by Rainier on April 2, 2008 @ 10:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hothead Games and Penny Arcade have teamed up to launch a new distribution platform dedicated to supporting independent game development worldwide, offering gamers an alternative to traditional boxed games that otherwise may be overlooked in a crowded retail marketplace.
by Rainier on March 27, 2008 @ 3:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.
by Brad Hilderbrand on March 4, 2008 @ 3:20 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.
by Rainier on March 1, 2008 @ 2:34 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.
by Rainier on Feb. 29, 2008 @ 2:59 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Penny Arcade announced that it will be adding the PAX 10, a showcase of independent games to its Penny Arcade Expo (August 29-31, 2008) in cooperation with the DigiPen Institute of Technology. Independent developers seeking to participate can
submit their one-of-a-kind game creations until May 7, 2008.
by Rainier on Feb. 21, 2008 @ 3:38 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.
by Rainier on Nov. 2, 2007 @ 3:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Child's Play announced that it has opened its charity drive. The organization, which started as a fundraiser for the Seattle Children's Hospital, has since raised over two million dollars in toys, games and cash through its online toy drive and annual charity auction to over 45 hospitals worldwide.
by Rainier on Oct. 26, 2007 @ 10:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade today announced that the 5th annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) dates will be August 29th, 30th and 31st of 2008 with exhibitor packets available now and attendee registration opening in January.
by Rainier on Aug. 26, 2007 @ 3:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hothead Games announced that Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness episodic game series, a a comic adventure game featuring characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho, will debut on Xbox Live Arcade in early 2008.
by Rainier on July 6, 2007 @ 12:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Valve and Penny Arcade have teamed up to bring ruthlessly-topical Webcomic Penny Arcade to Valve's digital content delivery platform Steam. Viewable in all Steam accounts (no purchase required), a brand new installment of Penny Arcade will be posted every other day, providing a thrice-weekly dose of one of today's most popular Webcomics.
by Rainier on June 27, 2007 @ 11:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade today announced that exhibit space is sold out for its upcoming PAX gaming culture festival, taking place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in downtown Seattle August 24th-26th, officially tripling the size of exhibit space from previous years.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 11:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.
by Rainier on May 9, 2007 @ 10:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hothead Games announced that Ron Gilbert is working closely with the company on the development of its Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness game.
by Rainier on May 3, 2007 @ 4:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade announced that its keynote speaker will be writer, actor and geek icon Wil Wheaton, best known for his role as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation. PAX is to be held Aug. 24-26 at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in Seattle.
by Rainier on March 2, 2007 @ 4:54 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Hothead Games and GarageGames announced they have entered into an agreement making GarageGames the preferred provider of game engine technology for Hothead's games, starting with Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.
by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2007 @ 5:07 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Penny Arcade revealed plans for a bigger and badder (in the best possible way) celebration of videogames and game culture at the 4th annual Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) scheduled to take place August 24-26th at the Washington State Trade and Convention Center in downtown Seattle, Washington.
by Rainier on Aug. 25, 2006 @ 9:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The creators of online ultracomic Penny Arcade have joined forces with independent video game developer Hothead Games, to collaboratively create episodic video games based on the Penny Arcade comic.
by Rainier on Aug. 11, 2006 @ 4:02 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade today announced the grand prize for its three-day gaming Omegathon III tournament, a brand new 2006 Scion xB in Black Sand Pearl, featuring a game geek's dream package of a flipdown 15" widescreen monitor, X360 Premium System, 6-speaker sound system with CD/MP3 player, custom taillights and wheels with low-profile tires.
by Rainier on Aug. 3, 2006 @ 12:50 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade announced that next month's Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Washington State will play host to the first ever Guild Wars Live Event, an ArenaNet and NCsoft sponsored event where attendees can compete for more than $10,000 in cash and prizes at the PAX 10K Arena.
by Rainier on Aug. 1, 2006 @ 2:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade today announced that due to overwhelming demand, pre-registration for Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) gaming culture fest slated to invade Washington State this August 25th-27th has been extended to August 3rd at 6:30pm pacific.
by Rainier on June 22, 2006 @ 2:48 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade announced that exhibit space is now sold out for its upcoming PAX gaming fest. PAX '06 attendees can expect to get hands on with yet-to-be-released games and products from Microsoft, Nintendo, Nvidia, ArenaNet, America's Army, Turbine, NCSoft, Ubisoft, Mythic, Sabertooth Games, Foundation 9, Rockstar, Flying Lab, Creative Labs, The Behemoth, Garage Games and Red Octane among others.
by Rainier on March 30, 2006 @ 6:44 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Penny Arcade today revealed the musical lineup for its PAX gaming fest, August 25th-27th. Artists expected to participate include architect of hip-hop culture Mike Relm, along with returning musical guests The Minibosses, MC Frontalot, Optimus Rhyme, The Video Game Pianist, and the Neskimos.
Get the Penny Arcade Adventures Ep.1 [X360/PC] Trailer off WP (18mb)
Tycho and Gabe have partnered in true collaborative style with independent developer Hothead Games and are bringing the comic to life in the form of the first-ever Penny Arcade video game, a PC/Mac/Linux computer game called Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One. Consulting on the game’s design is Ron Gilbert, creator of such adventure game classics as The Secret of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The gameplay is a blend of classic adventure and role-playing (RPG) combat elements set
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