Just Add Water (company)
| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Otley, England, United Kingdom |
Key people | Stewart Gilray |
| Products |
Gravity Crash Oddworld (HD) |
Number of employees | 16 |
| Website | jawltd.com |
Just Add Water is an Independent video game developer based in Otley, West Yorkshire,[1] United Kingdom. Founded by Stewart Gilray in 2006, Just Add Water has worked on different titles for the PlayStation 3 and PC, notably the Oddworld series. They have teamed up with Oddworld Inhabitants, to recreate the series in high definition as well as working on new installments in the series.
History
Just Add Water was founded in 2006 by Stewart Gilray. Since then the company has developed Gravity Crash, a PlayStation Network exclusive for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.[2]
On July 16, 2010, Just Add Water announced they would start work on multiple Oddworld projects.[3] On September 3, 2010, Just Add Water announced they would be updating Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath in HD with enhanced 720p visuals, more detailed character models, remastered dialogue, PlayStation Move Support and "additional bonus material."[4] A collection containing all four original games called the Oddbox, for Steam service was released on December 20, 2010. Both Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath made their debut on Windows PC with updates including Steamworks, which integrated new features including stats and Steam Achievements.
Just Add Water released Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD for the PlayStation Network on December 21 in Europe and December 28 in North America. They have released an HD Remake of Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD for the PlayStation Network which was released on December 19 in Europe and on Christmas Eve 2012 in North America.
The next new instalments will be a 2D HD re-make of the Abe's Oddysee game, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! is to come out in the Summer of 2014 and had a public showing of a pre-alpha footage at Eurogamer Expo 2012.[5] They have announced that they will complete Oddworld: Hand of Odd, which is a real time strategy online game which was halted in the early 2000s, and it shall be released as a Free To Play title. Oddworld Inhabitants have also stated that 'Squeek's Oddysee' is in pre-production phases, with Just Add Water as the developer.
In 2013, Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series, asked if a developer would remake the first Metal Gear Solid on the current Fox Engine. Just Add Water sent a letter to Hideo Kojima for permission to work on this project, saying that "we really, really want to do it." [6]
Games
| Release Date | Titles | Genre | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Gravity Crash | Multidirectional shooter | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable |
| 2011 | Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD | First-person/Third-person action-adventure | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows |
| 2012 | Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD | Platform | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita |
| 2014 | Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! | Side-scrolling, Platform | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox One |
| 2014 | Gravity Crash Ultra[7] | Multidirectional shooter | PlayStation Vita |
References
- ↑ "Location". Just Add Water (Dev) Ltd.
- ↑ : (2009-06-13). "Gravity Crash announced for PlayStation Network". Videogamesblogger.com. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ↑ July 16, 2010 - By Stephen Johnson (2010-07-16). "Just Add Water Working On Multiple Oddworld Projects". G4tv.com. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ↑ Kietzmann, Ludwig (2010-09-03). "Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath remake coming to PS3 in 2011". Joystiq. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-30-oddworld-abes-oddysee-new-n-tasty-revealed-at-eurogamer-expo
- ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/27/just-add-water-pitches-for-metal-gear-solid-remake
- ↑ ""Gravity Crash Ultra" Coming To PlayStation VITA". Just Add Water. 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
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