GameZone discovered why the plug got pulled on the highly-anticipated portable entry to the franchise. The news comes from a former Shiny Entertainment employee they recently chatted with.

Well, back in 2006, Shiny Entertainment and Atari announced that they were developing a PSP title of the original Earthworm Jim. Soon after, Atari sold off Shiny Entertainment to Foundation 9, which then merged them with The Collective to form Double Helix Games. Thus, the formerly announced Earthworm Jim PSP was “put on hold” by Atari, even though it was said to be 80 percent complete. So where has the title gone?

Caspel via gamezone.com »