OlliOlli World

• Title — OlliOlli World • Developer — Roll7 • Publisher — Private Division • Director — John Ribbins • Producer — Dan Croucher • Designer — Craig Thomas • Programmer — Andrew Brechin • Artist — Paul Abbott • Writer — Lizz Lunney • Engine — Unity • Platforms — * Nintendo Switch • PlayStation 4 • PlayStation 5 • Windows • Xbox One • Xbox Series X/S • Released — 8 February 2022 • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player

OlliOlli World is a 2D-platforming skateboarding game. The game takes place in Radlandia, where the player can interact with the game's characters, and take on side quests. To get high scores, the player is required to chain together tricks in order to get combos. The player can ride walls and grind on rails to increase their score. OlliOlli World introduces elements new to the franchise, such as quarter pipes and branching paths. The game has a hand-drawn art style, in contrast to the pixel art of previous entries.

The game was developed by British developer Roll7. One focus of development was making the game more accessible to newcomers, while still retaining high level play. The developers commented on the switch to 3D, saying, "OlliOlli and OlliOlli 2 are awesome games but there's things in the physics that we always wanted to do that we were never able to make work. There were ramps that we wanted to put in, huge launches and angles that were impossible when we were essentially doing pixel art". The studio had previously considered making a 3D OlliOlli, but gained inspiration for it on a prototype that let the player skate forwards and backwards. Another focus was making failed landings less punishing. Roll7 replaced the previous penalty of failing the level with a loss of speed alongside breaking the player's combo. John Ribbins, the creative director of the game, says that the hand-drawn art style was inspired by Jet Set Radio and comic books. OlliOlli World was announced during Nintendos April Indie World presentation. It was then later released on February 8, 2022, with Private Division serving as its publisher. Two expansions for OlliOlli World were made available after its release: the VOID Riders expansion was released in June 2022, and the Finding the Flowzone expansion was released in November 2022. After Take Two Interactive's sale of Private Division and Roll7's dissolution in 2024, the publishing rights to the game were transferred to 2K.

• Year — Award — Category — Result — Ref • 2022 — Golden Joystick Awards — Best Audio • The Game Awards 2022 — Best Sports/Racing Game • 2023 — 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards — Sports Game of the Year • 23rd Game Developers Choice Awards — Social Impact Award • Best Visual Art — Honorable mention • 19th British Academy Games Awards — British Game