Ron Gilbert Working on Game
Hothead Games has announced that Ron Gilbert, famed creator of the Monkey Island adventure series, has signed on as their new Creative Director. They also revealed that he is working on their next game, DeathSpank, an episodic adventure which is described as “Monkey Island meets Diablo”. The game is said to feature Gilbert’s unique style of humor and storytelling; the preliminary website for the project has gone up, offering “Orphans of Justice” as the title of the first episode.
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 series will see players following the adventures of a misguided hero named DeathSpank, a character that first appeared on Gilbert’s Grumpy Gamer website. No release date was offered, though the site says “coming soonish”.