Monkey Island creator working on DeathSpank episodic adventure game

Hothead Games announced they’ll be publishing Ron Gilbert’s long-awaited RPG-Adventure PC game, DeathSpank. Described as “Monkey Island meets Diablo”, the singleplayer game will be released in episodic format and feature Gilbert’s unique style of humor and storytelling. The first part will be titled DeathSpank: Episode One: Orphans of Justice. In a related move, Ron Gilbert will be joining the company’s Vancouver-based studio as Creative Director, effective immediately.

Speaking from his secret game design cave, Ron Gilbert said, “I’ve spent over four years trying to find the right publisher for this strange little game. Now that I’ve done it, you just know that somewhere four horsemen are saddling up.”

The episodic game follows the thong-tastic adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank, a character that first appeared on Gilbert’s Grumpy Gamer website in a series of animated comics he penned with long-time creative collaborator, Clayton Kauzlaric.

Hothead prepared for Gilbert’s arrival by ordering the finest morsels of jellied moose meat and lager brewed with water from the nearest available glacier. “We’re all huge fans of Monkey Island and we love Ron’s unique vision and sense of humor,” said Joel DeYoung, COO of Hothead Games. “Ron shares Hothead’s goal of bringing much-needed humor and innovation into games, so having him here in Vancouver as our Creative Director is an excellent fit.” All this happened after Mr. Gilbert consulted at Hothead Games on the Penny-Arcade Adventures Game.

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