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The Third Penny Arcade Game Lives On

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by Tim Turi on April 02, 2012 at 05:47 PM
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Much doubt has surrounded the next installment in Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness series, but today brings good news. A phoenix down has been used on the fallen third entry, in the form of a new developer bringing the game in a new 16-bit RPG direction.

Developer Hothead Games was originally developing Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3, but left the project to work on DeathSpank. Since then, developer Zeboyd Games has picked up the mantle. Zeboyd created old school RPG tributes Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII.

Penny Arcade says the game will be playable at PAX East, and are planning to put out the game on PC, Mac, Xbox Live Indie Games, iOS, Android, and anything else they can get their mitts on.

[Source: Joystiq]

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  • by Monday, April 02, 2012 at 05:57 PM
    Ughhh. Part of the charm of the other two Penny Arcade Games (at least for me( was the visual style, cinematics and voice acting. This looks like all that is taking a nose dive off the nearest cliff with this entry. Granted, it may surprise me with its quality, but it seems to be missing that same spark of smexyness that made the first two so good. Time will tell I suppose.
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    by Monday, April 02, 2012 at 05:58 PM
    Breath of Death VII was highly enjoyable, and while I've never heard of this particular series -- knowing that Zeboyd is working on it has placed it dead center on my radar.
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    by Monday, April 02, 2012 at 06:10 PM
    My reaction to the news: http://www.myfacewhen.com/92/ My reaction when I saw it's going to be in 16-bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfbK_dbsCu0
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    by Monday, April 02, 2012 at 06:57 PM

    looks t-errific

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    by Monday, April 02, 2012 at 07:11 PM

    Noooo!!! it better be as good as the first two...I just got around to finishing them and getting all the achievements.  They were pretty funny and fantastic games I must say and I've heard good thngs about zeboyd games.  I hope for the best with the new direction this game is goin in.

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    by Monday, April 02, 2012 at 08:40 PM

    I am excite. Breath of Death and Cthulhu Saves the World are both great games by any definition.

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    by Monday, April 02, 2012 at 09:29 PM

    Sweet, 16 bit Penny arcade humor can only be good :)

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    by Monday, April 02, 2012 at 11:42 PM
    Looks better than the other 2
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    by Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 04:09 AM

    I would love to see an 8-bit battle between a T-Rex and Fruit "Lover" Prime.

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    by Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 08:44 AM

    I honestly can't wait to play this. I actually stopped playing the first version because of the how the visuals were handled. Love Penny Arcade art, but it honestly felt like less of a game.

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    by Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 11:10 AM

    Hahahha this game looks hilarious.

  • by Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 03:51 PM

    sweet

  • by Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 05:45 PM

    Looks good.

    "and are planning to put out the game on PC, Mac, Xbox Live Indie Games, iOS, Android, and anything else they can get their mitts on."

    Very nice the game is being made so available would like to see more games released like that.

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    by Tuesday, April 03, 2012 at 05:50 PM
    Yes and yes.
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    by Wednesday, April 04, 2012 at 01:12 PM

    This might be the one I play, 16bit is awesome.