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Ubisoft's Outlander: It's like Ikaruga, but a platformer photo

Trying to create noise from the deafening silence following the announcement of Bloody Good Time, Ubisoft has revealed Outland, an upcoming platformer adventure inspired by games like Prince of Persia... and Ikaruga.

Here's the official line on this one: "Outland puts players in the middle of a world of balance and chaos where their efforts allow them to bridge the ancient divide, or doom the world to destruction. Each player’s adventure will take them between light and darkness and force them to adapt to an ever-changing world. This light versus dark core gameplay is inspired by the arcade classic Ikaruga."

So it's a platformer, but it's like Ikaruga. I think that's qualifies as "awesome," and it looks wonderful, too. The title is being developed by Super Stardust HD studio, Housemarque, and will be available for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network in early 2011.

If you're in Seattle for PAX, you can stop by Ubisoft's booth and check it out.

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SKSith's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 14:10
SKSith
This does indeed seem to qualify as "awesome"
KingSigy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 14:11
KingSigy
I don't see Ikaruga anywhere in here, but this does look promising.
AfroWalrus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 14:20
AfroWalrus
Very pretty.
D-503's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 14:31
D-503
Wow...it's like they can read my mind...
D-503's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 14:31
D-503
Wow...it's like they can read my mind...
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 14:50
atastysammich
Doom the world, eh? Sign me up!
z0rk's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 15:11
z0rk
hmmm... color me interested.
Mr Andy Dixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 15:12
Mr Andy Dixon
Looks awesome.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 15:28
Electrium
Kay, so here's what I'm gathering so far: an Ikaruga-inspired platformer, made by the people who gave us Super Stardust HD, that features a boss that looks like a colossus. How could it go wrong?
Excel-2011's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 15:32
Excel-2011
So it's like Silhouette Mirage?
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 15:47
mix
This looks prerty nice!
flea friend's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 15:50
flea friend
What Excel-2010 said.


I thought they meant it was going to be a platform-based bullet hell game, but no. The only game we've had that was close to something like that was Nier.
nicojay's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 16:16
nicojay
Excel beat me to it.
ScrappyDoo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 16:20
ScrappyDoo
I think I'd rather have Silhouette Mirage rereleased and fixed to be balanced right this time around, since it was fucked up for the US release last time.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 16:54
GuitarAtomik
This game looks ridiculously pretty. Can't wait to see it in motion.
EdgyDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 19:03
EdgyDude
Looks interesting i'd like to see some gameplay videos, also, somewhere out there, Topher Cantler sheds tears of joy as he realizes he may have just found his favorite platformer ever.
Lazyman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 19:11
Lazyman
Color me not interested ubisoft.Ill move on to better games thank you.
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 19:54
lewness
Art style is gorgeous. Will stick around for this.
neoREgen's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2010 22:56
neoREgen
ooh. pretty. What electrium said.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/04/2010 02:31
Jonathan Holmes
I watched a man to play this game fora while today. It was awesome.
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