The Heavy, Strong Bad, Tycho and Max the “hyperkinetic rabbity thing” will play what Telltale calls “a new style of poker” in Poker Night at The Inventory, which hits the PC and Mac for $US4.99 USD this fall.
“We’ve had the idea for some time of exploring the idea of what video characters do when they’re not ‘on the clock’ in the games we play,” explained Telltale CEO Dan Connors via the game’s announcement. “We pitched the idea to friends in the industry and it really resonated. We all had a great time imagining what these guys would banter about while slinging cards – from there Poker Night at The Inventory was born.”
The Steamworks-powered game has “more than a few surprises” still up its sleeve, according to its creators.
Telltale Games will be attending this weekend’s PAX convention in Seattle, Washington, takin’ pre-orders and handing out Poker Night at The Inventory posters. Bring an extra fiver!
Damo
September 3, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Four beloved personalities in one game?!
This is an instant purchase, I’ll be buying it as soon as it is up on steam.
Looking forward to inevitable promotional items in tf2.
Report PermalinkChuloopa
September 3, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Really???
…that’s what i’ve been waiting all week for??
…REALLY?!?!
… man is that ever disappointing or what…
Report Permalinkf4cti0n
September 3, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Yeah, I was hoping for something better.
SSB parody would have been good. C’est la vie!
Report PermalinkDunnowhathuh
September 3, 2010 at 2:21 PM
Agreed, that was a pretty big anti-climax.
Report PermalinkAliasalpha
September 3, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Disappointing certainly but there’s been worse. Remember the giant Bioware countdown to the best thing evaaaaar earlier this year that turned out to be an advertising based auction for useless crap that MOST of america and america alone were elligible to enter?
Never seen anything beat that for being a letdown
Report PermalinkKarasz
September 3, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Oooo~ This should be interesting.
Love the promo image by the way. :P
Report PermalinkMic
September 3, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Not what I was expecting, nor hoping for, but certainly interesting. Never beena big poker player but with these chaacters, being made by telltale, not to mention only 5 bucks? I think I’ll be picking this up. Might hold out to see what it’s like at PAX first though.
Report PermalinkJoshy206
September 3, 2010 at 5:12 PM
About what I was expecting, so not too bad, and only $5 isn’t too bad, so, yeah, I’ll probably get it. I wonder what the TF2 pre-order will be, though :P
Report PermalinkSteven Bogos
September 3, 2010 at 7:45 PM
I’m thinking… Strong Bad mask?
Report PermalinkLuke Davis
September 3, 2010 at 5:41 PM
PC and Mac only? This news is useless to me.
Report PermalinkSteven Bogos
September 3, 2010 at 7:55 PM
… Don’t really know what you were expecting bro. A PC centric developer reveals a game staring 4 predominantly PC centric characters, and you’re upset?
BTW, if TellTale’s track record is anything to go buy, this will probably come out on WiiWare soon afterwards.
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