I wanted to first thank you all for your patience, it’s been a long wait I guess, but at the same time it’s been even longer for us. We’ve been working on Stranger’s Wrath, one way or another for around 15 months now. From the initial discussions, to actually starting work on the project true, to then getting it done!

As most of you may know we originally planned to release the game around Easter, to be able to do that we were to have started full development in September last year, but as it transpired, we didn’t actually start until April 2011, which gave us our hoped late Summer release; but we ended up spending another couple of months on it, so here we are DONE AND DUSTED for release.

As such I’m extremely pleased to announce that Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD will release across PAL on 21 December.

We had planned on shipping with 3DTV support, PS Move support and a few other little things, but due to time limits we are not able to bring those features in this version. However, we WILL be bringing them in an update in a couple months, along with some other little extras we’ve got planned.

One of things we’ve been asked a lot over the past few months is if Stranger’s Wrath HD has a Platinum trophy – of course it does! This is a big game and it can easily take at least 12+hrs to complete.
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Hey everyone! It’s been a while since we visited these hallowed halls to talk about our upcoming PS3 and PS Vita game Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD. If you’ve been following the game’s development closely, you may have caught our announcement that we delayed the release of Stranger’s Wrath HD on the PS3 into the summer from its intended spring release. While summer is almost at an end, we wanted to tell you that the game is in the final part of development right now. We’re in beta and fixing bugs, and doing some last-minute optimizing where we can.

It’s been a long road for us, and we’ve made a whole truck full of updates. We’ve updated EVERY one of 83 characters in the game, the vast majority of the environmental textures, and a lot of the environment geometry. We’ve also completely updated the user interface, added some easter eggs into the game, and a whole raft of unlockable extras — some never seen before, and some rarely seen.

To celebrate being at the end of the development cycle for Stranger’s Wrath, we wanted to share this trailer with you. The trailer looks great but the game looks better: you just can’t capture 60 frames-per-second action in a web trailer!

We hope you enjoy the trailer and we’ll be back very soon to share full release details with you.

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Long time no see! Since Gravity Crash Portable was launched we’ve kept our heads down while working on a bunch of stuff. During the summer we started working exclusively on Oddworld projects, and I’m here today to talk about the first title we announced: Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath.

You may have heard of this game before – it was originally released in March 2005, but we’re doing an HD remake for PSN. Recently there have been a whole raft of HD remakes coming to the PS3, and to be able to work on this project and take the definition of “HD Remake” to the next level has been a dream come true.

Not only are we revamping various aspects of the game such as texture resolution, user interface and game audio, but we’re also overhauling the character models. You’ll no doubt have seen the visual update we’ve done to the main character, Stranger. We’re updating every character in the game in similar style, and today I’d like to introduce you to a couple more.

First up we have the Clakkerz, the general population from the towns at the start of the game all the way to New Yolk City. The guy pictured above is the Store Keeper, he runs the General Store where you get to buy ammo and upgrades, and is always wise cracking, ahem, with you. A lot of my passion for this game is the story and the script, there is so much humour in there that you can’t help but laugh out loud at times!

Next we have the Grubb Natives. These guys are afraid of their own shadows and mistrust anyone, especially a tall Stranger that comes into their settlement, but is there a reason for that? Their story unfolds farther in the game.

In Stranger’s Wrath you play a bounty hunter, tracking down various villains and capturing them. To do this, you don’t use a gun but LIVE ammunition. And by “live” we really mean that – your ammo are little critters with special abilities, and at times the damned things even back chat you. So the critters sit on your crossbow and talk to you, then when the time’s right, you press the trigger and send them on their way.

This little guy is my favourite, the Chippunk, cause he’s a wise-cracking chipmunk-like guy!

Over the coming weeks and months, we will be back to talk to you more about the PS3 version of Stranger’s Wrath, including other updates and additions to the game we are making.

Thanks, and we hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Hello Gravity Crash fans,

We are back with updates on the “Design a Planet” competition.

Thank you all for taking part and for sending over such awesome game levels, we are really impressed with the level of skills and creativity, well done !

I am happy to announce the 5 winners who made it through :

• Nyoro-n who created the level “Go!Go!Go!”
• Coldmath who created the level “War or Peace”
• MiusEventnick aka PrincessMiu , creator of “Cloverleaf Valley”
• Zidanerfox, creator of ” Astroplex”
• BasketSnake, who created “Honeyland 0003″

Take a look at their great work ….

Congratulations from the SCEE and Just Add Water teams !

The winners listed above will soon receive a PSP go! and once Gravity Crash Portable is launched, we will also award them with a voucher to download the game for free.

And don’t forget that the 5 winning levels will be bundled together and offered as a FREE downloadable expansion pack for Gravity Crash Portable later this year !

Keep on playing with us !

Cristy

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To celebrate the upcoming PSP release of Gravity Crash, the intense and engaging inertia based inter-galactic action shooter on PS3, and to showcase the incredible imaginations within the Gravity Crash community, we’re launching a Creator Competition and giving YOU the chance to win some truly out-of-this-world prizes.

Your mission: Unleash your imagination on Gravity Crash through your PS3! Using the games inclusive Editor, create a mesmerizing and enjoyable level for would be space-cadets to explore, enjoy and conquer!

Your bounty: If your stellar design is one of 5 community creations hand-picked by the developers, it will be featured in Gravity Crash Portable! And, because we think that it’s important that you’re able to admire (and show off) the fruits of your creative imagination, you will receive a PSPgo and a copy of the game, too.

How to enter:

Create a level using the Level Editor in Gravity Crash and publish it to the community in the game (from your PSN connected PS3).

When you’ve published your level, submit the details in a message on the forum (in the competition entry thread on the forum), making sure to include the following information in your message:

- Your PSN Online ID (ID must match the account used to publish the level and the account used to enter the level)

- Name of your level

The closing date for all entries is 23:59 BST on 15/04/2010.

Competition info:

All entered creations will be judged after the closing date for their creative flair, level of functionality and innovativeness. The 5 winners will be selected by the developers, Just Add Water. Winners will be contacted by email and an announcement will be made on the Blog once the winners have been contacted.

An add-on pack for Gravity Crash Portable will be released featuring the 5 winning levels.

Make sure to read the full terms and conditions of the competition prior to entry and may the best levels win!

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