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Hard Sell – Hothead Games disappointed in Rain-Slick sales

Andrew Bryant — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:56:00 +0000

In an interview with Gamesutra about the signing of DeathSpank to EA Partners (alongside fantastic looking indie bludgeon-em-up Shank), Hothead Games Ian Wilkinson let slip his disappointment in the sales of their recent offering, the episodic ‘On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness’ series, developed alongside Penny Arcade.

The company has had experience publishing the Penny Arcade series. We looked at [self-publishing] very seriously.

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We know we’re very good at making games. The Penny Arcade series didn’t sell as well as we would have liked. Critically, it was well-received, but commercially, from our perspective, [it wasn't]. Most companies
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CNS List-o-tron-o-matic – Our Best Of 2008

Andrew Bryant — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:37:52 +0000

Because we’re having a slow news time, what with there being a typical post-christmas lull, a global recession and nothing but a load of announcements & promises in the form of press releases (coupled with the fact we forgot to do it in 2008), here’s the CNS Best of 2008

On the contrary, Barry (the site overlord) and myself (the lowly news goat) will have differing tastes and opinions, meaning one central mega-list would be unfeasibly messy (and, of course, since I’m writing the article, his opinions would just be wrong!).

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Holy Sh*t – Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2 launch date announced

Andrew Bryant — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:38:24 +0000

It’s been a little while coming, a fact I can forgive for the debut’s brilliance, but PA & Hothead Games have announced the official launch details for the next in their series of turn-based twisted RPG-em-ups.

Press Release after the hop, skip & jump…

LAUNCH DATE SET FOR EPISODE TWO OF PENNY ARCADE GAME

The Comedic RPG-Adventure Romp Turns Spooky In Time for Halloween

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Oct. 22, 2008 – Grab your gardening tool and watch out for giant spiders, out-of-control asylum patients and wacko sanitarium administrators! Hothead Games announced today that Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick
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