Announced at E3 during the Ubisoft Press Conference, Rayman Origins is an episodic digital distribution title. The site’s official blog put up a Q&A earlier this week with some interesting details.

The big one that most people will care about is when we can expect to see the game. Well according to the post, the first episode will be out in time for Christmas. With the others following it sometime in 2011.

Are you wondering why they chose an episodic format for the game, much like Sonic the Hedgehog 4, some insight is offered up on the Ubi-Art website;

To release one this year, and because big games take a long time to make, which in turns makes their price high. Episodes also let us imagine a longer and more developed saga than with a more “classical” format.

The game looks really sharp and I am excited for it, are you?

[Source: Rayman Origins' Blog]