Developer Just Add Water has released an upgraded and HD re-mastered version of its 2001 platformer, Oddworld: Munch's Odyssee on the PlayStation Network earlier this week.
Here is the official announcement from developer that appeared on the PlayStation Blog:
"Munch the Gabbit is now in HD! The team at Just Add Water, with help from the programming staff at Four Door Lemon, worked hard over the last 18 months to bring you an updated version of Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee on PS3.
Gamers met the crazy planet of Oddworld back on the original PlayStation, with Abe's Oddysee and Abe's Exoddus quickly becoming classics. If you played those games, you'll remember the reluctant hero's destiny to rescue his fellow Mudokons from corporate slavery at the hands of Glukkon Companies Rupture Farms and SoulStorm Brewery.
Munch first burst onto our screens in 2002 (on that other console that sounds like egg-fox), following in the footsteps of the now-classic Abe games. Another reluctant hero, the diminutive Munch, is the last of his kind. His mission: To escape from the evil Vykkers Labs, save all the lab animals and liberate a can of Gabbiar, using the eggs to get his species going again. All with the help of Abe, of course!
We have no doubt that one look at these screenshots will bring all those childhood memories rushing back. Just don't cry on us, though, or we'll get all emotional too."
The new version features fully remodeled characters, high-resolution textures, crisper-looking environment, new audio, DualShock 3-centric controls, unlockable art, and 46 PlayStation Trophies.
The game is available on PlayStation 3 via digital download for $9.99 and will release next year for Sony's portable system, the PlayStation Vita. There was no announcement made about the game being released on Microsoft's Xbox 360 and it appears that the devloper took a small shot at the system with its egg-fox statement.
Check out the game's original trailer below...
