Ron Gilbert, en av männen bakom #LucasArts legendariska Monkey Island-serie, har fingrarna med i ett nytt äventyrslir. Namnet #DeathSpank skvallrar om att humor ingår i designdokumentet och den gode Gilbert är anställd som creative director hos utvecklaren #Hothead Games.
"Monkey Island möter #Diablo" - så lyder en kort beskrivning av spelet. Det kommer släppasi delar med start inom kort (eller "Coming soonish" som det står på spelets högst sparsmakade webbsajt). Del ett bär undertiteln Orphans of Justice. Ett utdrag från presentationen följer.
In a move that may upset the balance of the universe (or at least that around the 49th parallel), Hothead Games announced plans to publish Ron Gilbert's long-awaited RPG-Adventure game, DeathSpank. Described as "Monkey Island meets Diablo", the game will be released in episodic format and feature Gilbert's unique style of humor and storytelling. In a related move, Ron Gilbert will be joining the company's Vancouver-based studio as Creative Director, effective immediately.
Speaking from his secret game design cave, Ron Gilbert said, "I've spent over four years trying to find the right publisher for this strange little game. Now that I?ve done it, you just know that somewhere four horsemen are saddling up."
The episodic game follows the thong-tastic adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank, a character that first appeared on Gilbert's Grumpy Gamer website in a series of animated comics he penned with long-time creative collaborator, Clayton Kauzlaric.
