Launching September 29 Back in 2011,Super Stardust HDandResogundeveloper Housemarque released an action-platformer calledOutlandfor Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. It’s coming toSteamon September 29, priced at $9.99/£6,99, with improvements like a revised checkpoint system. Outlandis perhaps best remembered for itsIkaruga-esque light-and-dark mechanic, which allowed players to switch their alignment to pass through projectiles. Definitely worth a look for folks who enjoy open-ended platformers. The PC version will cost $9.99/£6.99.

ThePokémon GOTour: Unova Global event is set to start on March 1, lasting for 48 hours. While the event itself is filled with new features and Pokémon to encounter, it also heralds the arrival of some long-awaited legendary Pokémon. Kyurem was first introduced to the Pokédex in Generation V alongside two other Legendary Pokémon, Reshiram and Zekrom. It’s already possible to get Kyurem in its basic (unfused) form inPokémon GO, but the two Black and White forms are set to make their debut during thePokémon GOTour: Unova events in New Tapei City and Los Angeles on February 21, later being released to players around the world during the Global event on March 1....

We all heard the news.Quake 2has been officially remastered, and non-other than Nightdive Studios was responsible for its creation. While the contents of id Software’s classic game are enough to keep us satiated (especially those of us who love the original 1997 release), there’s something else to look forward to. In a recent post on Twitter,Laced Records, a company that specializes in vinyl soundtracks for video games, is unleashingQuake 2‘s music....

10 more Genesis mini games revealed Every hardcoreMega Manfan knows the story behind the elusiveWily Wars. Originally released in specific regions in cart form, it served as a compiled version of the first three games, very much like the SNESNinja Gaiden Trilogy(see, remasters/remakes are an old thing!), but with remade visuals. In North America, it wasn’t as easy as going and grabbing a cart from your local shop. Instead, us poor saps were a the mercy of the ill-fated Sega Channel, which was not widely supported and died off several years after its launch....

Raccoon City never looked so terrifying Capcom has a tight set-up in the South Hall of E3. The entrance to its demo for theResident Evil 2remake is a miniature recreation of the Raccoon City police station, redesigned as a short haunted house to provide a brief bit of scares before the main attraction. Because I have a limited appointment with Capcom, I skip going through the haunted house, though the screams emanating from it do not escape notice....

China! White president! Tank driving! Racist! Forget all of that. I’m just glad that there’s a new Resident Evil game coming. We get so hung up on details that we forget that all of theResident Evilgames were good. Some great, but all at least good. Not a bad one in the bunch by my tally. Thenew trailerlooked like a winner, and these screenshots are also nice. Action or Survival Horror? Who cares?...

Play with power The NES was the first console I ever owned. Somehow I had saved holiday and birthday money for over a year to get it (the idea may have been planted by a family member) at five years old, and although I don’t remember every detail of that process, I do recall walking into a Sears to actually get the thing, and subsequently taking it home and playingDuck Hunt....

Monkey Island co-creator will be in Melbourne this July Aussie adventure game fans are in for a treat this July as it’s been confirmed that famed game designer Ron Gilbert will be the opening “story time” keynote speaker at the first PAX Australia. The creator ofMonkey IslandandManiac Mansion, and more recentlyThe Cave, will be at the Melbourne event July 19-21, 2013. A few regular PAX musical guests are confirmed for the Australian leg — The Protomen and MC Frontalot — along with the crew from Rooster Teeth as well as Tycho and Gabe, of course....

Fans figured out what’s in it Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyricwas a messy game, and it’s taken far too long to patch it. After weeks of waiting though European fans have finally gotten a fix of sorts (it’s not out yet in the US), but the problem is Sega hasn’t disclosed what’s actually in it. Thankfully, fans have gotten to the bottom of it through a crowdsourcing effort of sorts....

EXCELSIOR! Coming off the backs of trailers forDeath StrandingandResident Evil 2, I wasn’t sureSpider-Manwould even impress me. How the hell can you top those games? While I’m not as blown away as I was with Sony’s other offerings, I think Insomniac may have finally converted me to the cause. Spidey just looks damn impressive, even with all the bombast and crazy effects. I think this might secretly be that Sinister Six movie that Sony wanted to make....

It’s doing the Steam Greenlight thing now These past couple weeks, the time I would normally spend reading right before bed has gone towardKingdom Rushand its sequels. Those stars are throwing off my sleep schedule in a major way, and I can’t deny it any longer: I’m back into tower defense again. Way, way back. It’s a happy coincidence, then, that I would come acrossDungeon Warfaretoday. That generic name doesn’t inspire much confidence, but the underlying concept is cool: you’re defending a dungeon with towers, traps, minecart-delivered bombs, and “summonable allies....

There are sliders for the user interface and zoom AnotherTerrariaupdate? It’s as if someone dared the developers to execute the best post-release support in the industry, and now they just won’t back down. Seriously though, good on ’em! Today’s PC update is less about content (though you can expect crystal furniture and developer armor sets) and more to do with features that’ll keepTerrarialooking good now and into the future. Folks playing at higher resolutions should greatly benefit from the new “Zoom” and “UI Scale” sliders, and there’s also support for more languages and bug fixes....

You know, with the guns? My friend Kenny showed me a game calledDuck Gametoday. That is a good name, I thought. “Hey, what do you want to play?” “How about that duck game? That was fun.” “Oh, you meanDuck Game? Sure.” This of course is in contrast tobad names, which I havewritten about with aplomb. There are so, so many bad names for games. But whatDuck Gamereminded me of was a fun text back and forth I had last year that is a great, real example of good naming....