The Future
The Oliver twins and Codemasters who both own 50% of the intellectual property have expressed interest in resurrecting the series, although the twins concede;
| “ | ... if he were ever to make another appearance it would have to be something special ... he would have to compete with the likes of Jak and Daxter and Ratchet & Clank - and those types of games require big budgets and many months of development. If there's a publisher willing to commit to that kind of investment, though, then they can definitely count us in. | ” |
The Oliver twins's software company, Blitz Games (with the permission of Codemasters) have experimented with their artists to demonstrate what the Dizzy series might look and feel like if revisited and produced a one minute video clip with an online petition to see if there was consumer interest. The online petition was later moved to Yolkfolk.com.
The creators have also expressed interest in re-releasing the existing titles to handheld platforms such as mobile phones.
In October 2011, the website EggCitingNews.com was registered by Codemasters Software Ltd. The main page on the site featured a pair of eyes peering from an egg carton, accompanied by the phrase "Guess who's back?".
On November 23, 2011, the website DizzyGame.com was opened, featuring details of the new release. The first game to be released on a mobile platform will be Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk, developed by Paul Ranson, who worked on the original 1991 title, with updated music by Codemasters' sound designer Mark 'TDK' Knight.
Codemasters released a remake version of Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk on December 9, 2011 for iOS and Android.
On November 23 2012, the Oliver Twins launched a Kickstarter.com project for 'Dizzy Returns' - the first official sequel in 20 years. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theolivertwins/dizzy-returns
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