Shank Trailer – Bloody Marvelous!

Shank has a lot of people interested…

Whether it’s the Penny Arcade-esque imagery, the Streets of Rage gameplay or the metric shit-ton of violence, it just can’t seem to hit our desktops/consoles quick enough.  The fact it has been picked up by EA Partners is even better.

There’s a trailer after the cut from the GDC.  It might be loosely considered ‘Not Safe For Work’.… Read More…

Hard Sell – Hothead Games disappointed in Rain-Slick sales

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.… Read More…

Gore Whore – Shank information, trailers

Klei Entertainment (Eets) next game is Shank.  Shank is like a hyper-violent Streets of Rage TOO THE MAX!  We like Streets of Rage and we like hyper-violence, so it’s got most of the bases covered.

Described as an ‘over-the-top action/adventure’ with ‘amazing control, great animation, immersive environment, and everything else that we feel like, and none of the stuff we don’t’, Shank is due on multiple formats (presumably XBLA, PS3 & PC) when it is done.

Debut Trailer and Gameplay footage after the cut.… Read More…