Ironic that an alt-right plucko is behind a game series about enslavement, racism, capitalism, and escaping it all.
I remember reading about the games back in the 90's, these games are actually really grim. If you sit down and read what he was talking about and what the game was about it really did open the eyes a bit.
I think the Oddworld series is some kind of money laundering scheme. It has existed for years but I've never heard about anyone buying it aside from things like this.
Oddworld closed their doors because they got fucked by Microsoft. Literally the company accountant just said you need to shut it down, there isn't any money left. So they did. They got a raw deal twice from publishers so they waiting for self publishing to become a thing. Activision tried to acquire their IP but the offer was so low that they were literally told to go fuck themselves. Sherry and Lorne waited for things like Steam, PSN, XBL etc. to bring Oddworld back and away from publishers who mess with their creative vision.
Another company had been working on remaking Abe's Oddysey but they were really beginning to take the piss and making very little progress which is where Just Add Water came in.