Hothead Games recently announced DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, a standalone sequel to launch only two months after the original DeathSpank. The property has been pioneered by Lucasarts veteran Ron Gilbert and is often described as "Diablo meets Monkey Island."
DeathSpank was originally planned as an episodic series, but after Hothead released Penny Arcade Adventures, the studio's first attempt at the episodic model, the game evolved into what appeared to be a standalone release, though the studio crafted the sequel while the first game was still in development.
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Here is our top 5 list of games where Santa comes out to play, delivering some whoop-ass in the process."
Hardcore Gamer: Paying anything over $1 gets you a Steam key for DeathSpank, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, and Penny Arcade's On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode One. Paying $6 or more gets you Episode Two and The Baconing. OSTs are DeathSpank and Episode One are included with every purchase.
MTV Multiplayer - Like it or not, video game companies are in business to make money, and in order to do so, they need to stay on top of, and react to an ever-changing market. Over the last few years mobile games have come into their own since the introduction of the iPhone and Android devices, turning phones into viable gaming devices, and expanding the possibilities for game developers. One company that is looking to explore mobile games as their sole avenue of revenue is Vancouver, British Columbia-based Hothead Games.
