klei entertainment
Xbox

Sneaking And Slashing Through Lovely Darkness In Mark Of The Ninja

Mark of the Ninja doesn’t look like your average stealth game. You won’t be hiding in cardboard boxes or waiting 10 minutes for soldiers to turn around. And it’s all two-dimensional.

January 20, 2012
PC

Shank 2 Sticks It To Players On Feb 7

Shank 2, the sequel to Klei Entertainment’s stylish 2D pulp fiction beat-em-up, gets the drop on the PlayStation Network and PC on February 7, with the Xbox Live Arcade version lagging a day behind.

September 30, 2011
News

They Believed In Their Game Enough To Go Homeless, But It Didn’t Come To That

“We literally put our mortgages to it…It was a big deal. It needed to be good.” The future of Klei Entertainment rested on the success of Shank, this year’s side-scrolling beat-em-up. The indie developer had seen moderate success in the past with games like N+, but Shank was another beast entirely.

September 28, 2011
PC

Bring A Friend For Shank 2′s Brand Of Shooting And Slicing

Last year’s side-scrolling slice ‘em up Shank is getting a sequel, EA and Klei Entertainment announced today. They’re calling it Shank 2 and it’s coming to PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PC early next year.

August 27, 2010
News

Shank’s Cinematics Problems Blamed On Old 360s

Shank, the side-scrolling beat-and-slash-em-up out this week, runs like a dream on the PS3 but is having some stuttering issues with its cinematics on the Xbox 360. The game’s developer says older models of that console are the problem.

July 21, 2010
News

Get Shanked Next Month

Klei Entertainment’s side-scrolling action game Shank will hit the PlayStation Network on August 24 for $US14.99, with an Xbox Live Arcade release on August 25, priced at 1200 Microsoft points. Are you ready to get Shanked?

June 17, 2010

Shank Hands-On: A Long Chain Of (Dead) Fools

First I shanked the guy, then I shot him, then I stuffed a grenade down his throat and punched him in the face, then it exploded, and then he died.

May 14, 2010
News

God Of War Writer Gets Shanked

Marianne Krawczyk, best known for bringing Kratos to life as the writer of God of War, is lending her talents to a different kind of hero in Klei Entertainment’s Shank.

March 29, 2010

Let’s Shank Again, Like I Did Last Summer

When last I left Shank, it was PAX West 2009. Six months later I got my hands on a whole new, platform-heavy level and word from Klei Entertainment’s Jamie Cheng on quality versus quantity.

February 26, 2010
News

Mile Marker 14: Shank

Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We’re playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace – and so we can judge them. Today, Shank.

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