Ninjabee have this morning revealed the ‘spiritual successor’ to Xbox Live Arcade’s excellent platformer, Cloning Clyde.
Titled Ancients of Ooga, information is currently sparse, but the press release as detailed on Ninjabee’s dev blog follows.
OREM, Utah – Aug. 31, 2009 – NinjaBee and J. Kenworthy Entertainment, the creative team that envisioned and developedCloning Clyde for Xbox LIVE Arcade, revealed today the title of their next XBLA game - Ancients of Ooga. Along with this announcement the developers also unveiled the first piece of concept art from the upcoming title.
“Ever since we released Cloning Clyde we’ve been bombarded with requests for a sequel,” said John Nielson, founder of J. Kenworthy Entertainment. “Although Ancients of Ooga is not a sequel to Cloning Clyde, it is what we like to call a spiritual successor because of how heavy an influence Cloning Clydehad on its creation. Just like Cloning Clyde, Ancients of Ooga is going to bring originality, humor, its own unique artistic style, and extremely creative gameplay to Xbox Live Arcade.”
Cloning Clyde was originally released in July of 2006. No release date has yet been announced for Ancients of Ooga.
Take a look at their blog for some concept art too.
With Band of Bugs, A Kingdom for Keflings and Outpost Kaloki X also to their name as some of the most unique games on the service, hopes are high for this one.
