PC

The "EA Indie Bundle" Is Like The Man Saying F*** The Man

You may not have heard of Electronic Arts, a boutique publishing label based in Redwood City, Calif. Well, I bet you will be raving about them once you pick up the “EA Indie Bundle” on Steam, the indie-friendly digital marketplace, unlike that Origin bullshit run by that place that screwed up the end of Mass Effect 3.


August 20, 2011
PC

The Baconing’s Trailer Is A Release Date Preceded By 90 Seconds Of Non Sequiturs

I’ve yet to play a Deathspank game. I want to at some point, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet.


August 6, 2011
PlayStation

The First Annual PlayStation Network Play Lineup

If you’ve been neglecting the PlayStation Network’s downloadable offerings, then perhaps you’d like to drop by and take a gander at the PlayStation Store’s wares in the coming weeks as the first annual PSN P event kicks off.


May 26, 2011
PC

DeathSpank Returns An Apparently Improved, Ridiculous Sequel

There will be a new DeathSpank game this summer and it will involve a quest for the Fires of Bacon. It will also be a greatly improved follow-up to last year’s downloadable DeathsSank adventures, two comedic riffs on Diablo.


October 7, 2010
News

Deathspank Spreads Its Wings

Deathspank is coming to PC later this month, and a little later, to the Mac as well.


September 28, 2010

Humour Finds Hope In Indie Game Development

Humour in video games can be a brutally serious thing.


News

Tim Schafer Hires Ron Gilbert, Gets Funnier

Video gaming’s best known funny men are back together again under one roof, having a “hell of a lot of fun”, making jokes and perhaps even developing a game or two.


September 8, 2010

DeathSpank: Thongs Of Virtue Trailer

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What’s all this about powerful mythic thongs created by an master craftsman?


September 7, 2010

PAX Swarm Gameplay Demo

Kotaku AU

Hothead Games, the studio that brought you Deathspank, has been showing off their new IP at PAX recently. Swarm is a cute, humorous platformer with a cool art style in which you control up to 50 swarmlings at once – and occasionally sacrifices need to be made for the good of the many.


August 24, 2010
News

We Get A Surprise DeathSpank Sequel Next Month

In one of the fastest sequel turnarounds you’ll see in gaming, last month’s fun and funny fantasy action game DeathSpank will be succeeded in September by DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue. It turns out they were making two DeathSpanks all along.