XBLA Discovers Ancients of Ooga
Over three years ago now, NinjaBee and and J. Kenworthy Entertainment delivered a quirky action game to Xbox Live Arcade called Cloning Clyde, which IGN awarded an 8.1. Today the spiritual successor to Cloning Clyde was announced: Ancients of Ooga. The developers aren't ready to release too many details, yet, but they did forward along a piece of concept art showing a cartoon ogre fellow.
"Ever since we released Cloning Clyde we've been bombarded with requests for a sequel," said John Nielson, founder of J. Kenworthy Entertainment. "Although Ancients of Ooga is not a sequel to Cloning Clyde, it is what we like to call a spiritual successor because of how heavy an influence Cloning Clyde had on its creation. Just like Cloning Clyde, Ancients of Ooga is going to bring originality, humor, its own unique artistic style, and extremely creative gameplay to Xbox Live Arcade."
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