Oddworld: New & Tasty

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! also known asOddworld: Abe's Oddysee – New 'n' Tasty(previously known as Abe HD and Abe's Oddysee HD) is an upcoming video game remake of 1997's Oddworld: Abe's Oddyseecurrently in development by Just Add Waterto be published by Oddworld Inhabitants forMicrosoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation Network and Wii U

A new Oddworld game was confirmed byMaxis co-founder Jeff Braun in 2008. Braun said of the Maxis team, "They're such a talented group of people and I really trust their ability to create compelling content." He went on to say that the upcoming game will have a cinematic quality on a one-to-one scale with CGI-based films.He also noted, however, that a slow production schedule could make it years before the game is released In July 2010, Just Add Water announced that it was working on a new Oddworld title by releasing the following statement: "While we cannot go into specifics right now, we can tell you that over the coming weeks and months we will be announcing these exciting projects starring all of your favoriteOddworld characters." The team went on to say, "It’s almost symbiotic in that when something moves forward on any of the projects we just start chatting about new items, or what if we do this. We’re all extremely excited to breathe life into the Oddworld universe and indeed to let it breathe life into us." The remake was described by series' creator Lorne Lanningas "basically Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee being redone in a 3D physics engine as a 2D side-scrolling platformer," stating the developers "are not trying to reinvent any wheels." In June 2012, Oddworld Inhabitants announced that Abe's Oddysee will getrebooted during the summer of 2013, with a public showing later in the year.  Later that day, it was confirmed that the game will not be a remaster of the originalPlayStation title, but a remake built from scratch with 2D gameplay and 3D graphics, using the original as a blueprint. In August 2012, Oddworld Inhabitants announced a competition where the public could submit a title name for the remake that emphasized the game's introduction to the 2.5D/HD world. The winner was to be announced in a big reveal in September and to have their name immortalized in the game's credits. The pre-alpha version of the game was first shown at the Eurogamer Expo on September 30 and revealed the winning title to be Oddworld: New N' Tasty!, suggested by over 40 respondents, each promised a signed game poster and reference in the final credits,with the slight grammatical adjustment revealed at E3.It was confirmed by Just Add Water CEO Stewart Gilray that development had switched to the Unity engine. The previous gameplay footage had was in the original engine, Unigine.In June 2013, Sony announced thatOddworld: New 'n' Tasty! would be available on the PlayStation 4 and will be available next year. A new trailer was revealed and some more pre-alpha screenshots were also posted. Nintendo announced that the game will be available on the Wii U and Oddworld Inhabitants announced it will be available onOS X and Linux. In October 2013, Oddworld have uploaded some New 'n' Tasty screenshots to celebrate Halloween. In November 2013, to celebrate the launch release of the PlayStation 4, Oddworld have uploaded a new trailer for New 'n' Tasty and have confirmed that the game will be released in Spring 2014. In February 2014, more screenshots of the latest build were made and the artwork at the time is 99% complete and the game will be sent to a third party game tester before going to Sony for submission. In March 2014, Lanning gave his opinions on the game industry and Stewart talks about how they developed the game and about the current progress of development. Lorne also gives a hint on when to see some more footage of New 'n' Tasty and he says expect to see some at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. Gilray confirmed them that New 'n' Tasty is expected to be sent to Sony within 6-8 weeks time. Lanning said that New 'n' Tasty! will have to sell 250,000 copies to fund a remake of Abe's Exoddus and 500,000 copies to fund a new Oddworld game. That new game would most likely be The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot. He also revealed the budget of New 'n' Tasty! as $5 million.  A new trailer was shown at GDC on March 19.