In one of those delay announcements we’d all already accepted, Oddworld Inhabitants has noted that its epic new adventureOddworld: Soulstormwill not meet its 2020 release window and will now launch on PS4, PS5, and PC (via Epic Games Store) in the spring of 2021.

Originally revealedat E3 earlier this year,Oddworld: Soulstormis the next entry in the cultOddworldfantasy franchise, and sees Mudokan hero Abe return for more one-man-warfare against the greedy capitalist pigs that make up the Glukkons and their Magog Cartel.

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Following on from the events of 1997’sAbe’s Oddysee, Oddworld: Soulstormwill tell the next chapter of Abe’s revolution, as he wills and leads his people in an uprising against those who would wish extinction upon them. You can check outSoulstorm’spuzzle-solving, platforming action in the trailer below, premiered at last night’s Game Awards.

Oddworldfans have been waiting quite some time for a new major release within the long-running series, and while delays are always a little disappointing, a couple more months might be just what Oddworld Inhabitants needs to make Abe’s latest exodus one for the ages.

The ghost at the end of the hallway

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse