Furthering their commitment to give the Oddworld legacy new life in the 21st century, London’s Just Add Water has just debuted the first video footage of Abe’s Oddysee New ‘N’ Tasty, a full 3D remake of the first Oddworld game due for downloadable release in 2013.

The game will be the latest in a line of reboots that includes the just-HD-ified re-release of the super essential first/third-person adventure Stranger’s Wrath, and the upcoming Hand of Odd, a long-since-canceled real-time-strategy entry into the franchise being revived by Just Add Water.

Compare the video above to the 1997 original to see what a massive overhaul this new update actually is, which, timing-wise, also happily gives me a better excuse to include the two original concept art pieces posted to the PlayStation blog a few days back, which give the ‘world an amazingly almost Roger-Dean-ish atmosphere.

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