I don’t know if this falls under news or speculation…but Doug TenNapel has told me that he has remained friends with the other original members of the Earthworm Jim team too…there is definitely positive weight to this.

What I’m saying is they were willing to do it then, I think they would still be willing to do it at some point in the future (David Perry Interview)
Perry Considering Earthworm Jim Sequel.

It’s comforting to know. He of all people should know how to do it justice – and that’s partly by getting the original team back together. It would be awesome! Of course whether this comes to pass in the future remains to be seen.

Perry is currently working on Gaikai – a service that allows people to play games on any sort of application with an internet connection – a pretty amazing feat.

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Well it’s June, and for a lot of people around the world that means looking forward to the annual San Diego Comic-Con International convention in July.

It’s great if you’re interested in anything from Comics, Illustration, Fantasy art, Films and Video Games. It’s a big show.
One of my favourite things about it are the costumes people wear to it!

Doug TenNapel will be there as usual, and this year Video Games Live will be there on Saturday, July 24th at the Civic Theatre.

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The trailer for Earthworm Jim HD (Xbox Live) is out today.

Overall it looks very nice and the original game is intact.

Bonus levels and characters have been included without Doug TenNapel’s approval – he has confirmed that. For anyone who is new to Earthworm Jim – he is the creator of the character and most of the core characters from the original games. I’m pretty sure that suggests he was entitled to some control over his own creation.

I’m sure you can make your own mind up about it. This isn’t perfect – please get Doug involved 100% with anything else for crying out loud…but the Gameloft development team are good people and have tried their best under the circumstances. I am starting to wonder whether anyone is listening or cares about the original fans though. A “Lol Cat” has no place in this world or the next in any self respecting EWJ game.

Ah. I miss the original 1994 – 1996 Shiny team. They knew how to have a good time. When you see this, you are seeing their original work at its core and that’s what makes people nostalgic and happy. Not the “HD remake” thing.

If all of this “HD” stuff isn’t to your liking, the Whole Can o’ Worms PC version (Earthworm Jim 1 and 2) are available for download at Good Old Games. It also comes with lots of bonus stuff.

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We’ve got two new canine family members running us ragged at home and May has been a busy month. I took a bit of a break from this place – it took a bit longer than expected to open the forum back up.
I’ve made some more Jim smilies and rank images in the downtime. I’ll keep making those things – at least until I get sick of it anyway!

Earthworm Jim HD looks like it will be released soon. It is another spruced up conversion of Earthworm Jim 1, but exclusively for XBLA and PSN. It will have a four player co-operative mode.

As for “Earthworm Jim 4″ and the new Film/TV show deal announced in 2008 – nothing is happening for that yet, which has also been confirmed officially.
Please keep in mind that the only places to know for sure are from official sources, not internet rumours.

Hopefully if that Earthworm Jim relaunch happens, TenNapel will be heading and controlling his own character properly. Nothing is bona fide EWJ if it hasn’t been created by him and his fellow industry veterans – which is what we really have wanted for years…years and years. And that’s the only thing that would get ol’ Jim back on his feet in a truly wonderful way.

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Episode three of Go Sukashi is up!

It is heroically excellent.

As you may know, the forum here is on a short hiatus. I hate to admit it, but need a break. I encourage you to use Doug TenNapel’s forum. Most of us hang out there quite often.

I am working on a few things…but as you know, I am slow with this stuff. So…please go have some fun.

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Gameloft have put out release dates and a trailer for the DSIWare version of Earthworm Jim 1.

It’ll come out on the 23rd of April in Europe, and then May the 10th for North America.

They are also working on an Xbox Live Arcade version, so if you have one of those you might want to wait for that one instead.

They are clearly working very hard on all these versions so that new fans can get a taste of the original games, which I can only see as a good thing. Again though I hope quality hasn’t been skimped too much, since that’s what made Earthworm Jim so endearing and long lasting in the first place.

Doug TenNapel will be at The Calgary Entertainment Expo this weekend with Axe Cop creator Ethan Nicolle too – so if you’re in that area, be sure to drop on by and say hello to them.

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The folks at Gameloft are holding an “I Love Earthworm Jim” competition on Facebook in preparation for the Xbox live Earthworm Jim HD release.

(Visit the full post for the video)

The competition is open to US residents only.

Of course it’s common knowledge that the biggest fans of Earthworm Jim are here at Rocket Worm. Therefore you can pat yourself on the back if you are reading this. (Don’t worry, I’m not being serious).

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Plus Rocket Worm is now 12 years old. Where did the time go?

Alternative Magazine Online have made a great interview with Doug TenNapel.

I’ve read all of his graphic novels to date – they really are worth picking up if you haven’t already. I usually find that Doug is able to grip the reader and pull them along for the ride in most of them – plus his artwork is beautiful.

There’s also a hopeful little insight to the future of Earthworm Jim!

How much input did you have into the Earthworm Jim series as it continued?

Little to nothing after the TV show and the second game. Since then, the character has been ruined and there have been great efforts by Interplay to involve me with the character again. I think the future could have great incarnations of Jim!

Keep waving that flag fellow wormaholics. Jim may be back one day.

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Two interviews were published over the last fortnight:

Tommy featured in Nintendo Power magazine
Sega 16 interview Mike Dietz

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Wait a go Doug!

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