Just Add Water (company)

Just Add Water (Development) Limited is an independent video game developer based in Leeds, England.[1] Founded by Stewart Gilray in 2006, Just Add Water has worked on different titles for the PlayStation 3 and PC, notably the Oddworld series. They have teamed up with Oddworld Inhabitants, to recreate the series in high definition as well as working on new installments in the series.

Just Add Water (Development) Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded24 October 2006 (2006-10-24)
Headquarters
Leeds
,
England
Key people
  • Stewart Gilray (CEO)
  • Steven Caslin (CTO)
Products
Number of employees
25
Websitewww.jawltd.com

History

Just Add Water was founded in 2006 by Stewart Gilray. The company has developed Gravity Crash, a PlayStation Network exclusive for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable.[2]

On 16 July 2010, Just Add Water announced they would start work on multiple Oddworld projects.[3] On 3 September 2010, Just Add Water announced they would be updating Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath in HD with enhanced 720p visuals, more detailed character models, remastered dialogue, PlayStation Move Support and "additional bonus material."[4] A collection containing all four original games called the Oddbox, for Steam service was released on 20 December 2010. Both Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath made their debut on Windows PC with updates including Steamworks, which integrated new features including stats and Steam Achievements.

Just Add Water released Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD for the PlayStation Network on 21 December in Europe and 28 December in North America. They have released an HD Remake of Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD for the PlayStation Network which was released on 19 December in Europe and on Christmas Eve 2012 in North America.

One of the next new instalments is a 2D HD remake of the Abe's Oddysee game, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! came out in the Summer of 2014 and had a public showing of pre-alpha footage at Eurogamer Expo 2012.[5] They have announced that they will complete Oddworld: Hand of Odd, which is a real-time strategy online game which was halted in the early 2000s, and it shall be released as a free-to-play title. Oddworld Inhabitants have also stated that 'Squeek's Oddysee' is in pre-production phases, with Just Add Water as the developer. In April 2015, Oddworld Inhabitants announced that an all-new remake of Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is in the planning stages and more information about the project will be announced later.[6]

Games
Release date Titles Genre Platform(s)
2009 Gravity Crash Multidirectional shooter PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
2011 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD First-person/Third-person action-adventure PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Windows
2012 Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD Platform PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
2014 Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! Side-scrolling, Platform PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox One
2014 Gravity Crash Ultra[7] Multidirectional shooter PlayStation Vita
2015 I Am Bread[8] Action-adventure, simulation PlayStation 4
2015 Volume[9] Stealth game PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
2015 Poncho[10] Platform PlayStation 4
2016 Lumo[11] PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
2016 Volume: Coda[12] Stealth game PlayStation 4
2017 I Am Bread[13] Action-adventure, simulation Xbox One
2017 Micro Machines World Series Racing PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2019 Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure Platform PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows
2021 Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality[14] Adventure
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS

References
  1. "Location". Just Add Water (Dev) Ltd.
  2. "Gravity Crash announced for PlayStation Network". Videogamesblogger.com. 13 June 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. - By Stephen Johnson (16 July 2010). "Just Add Water Working On Multiple Oddworld Projects". G4tv.com. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. Kietzmann, Ludwig (3 September 2010). "Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath remake coming to PS3 in 2011". Joystiq. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  5. "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee New N' Tasty! Revealed at Eurogamer Expo". 30 September 2012.
  6. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/oddworld-abe-s-exoddus-remake-is-brewing/1100-6426606/ Gamespot Abe's Exxodus Remake Announced
  7. ""Gravity Crash Ultra" Coming To PlayStation VITA". Just Add Water. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  8. "I am Bread Delivers Fresh-Baked Gaming Goodness on PlayStation 4 This Summer". Just Add Water. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  9. "Oddworld developer handling PS4 and Vita versions of Mike Bithell's Volume". 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  10. "Poncho".
  11. "Console versions of Lumo developed by JAW!". 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  12. "Volume: Coda - JAW Ltd". Just Add Water. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  13. "I am Bread lands on Xbox One today". Just Add Water. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  14. O'Connor, James (11 October 2020). "Doctor Who: The Edge Of Reality Is Coming Next Year, But It's Not An Entirely New Game". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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