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Penny-Arcade Videogame Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the free-radioactive-scorpion-with-every-box dept.

MaryAlan writes "Penny-Arcade has announced that they're going to be making a game, partnering with Hothead games to create titles featuring the characters of the comic. The games will be released in episodes several times a year, digitally downloaded, and will play on Windows, OS X, and Linux, with an eye on consoles somewhere down the road. The first game is to be called Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. There's also talk of the possibility they'll be released on Steam." From the Kotaku article: "'We're really excited to be working with Hothead Games on our first electronic adventure,' said writer Jerry 'Tycho' Holkins. 'From the moment we laid eyes on them, it was clear they had the technical and creative chops to execute our grim vision. Now that we have pooled our strengths, our dark work may truly begin.'" Yay! Dark works!

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  1. Yay, I found this secret fruit blending device by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait, no. No, get it away. Ahhh, stop that! Can't get image out of my head. Must drill brain out!

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  2. At last! by Golias · · Score: 5, Funny

    There will finally be a new game release which Gabe and Tycho won't bitch about.

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    1. Re:At last! by legoburner · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wouldn't bet on that.

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  3. OK by giorgiofr · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll buy it but ONLY if this speech is in the intro http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10.

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  4. Re:Episodes a few times a year......... by AcidLacedPenguiN · · Score: 4, Funny

    you never met his wife. . .

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  5. On a Mac? by rmjohnso · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't they always abuse the mythical Mac gamers? I can see the ending of each episode...

    "Congrats on beating the game! You still smell like patchouli!!"

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/08/11

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  6. Re:Woot, CTS! by Jim+Hall · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've actually been holding out for a professionally-produced game based on the cardboard-tube Samurai. I emailed Tycho about it one day: Cardboard Tube Samurai Wii! For me, it's the killer game that would convince me to buy the Wii. Imagine: using the wiimote to deliver smackdowns against enemy samurai and ninjas. And pig sidekick mini-missions. :-)

    Sure, Gabe & Tycho would have to sell out to make this game. But only a tiny bit. And I hear that part of your soul grows back after a while.

    -jh