The creators of online comic Penny Arcade have joined forces with Hothead Games, an independent and experienced video game developer, to collaboratively create video games based on the Penny Arcade comic.
“We’re really excited to be working with Hothead Games on our first electronic adventure,” said writer Jerry Holkins, his clawed feet resting atop a huge slab of granite. “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.” Holkins then paused to eat a rat whole.
The first game, entitled Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game initially available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, followed by a version for next-generation consoles. The game will be available by digital download, delivered in episodic format with new installments of the adventure coming out several times a year.
Hothead was formed in March of this year, and employs developers who have worked on games such as The Simpsons: Hit & Run and The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction. “I’ve promised this with past games, and I stand by it: if the game sucks, I’ll eat my shirt,” stated Hothead president Vlad Ceraldi.
These webcomic guys also run Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. This year the show runs from August 25 to 27 at Bellevue, Washington, USA.
I’m looking forward to this game mocking all other games, but one has to hope they leave the Fruit Fucker at home.