A new instalment in the long-running Oddworld platform-action series isn't happening anytime soon, despite the prospect of older games in the franchise being re-released for this year.

G4 spoke with series creator Lorne Lanning who explained that developing a new Oddworld game is low on a long list of priorities.

"There's a lot of things on the shelf right now...there's a lot of shakeup going on and in that turmoil, we didn't really want to put the Oddworld brand out there in the middle of it, so we're working on some other things that we'll be announcing shortly."

A collection of Oddworld games entitled The Oddbox will be released sometime this year via as consolation.

By Tracy Erickson