Scrooge McDuck was waiting a long time for his return. Finally, his moment has come.
 
Capcom announced Duck Tales Remastered at PAX last week, and a hands-on demo at GDC showcased the title’s classic mechanics with a new coat of paint.
 
The game is remaining largely the same, albeit with a few new features that make the platforming difficulty slightly more bearable for newcomers.
 
Pogo-bouncing on Scrooge’s cane used to mean a complicated affair of button presses in the original NES version of DuckTales, but Capcom is streamlining the process this time around. After jumping, all players need to do to bounce –– the most objectively useful ability for Scrooge –– is hold a button while in the air.
 
This sleek button relegation allows the game to shine without having to fight the controls. The classic mansion level has cramped corridors and low ceilings where bouncing is a necessity in some parts, so it’s a welcome change to the archaic controls of the original game.
 
In keeping with the spirit of added accessibility, a map offers more guidance to the world of DuckTales, pointing players toward boss fights when merely exploring isn’t coming to fruition. Exploring is still great, however, because every nook and cranny of DuckTa;es Remastered looks great.
 
Capcom’s new art style is a cross between 2D characters and cartoon-ish background environments. It’s a charming contrast that works well with the lighthearted tone of the game, but also gives the player a gorgeous world to look at.
 
The visual style remains true to the game’s roots, and so too does the sound. The voice actors are all the originals from the show, so Scrooge and his young duck friends alike exude a genuine feel.
 
The Remastered experience is a welcome new take on a classic experience, and should release this summer for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.

SimCity mayors grabbed their free game from EA for surviving a difficult launch, Cogs tweeted more Gears of War tattoos at Cliff Bleszinski, and iOS'ers grabbed their rods and reels for some Ridiculous Fishing. 

What are you playing this weekend?

RUSSELL ARCHEY | Staff Writer | Twitter @neoscyther
For once, I'll actually not be playing Skyrim this weekend (even dragons need a rest from the constant beat downs). I do have a trio of games that I'm working on reviews for, including the latest Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, HarmoKnight, and BIT.TRIP Presents: Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien. The latter two are almost done for the most part, outside of actually completing the game, so I'll be spending most of my time in the next few days with Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, with the rest of the weekend devoted to HarmoKnight.

SEAN CAHILL | Staff Writer | Twitter @seancahill2
Tomb Raider. I've finally managed to put other things on the shelf and give it my undivided attention. The game has an uncanny ability to really get under my skin in certain parts, but I find myself going back for more. I've been making it a point to unlock as much as I can on the first run before doing a 100 percent accuracy run after beating it for the first time.

NATHAN CARTER | Staff Writer | Twitter @natedoggcata
This weekend I will be playing lots of games. Too many to name, to be honest, because this weekend I will be heading off to PAX East in Boston. Be sure to follow me on twitter (@natedoggcata) to get updates live from the show floor. I will also be bringing my PS Vita will me to the show so in my downtime I am going to play some more Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, the amazing sequel to Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors which was an amazing game on the original DS as well. There are 24 endings in Virtue's Last Reward and I am about 20 hours into the game. I've only gotten five endings. This game is outstanding. 

SEAN COLLELI | Staff Writer
The girlfriend is busy pet-sitting this weekend, so that means less Killing Floor and Left 4 Dead multiplayer, and more reviewing Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. I've always felt a little guilty that I missed this one on the old Wii, but now that it's in HD with extra features...I guess he who laughs last laughs the most. I kind of like this strategy--wait awhile until a game's GOTY edition comes out with all the DLC on-disc. Sure I miss out on some big games during the first weeks, but considering my backlog is enormous as it is, and I avoid being nickled and dimed on the DLC, I think it's a fair trade off, at least for the few games I don't need to play on launch day.

CHARLES HUSEMANN | Editor-in-Chief | Twitter @chusemann
Probably a steady diet of MechWarrior Online again. They released a new patch this week with a brand spanking new map, new mech, and a bunch of control tweaks that are pretty solid. I unlocked my first elite level mech ability last week and hopefully will grind enough XP to earn one or two more. I'm somewhat tempted by Gears of War: Judgment, but I probably should be spending more time with the real world version of the dating game.

RANDY KALISTA | Staff Writer | Twitter @randykalista
I've established the SimCity township of Woodburn on the Giovanni Woods plot of the Viridian Woods. (Say "Woods" again.) Fellow Gaming Nexus staffers John Yan and Travis Huinker had broken ground previously with their ceremonial shovels on the oh-so-exclusive invite-only region, though Travis's city stressed him out and he flung a bunch of meteors at it. I'm ironing out details on how to specialize in mineral extraction. Apparently, no one likes living next to a mine shaft. Nobody tells me anything. At least John will breathe in all my pollution heading downwind towards him. Ha ha business!

Words just cannot express how giddy I am to relay this news! Capcom has revealed that they are releasing an updated version of the NES classic Ducktales for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and and Wii U. Ducktales Remastered will be available this Summer and is more than just an HD remake.

The game, as you can see in the trailer below, has been completely remastered and rebuilt from the ground up. this isn’t just improved visual resolution, but completely redone graphics and music. Capcom is promising a variety of new features for the game including new levels, new control schemes, and a new Duckburg museum to track your progress.

Expect to learn a lot more about this title in the coming months and congrats Capcom, you are the owner of my new, most anticipated game for 2013!
   

It's been rumored for a while now, but Square Enix and Eidos have officially made me a very happy fanboy. Deus Ex Human Revolution, probably my favorite game of the last two years, is getting a special Director's Cut on the Wii U. Working with Australian developer Straight Right, Eidos has polished and overhauled several aspects of the game to make what they're calling the "ultimate edition," according to what Nintendo Everything has been able to learn since the announcement.

Among the improvements they've made to the new version, Eidos mentioned completely updated boss fights that reflect the game's emphasis on choice, rebalanced gameplay for several different play styles, improved graphics they said weren't possible on PS3/360, and the neural hub, a new feature that ties all of Jensen's augmentations together and makes them accessible from the Wii U GamePad. Supposedly the game will also feature off-screen play. It seems like Eidos and Straight Right are fixing the few flaws the game already had, and considering Human Revolution was pretty damn good to begin with, I can't wait to play the director's cut. It's also nice to see a studio so excited about a Wii U port, after the lack of enthusiasm we've seen in the last couple months from EA and other publishers.

There isn't an official release date yet--the rumored May 7th date has since been taken down--but we'll probably find out at PAX next week when they debut a first look at the Wii U version.
 

Resident Evil Revelations for consoles will be here shortly and today CAPCOM brings us tons of new info about the game including some new screenshots. 

First off it has been announced that Rachel a new character introduced in the 3DS version of the game will be a new playable character in Raid Mode. Hunk was also added as a new playable character and if you are attending PAX East this weekend you will be able to play as both Rachel and Hunk at the CAPCOM booth #948.

Two brand new enemies have also been added to the game the Wall Blister and a surprise creature that appears in Raid Mode once you get to a certain level. You can check out screen shots of the new enemies below. 

The Wii-U version of the game will also be getting its own exclusive updates that utilize the system and the game pad. First off players will be able to utilize the Wii-U game pad to quickly access their maps and weapons. They will also be able to play the game with a Wii-U Pro controller. The game will also utilize Off TV Play.

Next the Miiverse will offer Wii U players more unique ways to enjoy the game. Players can post messages on the Game Over screen for other players around the world to see. Players can also personalize the thoughts of the enemies in Raid Mode using the "Creatures Voice" feature. Screen shots of these features can be found below

Finally, Resident Evil Revelations will support Residentevil.net with online events planned after launch. Exclusive dioramas of characters and enemies can be collection in the online mode and custom parts for Raid Mode and Campaign Mode can also be earned.

Resident Evil Revelations launches on PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii-U on May 21st.  

God of War got slammed for stomping on a female’s face and handing out a trophy called “Bros Before Hos,” EA is giving away a free game to anybody suffering through SimCity’s launch, and the Tomb Raider reboot is so good no one’s even talking about Lara getting threatened with rape anymore. What are you playing this weekend?

RUSSELL ARCHEY | Staff Writer | Twitter @neoscyther
I know I'm sounding like a broken record week after week, but I just love spending quality time in Skyrim.  I almost have enchanting to 100, and smithing is well on its way there as well. Quest-wise, I only have a few story quests to go, so I'm mainly improving the skills needed to gear up for those. Hopefully in about two weeks time I'll have something different to put here. Not that Skyrim is a bad thing, of course.

NATHAN CARTER | Staff Writer | Twitter @natedoggcata
I think I’m going to switch it up this weekend. While I will still have my Left 4 Dead 2 sessions, most of my time this weekend will be spent with the new Tomb Raider which is absolutely incredible and my front runner for game of the year. Everything about this game is just amazing. The storytelling, the graphics, the gameplay--all outstanding and it sounds absolutely amazing with my Turtle Beach headset as well. Finally, I will be hopping back into some Dead or Alive 5 which is pretty amazing in itself. I know a lot of people dismiss DOA because of all the bouncing boobs and bathing suits, but underneath all of its juvenile humor is a deep and fun fighting game.

SEAN COLLELI | Staff Writer
Oddly enough, this is going to be a DS Lite weekend for me. I finally tracked down two elusive JRPGs for the trusty little portable: Rune Factory 2 arrived a few days ago and Infinite Space should be in the mail now. Why is it that these great games that only came out a couple years ago at most, are now sought-after collector's items that run $60 - $70 secondhand, and just the bare cartridge without the case or manual at that? I hate resorting to Amazon and eBay on these things but the publishers aren't giving me much choice--there wasn't a single copy of Infinite Space at any GameStop, Play N Trade or mom n' pop game store within 100 miles of Columbus. I'd much rather pay full retail price for a fresh shrinkwrapped copy instead of the ridiculously inflated secondhand prices for a solitary cart that's been through God knows what in some kid's backpack.

JEREMY DUFF | Senior Staff Writer | Twitter @duff3c
Don't even get me started on the ridiculousness of this GoW "outrage." That being said, I will be spending this weekend putting my bros before my hoes and playing a lot of God of War: Ascension as well as trying to level up the rest of the roster of Phantom Breaker Battle Grounds.

CHARLES HUSEMANN | Editor-in-Chief, Twitter @chusemann
Will be spending some quality time with SimCity and MechWarrior Online this weekend. I kind of wish someone could combine the two as I'd love to run around my city in my Death Knell commando obliterating misbehaving Sims.

RANDY KALISTA | Staff Writer | Twitter @randykalista
Need to brush up on my Mass Effect 3 multiplayer. After a year-long hiatus, I'm consistently ranking fourth (out of four) on every mission, forcing squad mates to treat me like a Ressuci Annie doll with a gun rather than a Reaper killa with attitude. Also, former Gaming Nexus staffer, Charlie Sinhaseni, who's now PR for the embattled SimCity brand, is prodding me to get my inner civil engineer on and tackle EA's newly installed servers. Just have to make sure my wife doesn't "reticulate" my "spline" for dropping $80 on the digital deluxe.

MIKE MAHARDY | Staff Writer | Twitter @mmahardy
I'll be checking out Dead Space 3's Awakened DLC this weekend to see if it really returns to the horror roots of the series. Aside from that, I'll dive into Castlevania: Mirror of Fate to see what I htink about the next portable installation in the series.

JOHN YAN | Senior Hardware Editor | Twitter @thejohnyan
I will be playing StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm all weekend while checking out SimCity and maybe throw in a run or two of Diablo 3.
 

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment have revealed this weeks quarterfinal matches for the Injustice Battle Arena!  Will it be Batman or Wonder Woman?  How about the Flash, vs the Joker?  Who will advance? Go now and vote for your favorites!  I know I already did! [READ MORE]

About a month ago, I made a post regarding the New York Toy Fair and an event at the Toys 'R Us at Times Square where you could receive the Skylanders Giants figure Ninjini months before her release.  Today, it's time to meet the final Skylanders Giants...uh, giant.

According to Ninjini's "bio", she was the most renowned magical ninja from ancient times, but a dark sorceress jealous of her skill trapped her within an enchanted bottle to imprison her for all eternity.  Over the years her strength continued to grow until she was eventually able to escape her imprisonment.  From that point on, she made it her mission to help those in need as one of the first Skylanders (chronologically speaking) while always carrying her bottle to remind her of her own resilience.

Are you chomping at the bit for the upcoming release of Resident Evil Revelations on the PC and home consoles?  I don't blame you, as the 3DS version was pretty awesome!  However, you still have a couple more months to go before the game is released on the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC on May 21st.  In the mean time, Capcom has released a new gameplay video that shows off the new Inferno Mode as well as a new enemy, the Wall Blister, which is a mutated creature that was borne from the T-Abyss virus.

October 29th will be the day you can pick up the next Assassin's Creed game in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. The new protagonist is named Edward Kenway and as the cover art suggested, this looks to be a very naval based game. It does feel a little weird to have another Assassin's Creed come up this quickly, but I am digging the trailer. Now, we just need to see some gameplay.
 

RUSSELL ARCHEY, staff writer, Twitter @neoscyther
I'm still working through Skyrim, though I'm focusing less on the story missions right now and trying to clear out any side quests I have as well as do some skill leveling, mainly in destruction and enchanting.

SEAN CAHILL, staff writer, Twitter @seancahill2
Trying to get through Far Cry 3, but having a hell of a time getting through one particular campaign because it's an escort/rescue mission and the guy keeps running into land mines.

NATHAN CARTER, staff writer, Twitter @natedoggcata
Left 4 Dead 2 and probably more Left 4 Dead 2. The Steam Workshop has pretty much gotten me addicted to this game again. I’m having tons of fun downloading and playing through brand new campaigns. If I have some spare time I’ll try to play though the Silent Hill HD Collection. I’m interested in seeing how many problems this game actually has, or how many I’ll notice, at least. Finally, I’ll try to get my party through the Organ Trail on iOS. It’s an Apple IIc version of the original Oregon Trail, except it’s set in a modern-day zombie apocalypse and it’s very addicting.

NATHANIEL COHEN, staff writer, Twitter @seven_hells
Still playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown, but I probably play some Final Fantasy XIII-2. My daughter spent the last of her Christmas money on it. After burning out on the Dead Space vertical playthough, I could use some shiny fantastical insanity. The Dead Space series is so damn dark, scary, and kind of sad. Playing all three games at once only made it more so.

JEREMY DUFF, senior staff writer, Twitter @duff3c
I am sort of on a PC gaming kick right now and am looking forward to getting some quality Battlefield 3 time in between spending time on the new Halo 4 maps that launched this week. Of course, my Vita will get some love as I am on the go throughout the weekend.

CHARLES HUSEMANN, editor-in-chief, Twitter @chusemann
This weekend will be the usual snippets of Black Ops 2 and MechWarrior Online interspersed with The Bridge, a cool new indie puzzle game.

RANDY KALISTA, staff writer, Twitter @randykalista
Somewhere between Mass Effect 3's N7 Challenge Weekend and my three-year-old daughter's 10,000th YouTube viewing of Swan Lake, my Xbox 360 red ringed. Again. I'm exclusively PC gaming for the next two or three weeks while my console's in the shop. So, assessing my mental fortitude as a grown adult, I figure it's time to man up to the final episode of The Walking Dead. Then that's that. At least until this season 1.5 business that's purportedly on the way. Then I'll have to see if I'm up for even more emotional beat downs.

MIKE MAHARDY, staff writer, Twitter @mmahardy
I'll be playing more FTL, as I still have yet to complete a single campaign. I keep losing/dying, but it's the best feeling to get farther each time. Aside from that, I'll be playing through BioShock and BioShock 2 in preparation for BioShock Infinite later in March. If that's not one of my most anticipated games in awhile then I don't know what is.

As posted on Ubisoft's Facebook, the next Assassin's Creed game has been revealed. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag looks to be naval based, but that's all that can be garnered from the game's cover right now. Ubisoft will have more details March 4 at 6PM CET. It seems kind of quick to already go to the fourth game in the series as I though they would do some off shoots such as Brotherhood or Revelation. Again, stay tuned on Monday next week to learn more.