Lorne Lanning Archives

Abe's success led to more work for Oddworld Inhabitants.

Oddworld creator explains how success is a treadmill for game developers

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 13, 2022
2 min

In 1997, developer Oddworld Inhabitants released Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee to an enthusiastic response from PlayStation owners. Oddworld founder Lorne Lanning expected that his team’s...

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2 min

Oddworld: Soulstorm coming to PlayStation on April 6

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 25, 2021
2 min

The long wait for Oddworld: Soulstorm is over soon, as Oddworld Inhabitants said the game is coming April 6 on the PlayStation platform. CEO...

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Oddworld: Soulstorm is full of flashy graphics and explosions.

How Lorne Lanning re-imagined Abe’s Exoddus as Oddworld: Soulstorm

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2019
23 min

Oddworld Inhabitants has been telling the interactive story of Abe for more than two decades. And now it has shown off the first look...

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23 min

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a 3D sidescroller action game.

Oddworld: Soulstorm first look — An ambitious retelling of a classic anti-capitalism fable

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 13, 2019
5 min

Oddworld: Soulstorm is the next game in the Oddworld series. It is a re-imagining of the 1998 title Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus, and it is...

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5 min

Lorne Lanning shows off Oddworld Soulstorm at Unity event.

Oddworld: Soulstorm visuals debuted at Unity event

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 19, 2019
1 min

Lorne Lanning, the father of the long-running Oddworld video game series, showed off a scene from Oddworld: Soulstorm, a new game coming in 2020....

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1 min

Oddworld's Lorne Lanning bets that fans will love a 3D re-creation of Abe's Oddysee (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 31, 2014
16 min

Abe is back on the menu thanks to some scrappy thinking from creator Lorne Lanning.

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16 min

Why Lorne Lanning went from triple-A games to indie — and loudly loves it (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 26, 2013
14 min

In the old days, Lanning's company made $7 on a $60 console game. Now he makes $7 on a $10 digital game. And he controls his destiny.

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14 min

The HD remake of Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee looks better than your memories

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
October 1, 2012
1 min

Developer Oddworld Inhabitants is rebuilding the PlayStation classic from scratch for a new generation of players.

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1 min

Gamers at Work reveals the risks and emotional complications in entrepreneurship (interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 3, 2012
3 min

Gamers at Work is a collection of interviews with some of the game industry's most iconic founders, developers, and entrepreneurs. It's also a handy guide for aspiring business people hoping to break into games.

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3 min