting the game below the 2GB XBLA limit proved an issue. But because the original game didn’t sell over a million copies, we weren’t eligible for Games on Demand either. We also tried our luck with Munch’s Oddysee HD and ran into the same issues.

As it stands, JAW have managed to get the file size of Stranger’s Wrath HD down to below 2GB using better compression and other trickeries, yet Microsoft remain silent when we ask for an answer. All we can think is they just aren’t bothered. You can read more in the Eurogamer interview that took place in June of 2012. We are obviously very proud and happy that New ‘n’ Tasty has been approved by the XBLA approvals team over at Microsoft HQ and look forward to giving the fans on all sides the game they deserve.

Those in the US, and many parts of Europe have had the game on PS3 since just before Christmas. Fans in France, Italy, Germany and Spain (and other countries that speak those languages) are still waiting for release. This is due to both Sony and ourselves wanting localised translations in any game released in the European territories as soon as it’s on sale.

We also identified some bugs in the release version of the game, which we want to make sure are fixed and ready to update. All those fixes will be in the localised language versions when they are out.

There’s also another, fairly hefty reason for the delay which, for various reasons, we aren’t able to talk about. Suffice to say that we are working as hard as possible to bring the game to you as soon as humanly possible.

Some people have asked if they can play the localised versions in the original English language. In an ideal world, we would provide an option to play either way. Munch’s Oddysee is over 10 years old, and not only is it old code, but there are other complications like file size and other practicalities. If we can, we will.

We’ll wait until all the PS3 versions of the game are finally out before releasing on the Vita. This should mean you will get the best game possible, with as many bugs squashed as we can find.

Lastly, we will release on PC once all the console versions are out. This will be a minimum of a month after the Vita game, but probably longer. Since it’s a ways off, we will talk about that closer to the time once the roadmap is clearer.

We know we don’t have any dates just yet. We can’t promise you any, so we don’t want to disappoint.

Any questions we missed? Ask in the comments and we’ll try to answer.

Ninja Edit: Updated some slight inaccuracies.