A new Oddworld title hasn’t been seen on home consoles since 2005, but don’t worry, Just Add Water is looking to make it up to fans by releasing four new projects within the franchise this year alone.
From GamesIndustry.biz: "Stewart Gilray, the founder and CEO of long-running UK developer Just Add Water has died.
Gilray has led the company for over 15 years, overseeing its growth as a provider of production and development services to various studios across the UK, including Codemasters, Rebellion and Bossa."
Sad news ... I was following his conditions on twitter. He was suffering from Covid-induced breathing problems.
RIP.
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Why does this comment have so many dislikes? The OP just said his death is sad and cited the cause, which is also in the article:
"He was hospitalised with COVID-19 on December 20 and, after fighting it for the past few weeks, passed away today."
The first reply is someone saying he would have died anyway because "No one dies of having cov only". C'mon, lads.
Don't you know? COVID is nothing more than a strong cold, and no one dies from it. It's all government and WHO propaganda to control people's lives. (Obviously sarcasm, but nowadays this has to be mentioned sadly.)
@bouzebbal
Why are the dumbest people also the loudest? I’m glad your experience was a mild one but that doesn’t mean… eh, nevermind. Enjoy being stupid. Im sure its a blissful existence.
@bouzebbal: I worked on a covid ward during wave 1 and 2 in the UK and yes the majority who passed away did have underlying problems. It's a nasty illness though, watching people unable to breath even with oxygen was heart breaking. Plus they died alone as families weren't allowed in. Don't dismiss what it can do, we still had healthy young adults on oxygen who were very sick. It still haunts me what I witnessed.
@bouzeball
Nothing makes my eyes roll harder than "muh free speech", get lost with that cop out bs lol.
Sad news, I started to follow his work when JAW were given the Oddworld remake project and continued to follow their work afterwards. He was one of the good guys in the industry - RIP.
Gamerhub sat down with Stewart Gilray, CEO of Just Add Water for a nice chat about the gaming industry and his incredible career so far!
PlayStationing writes: "The gaming world was a little shocked to hear the announcement from Tequila Works that they had reacquired their IP for RiME from Sony. However, it seems that Stewart Gilray of Just Add Water looks like he is interested in helping the studio out."
I would advise everyone to read this before feeling anything for Rime.
http://m.neogaf.com/showpos...
Wish there was formal legalities where they can fine developers for false advertising. That's irritating for expecting and getting excited for something that doesn't exist.
Something has to be done because any game shown in preview can possibly be faked. That makes me less interested for all trade shows. It's like who can you trust?
I forgot about this game. It's a damn shame it seems to be in development hell. At least Sony didn't scrap the IP entirely and gave it back to Tequila Works. I don't feel like anticipating this game anymore. It might not even get released
Yeah I knew something was wrong with development. I guess it's time to move on.
There is something really wrong being as no real updates or gameplay exist from a game announced in 2013
I was looking forward to this game, loved the artstyle but now I honestly fear we will never see it finished.
Hopefully this means one game, with three DLC packs. Not four crappy downloadable mini-games or something.
Make up for lost time!
Sweet love these games got munch again last year to playthrough as I had completed the Abe games again look forward to the next one.
I want games: one for Wii, one for 3DS, one for X360&Ps3 and one could be for DS :)
I want a new Oddworld game for PS3, not an HD remake