Earthworm Jim no esta muerto! Solo andaba de parranda

Earthworm Jim esta de vuelta!

O bueno... mas bien, lo estara en una fecha aun no confirmada.

Douglas TenNapel, el creador de Earthworm Jim (ese jueguito plataformero que pego mucho en los 90s en el SNES, Genesis, y PC) firmo el día de hoy un contrato con Interplay para revivir al viejo pero aun GRROOOVY! personaje.

Actuando como "consultor creativo", TenNapel e Interplay lanzaran al mercado un nuevo juego de Earthworm Jim (el cuarto), mas una nueva serie de dibujos animados y una pelicula. Aun no se sabe ni un detalle sobre las fechas.

Una noche bastante retro la de hoy. Primero Splatterhouse, luego Earthworm Jim? Caramba, luego diran que viene un nuevo Altered Beast! (No, esa basura de Altered Beast para PS2 no cuenta)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April 22, 2008 — Interplay Entertainment Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: IPLY) announced today that the company signed a partnership arrangement with Earthworm Jim creator Douglas TenNapel to relaunch the videogame icon.

TenNapel will serve as a creative consultant on Earthworm Jim 4, and will simultaneously develop an animated series and feature film to expand the well known brand.

TenNapel created the original Earthworm Jim character, which Interplay developed into a video game with Shiny Studios for the Sega Genesis console in 1994. The game became an immediate hit, and later spawned sequels on various computer and video game platforms, including Earthworm Jim 2, Earthworm Jim 3D, and Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy.

The iconic character became a virtual hero whose popularity took him far beyond video games into TV and toys. An animated Earthworm Jim television series, produced by TenNapel, aired for two seasons from 1995 to 1996, on The Kids WB! with Dan Castellaneta of "The Simpsons" providing the voice for the title character.

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[Via Kotaku]