Well, we all know thatEarthworm Jim 4is being developed — Shiny Entertainment founder David Perry has beendropping hintsabout it since 2007 andInterplayhas been doing its best to stay in the headlines with its “revival.” When series founder Doug TenNapel let it be known that he’d beconsulting Interplay on the project,Earthworm Jim 4was good as announced, except there hasn’t been the slightest hint of an update in over a year.
YesterdayGameloft and Interplay announcedthat the Annelid Avenger would be coming to digital download services on the three major systems, with Xbox Live Arcade getting a month of exclusivity. The fact that bothEarthworm Jim 1and2are already on the Virtual Console led some people to hope that we might be seeing an all newEarthworm Jimgame, daring to dream that Interplay had taken a page out ofMega Man 9‘s book.
Well, it’s my displeasure to announce that those (admittedly naive) hopes were summarily b*tchslapped today by Gameloft:speaking to G4, they made it clear the game in question is a remake of the firstEWJthat hit the Super Nintendo and Genesis in 1994.
If you’re excited about playingEWJagain, then I’m excited for you. Call me when Shiny lets me play something new.
[ViaGoNintendo]
