 After the release of "Stranger's Wrath", Lanning initiated a case to audit the publishing deal his company maintained, with respect to royalties, and it was discovered that there were "millions and millions of dollars of error not in our favour," and chose to give EA an ultimatum of paying the money or giving back 100% of his company and all its associated IPs, the latter resulting.Unfortunately, ditching their publisher came at a cost—the loss of finance for game development, marketing and distribution.Without being able to fund it themselves, Oddworld Inhabitants could not continue to produce games.