Just Add Water (company)

Just Add Water (Developments), Ltd.
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 April 2015, Oddworld Inhabitants announced that a ground up remake of Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is in the planning stages and more information about the project will be announced later.[6]

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." [7]

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[8] Multidirectional shooter PlayStation Vita
2015 I am Bread[9] Platform PlayStation 4
2015 Volume[10] Stealth game PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
TBA Untitled PlayStation VR game[11] TBA PlayStation 4

References

  1. ↑ "Location". Just Add Water (Dev) Ltd.
  2. ↑ : (2009-06-13). "Gravity Crash announced for PlayStation Network". Videogamesblogger.com. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  3. ↑ - By Stephen Johnson (2010-07-16). "Just Add Water Working On Multiple Oddworld Projects". G4tv.com. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  4. ↑ Kietzmann, Ludwig (2010-09-03). "Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath remake coming to PS3 in 2011". Joystiq. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
  5. ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-30-oddworld-abes-oddysee-new-n-tasty-revealed-at-eurogamer-expo
  6. ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/articles/oddworld-abe-s-exoddus-remake-is-brewing/1100-6426606/ Gamespot Abe's Exxodus Remake Announced
  7. ↑ http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/27/just-add-water-pitches-for-metal-gear-solid-remake
  8. ↑ ""Gravity Crash Ultra" Coming To PlayStation VITA". Just Add Water. 2013-08-20. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  9. ↑ "I am Bread Delivers Fresh-Baked Gaming Goodness on PlayStation 4 This Summer". Just Add Water. 2015-06-04. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  10. ↑ "Oddworld developer handling PS4 and Vita versions of Mike Bithell’s Volume". 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  11. ↑ "Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty! Dev Teases Project Morpheus Development". VR Focus. 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
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