

Outland
Housemarque · Ubisoft
About
Outland is a platform game developed by Housemarque and published by Ubisoft. The game combines two-dimensional platforming with a polarity system similar to Treasure's Ikaruga and Silhouette Mirage. Outland was released on April 27, 2011 for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. The PlayStation 3 version, which was supposed to be released the day before, was delayed because of the 2011 PlayStation Network outage before being released on PSN on June 1, 2011. A Microsoft Windows version was released on September 29, 2014, followed by a Mac OS X version on December 21 of the same year, and a Linux version on February 25, 2015. The game was removed from sale on Steam and the Humble Store in December 2018; it was made available on Steam again in October 2020, before being removed again in April 2024.
Outland is a 2D platformer with action game elements. Gameplay mainly revolves around using Light (blue) and Dark (red) energies, which allows the player to pass through their respective barriers, and attack monsters born of the opposite alignment (e.g. use Light to attack Dark monsters).
Interviews with the developer
- Postmortem: Housemarque's Outland ↗
Game Developer · April 27, 2012