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Hothead Games to Publish Ron Gilbert's DeathSpank

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2008-01-12 18:20:54 by Stephany in Gaming Today
...DeathSpank: Episode One: Orphans of Justice , Ron Gilberts long-awaited RPG-Adventure game. Described as Monkey Island meets Diablo , the game will be released in episodic format and feature Gilberts unique style of humor and storytelling. The episodic game follows the thong-tastic adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank, a character...
 
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Video: Monkey Island Genius Returns With DeathSpank

2008-09-02 11:35:00 by Jean Snow in Wired: Game|Life
 
...DeathSpank , and that's despite an appearance by the game at this past weekend's PAX The teasers shown barely revealed anything, and so didn't add much to what we do know, which is that the episodic game is " Monkey Island meets Diablo " with lots of puzzles. Oh, and it will be funny, and feature a hero called DeathSpank, who was first...
 
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Bloody new DeathSpank trailers, details from PAX 2008

2008-09-04 08:30:00 by Ross Miller in Joystiq
 
...DeathSpank . The company has released three new teaser trailers for the snarky title ("Fight" is shown above), built from the ground up with Joystiq's own Ludwig Kietzmann in mind as the target demographic During last weekend's Penny Arcade Expo , Hothead COO Joel DeYoung said he considered the game a "more Diablo- esque" episodic action RPG...
 
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Hothead Games to publish Ron Gilbert's 'DeathSpank'

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2008-01-09 00:00:00 by Ludwig Kietzmann in Joystiq
...DeathSpank: Episode 1: Orphans of Justice." The adventure legend has joined Vancouver-based Hothead Games as Creative Director, noting that he's spent over four years searching for "the right publisher for this strange little game." He went on to quip, "Now that I've done it, you just know that somewhere four horsemen are saddling up ...
 
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Ron Gilbert & Clayton Kauzlaric present DeathSpank

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2008-01-10 13:31:00 by gnome in the random Gnomes' random Lair
...DeathSpank Ahhh.. DeathSpank . I absolutely adore the sound of it and the fact that its based on them lovely Grumpy Gamer comics . I'm quite fond of the idea behind it too, you know, as it's the first humorous adventure RPG hybrid since Steve Meretzky's excellent Super Hero League of Hoboken and the first game ever to be described as Monkey...
 
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Joystiq interviews DeathSpank's Ron Gilbert

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2008-03-03 00:00:00 by Ludwig Kietzmann in Joystiq
...Deathspank 's upcoming lampooning of adventure game heroes, as well as the series' inevitable downward spiral in quality after the, uh, 600,000th episode Continue reading Joystiq interviews DeathSpank's Ron Gilbert Permalink | Email this | Comments
 
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DeathSpank trailers confirm that yes, Monkey Island meets Diablo is a good idea

2008-09-03 10:59:53 by Nick Chester in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
...DeathSpank . Our own Chad Concelmo questioned whether the game -- described as " Monkey Island meets Diablo" -- could be "the greatest thing in the history of things Hothead were at Penny Arcade Expo last week, obviously pimping Penny Arcade Adventures, but also to tease the "coming soonerish" DeathSpank . As these new trailers indicate, the...
 
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DeathSpank

2008-01-09 11:40:00 by Rayna in Plucky Pixels
 
ooo....this is interesting! Ron Gilbert , designer of Secret of Monkey Island, has a new game coming out with Canadian company Hothead Games , the guys working on the Penny Arcade game. The episodic action-adventure-RPG DeathSpank (love the name!) is supposed to be a cross between Diablo and Secret of Money Island. I can't wait to try it out
 
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DeathSpank: The Great Tease

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2008-08-30 13:23:00 by gnome in the random Gnomes' random Lair
...DeathSpank . Click , watch them and fantasize about wearing the legendary thong of justice. Oh, and as the game has evolved enough to be coming soonerish , do expect to play it sometime during 2009
 
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DeathSpank Teasers To Delight And Confuse

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2008-09-01 18:36:32 by John Walker in Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Making False Idols For 2008
Ron Grumpy Gamer Gilberts forthcoming DeathSpank has been quiet for a while. But now, all of a sudden, we have three teaser trailers to enjoy. Or be completely confused by. The game, which he says is coming out in 2009, has a booth at PAX , but theres no need to travel all the way there when you can watch the videos below visit site to read more
 
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