EA Gets Stranger with Oddworld News

EA today announced that it has secured an agreement with Oddworld Inhabitants for the worldwide publishing rights to the next Oddworld title, currently under the provisional titles of STRANGER.

Scheduled for release in 2005, the new title marks a return to the Playstation as EA confirmed that the game will be released for both the Playstation2 and Xbox.

Thankfully weâ??ve been able to decipher a few specific details on the title for the first time, as STRANGER promises to offer a combination of traditional genres and mixes it with their own unique twist. Players take the role of Stranger, a Western styled bounty hunter, who chases outlaws throughout the enthralling new frontier of the Oddworld universe, as he comes to grips with the true nature in the hunt for the ultimate bounty.

Weâ??ll have more details on STRANGER soon.