hothead games
News

Penny Arcade’s Episodic Adventures Live On In With The Written Word

Followers of Penny Arcade’s foray into game development may never see the last two chapters of their Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness come to video game form. But the series will continue, if only in text.

July 14, 2010

DeathSpank Review: Best Game Involving A Purple Thong

If you like laughing and you like loot, if you can catch a Monkey Island reference and know why purple text is a positive thing, then DeathSpank is your game. Plus it is gorgeous.

June 23, 2010
News

DeathSpank, Like Diablo With A Sense Of Humour, Hits July

Are you perfectly fine with rainbows in your Diablo III? Then you might like the gameplay and lighthearted approach of Hothead Games’ action-RPG DeathSpank, which marries deep role-playing with broad humour in just a couple of weeks.

March 5, 2010
News

EA Cuts Deal To Publish Shank, Deathspank

Electronic Arts today announced a deal with the developers of Shank and Deathspank to bring the downloadable games to multiple platforms.

November 5, 2009
News

Braid Finally Makes It To The PlayStation Network

After charming the pants off of players on Xbox Live Arcade and the PC, Jonathan Blow’s Braid is finally heading for the PlayStation Network later this month.

September 9, 2009
In Real Life

PAX Panel Attempts To Define “Gamer”, Sparks Casual Controversy

The PAX panel, Game Culture: How Gamers Impact Society & How Policy Affects Gamer Culture, had some mildly interesting moments – but it got really interesting right at the end, during Q&A.

September 1, 2009
News

A Good Look At Monkey Island Creator’s New Game

Ron Gilbert’s latest game, Deathspank, isn’t new. We’ve known about it for ages. But all this info and screenshots, well, they’re very new.

August 4, 2009
News

Yeah, Braid Is Coming To The PS3

Those Germans know a thing or two about upcoming game releases, because no sooner do the USK display a listing for a PSN version of Braid than we get official confirmation of the game’s PS3 debut.

August 1, 2009

Braid Coming To PlayStation 3, Says German Ratings Board

A PlayStation 3 version of Xbox Live Arcade hit Braid appears to be in the works, with Germany’s Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle (USK) rating the latest port as of yesterday. That’s excellent news for PS3 owners.

May 21, 2009
News

Braid Comes To The Mac

The list of excuses for not having played Number None’s Braid gets shorter today with the release of the Mac OS X version of the time-shifting puzzle platformer.

Subscribe Contact