Oddworld: Soulstorm is full of flashy graphics and explosions.
Oddworld: Soulstorm is full of flashy graphics and explosions.
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Oddworld: Soulstorm hands-on preview — Stealthy rescues in an industrial nightmare

Lorne Lanning, cofounder of Oddworld Inhabitants, gave me a good look at Oddworld: Soulstorm about a month ago. I talked to him about the next game in the Oddworld series, which is a re-imagining of the 1998 title Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus.

But more recently I had a chance to play the game, which is coming out in 2020. This title is a re-imagining of the original game, which lacked the budget and development time to fulfill Lanning’s original ambitions. With the success of 2014’s Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty, Oddworld’s team, including executive producer Benny Terry, has been able to add a lot more gameplay.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.