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Monkey Island Creator Explains Adventure Game Resurgence: “Games Aren’t Niche Anymore”

Ravi Sinha — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:11:21 +0000

Ron Gilbert is a legend in the business. Having created Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion and Deathspank, he’s one of the biggest adventure game figures in the industry today. Of course, the genre isn’t what it was like so many decades ago, but it’s improving thanks to Kickstarter efforts to revive classic adventure titles.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Gilbert explains that, “the reason that’s starting to change is because everybody plays games now. Games are not this kind of thing that’s relegated to this niche audience of these nerd game players, because of things like iOS and the consoles in everyone’s living room.”

“People are just getting older. My dad did not play videogames when he was a kid, so there’s nothing for me to learn from my parents about videogames. But we have adults who have families and they gamed when they were kids and a lot of them still game.”

Gaming has certainly evolved in it’s demographics, and it makes sense that most people today would want their kids to experience the games they played while growing up.

Gilbert elucidates more on Deathspank, his philosophy behind developing games and much more so make sure to check out the full interview.

‘DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue’ Announced In Detail With A Trailer Already

Jim Girgenti — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:20:50 +0000

A sequel to a pretty good arcade game has been announced already entitled “DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue”. You didn’t read that wrong either, there are thongs in this game that play a significant role, as the trailer will show you. The original one simply titled ‘DeathSpank’, was just released July 14th for the Xbox 360 Arcade, Playstation Network and PC. Hothead Games and Ron Gilbert, who brought us the Secret of Monkey Island, were not slow to jump on a sequel for this Action/RPG.

If you played the first game don’t expect any levels or skills to carry over. Thongs of Virtue promises to have more of a variety of quests as well as environments, enemies and everyone’s favorite, a bigger variety of more loot droppage. There will be more puzzles as well as more bosses, each of which will be sporting a different color thong. The first DeathSpank was more of a hack and slash, RPG while there being only one ranged weapon as well as a magic spell that could be used from a distance. DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue has changed that aspect, adding a whole slew of weapons the the game compared the first one where all you can use is a cross-bow.

“Deathspank: Thongs of Virtue” comes out for the Xbox 360 on September 21st while Playstation 3 users will have to wait another entire day to get their thong on.. on September 22nd. No word yet on if the game will see a PC release yet or for any other platform for that matter.

Deathspank unleashing on XBLA/PSN in July

Will Kenny — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:24:25 +0000

A new game by Hothead Games is set to release this July.

The indie game developer has gone for the slasher market, and you play as a knight hacking his way through foes, and solvnig the occasionaly puzzle.

Available for digital download next month Deathspank will release on July 13th for PlayStation Network and July 14th for Xbox LIVE Arcade at $14.99 and 1200 Microsoft Points respectively.

With Ron Gilbert, the lead dev behind The Secret of Monkey Island, taking the helm, we can only expect good things.

DeathSpank coming on PSN and XBL

Rashid Sayed — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:02:48 +0000

EA and developer Hothead Games announced today that they will bring DeathSpank to Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network this year. Developed under the vision of The Secret of Monkey Island creator and industry icon Ron Gilbert, DeathSpank blends a story filled with Gilbert’s unique humor and wit with classic and addictive action RPG gameplay.

“The team at Hothead Games is a perfect fit for EA Partners. They are a great example of how the EA Partners program continues to emphasize the importance of building strong relationships with the world’s top indie developers,” said Jamil Moledina, Outreach Director, Business Development at EA Partners. “DeathSpank is an engrossingly fun and hysterically funny experience, and we are all excited to have the opportunity to help introduce DeathSpank to gamers across the world.”

Ian Wilkinson, CEO of Hothead Games added, “We are proud of our independence, but are very excited to be working with EA Partners on a title as big as DeathSpank. With EA Partners handling distribution and marketing, Hothead can continue to focus on what we do best, making great games.”