 In 2019, the game was delayed for a 2020 release at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco when a new trailer was shown showcasing a cinematic from Soulstorm.At the 2017 Eurogamer Expo in Birmingham, Lorne Lanning revealed he's preparing to take Oddworld into new media.He hopes that studio heads will see the franchise as "a successful IP, a decades-old franchise with a loyal fan following that sells millions of units" that makes it impossible for them to resist investing in a movie or TV series.