The Wasteland 1 Remaster will be out Q4 this year. Along with the news we got a (alpha) screenshot of the world map and a view of the storybook which will appear in-game.
I don't like it. And I don't see the point. It's a simple face-lift. AFAIK the combat mechanics will be identical to the original. I think they should've just completely revamped it so it looks and plays like WL2. I mean, look at this other screenshot they released some time ago: