If there was ever a year to play a game about an undead travel agent making his way through a colourful underworld, I feel like it should be this year...right?

I’ve just got one question for EA. Where the hell is my Republic Commando remake?

It has been almost six years since Disney halted the workings of George Lucas's video game publisher, LucasArts. In the wake of their acquisition of Lucasfilm, the media giant laid off most of the staff and shelved the entity to serve merely as a licensor for its product portfolio. Now, LucasArts is back, restored to its original title of Lucasfilm Games and Disney is hiring en masse to get it going.

Stranger Things meets LucasArts meets Wes Anderson. That’s throwback puzzle adventure (and Kickstarter success story) Trüberbook in a nutshell. We review this offbeat point-and-click mystery that sees you vacation in a tiny, dying German village.

Hearing the pleas of the millions who still cry out for a proper remake of the classic Star Wars: Pod Racer game, modder RobJin has answered their prayers with a spiffy update that takes the original game out of the gutters and gives it a fresh coat of Unreal Engine 4 paint. The result? Nostalgia racing forward at maximum speed:

The success of Star Wars doesn’t just come from its cinematic source material though. It’s the canny positioning of this franchise and its ability to evolve into other forms of media that have helped it emerge as a pop culture phenomenon. You look at the video game side of the equation, and this was a brand that was a recipe for success when handled correctly. Which explains the deliciousness of the amazing Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.

Lament loudly at the Darth Maul Star Wars game that will never see the light of day, as glorious new concept art has popped up online for it.

Here's the first look at the remastered Full Throttle in action. It's coming to PC and PlayStation next year.