A couple of years ago, Maxis co-founder Jeff Braun decided it was a good time to start teasing us with the prospect of a new installment in the Oddworld franchise. While many have been since holding out hopes, series’ creator, Lorne Lanning, recently dashed them when he told G4TV that the next Oddworld had been put “on the shelf.”

“There’s a lot of shakeup going on [in the gaming industry],” Lanning explained, “and in that turmoil, we didn’t really want to put the Oddworld brand out there in the middle of it.”

There’s no need to take drastic measures just yet, however, as the Oddbox collection will bring the series’ four console outings to Steam later this year.