FuturLab has shown off some new alpha gameplay footage for their upcoming sequel to the critically acclaimed Velocity, Velocity 2X. The game is in development for both Playstation 4 and Playstation Vita.

FuturLab managing director James Marsden talked about the game’s new art style over on the Playstation Blog:

“One of the major influences for Velocity 2X was the art style of Flashback on the Amiga. For those of you too young to have played Flashback (poor you, play the original!), it was a stunning visual achievement, using rotoscoped animation and a simple yet stylish art style to create a highly atmospheric experience. 12-year-old me fell in love with it.

Artistically speaking, we wanted Velocity 2X to be the spiritual successor to Flashback (and indeed Another World), and also to create a level of atmosphere and production value that is rarely seen in 2D games.”

View the game in action below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Ovc4Jwge0

The bar is being set pretty high, and yet the team seemed to come out on top in regards to the visual fidelity of the game:

“As time went on it became clear that the game was actually going to visually exceed our original benchmarks, and it was even starting to look as good as the PS4 benchmarks on PS Vita,” Marsden said.

Velocity 2X still doesn’t have a release date – we’ll keep you guys posted.