- The strangest, silliest PC gaming crossovers - 15 May 2018
Whether it’s an Easter egg, a joke character, or just a little nudge at a competitor, developers love slipping the odd reference to other games into their own. Sometimes though, they go beyond just slapping a Dopefish on a wall or quipping about a ‘doomed space marine’, and we get to see our heroes stride into entirely new, often completely inappropriate new worlds. Here are a few of our favourites, along the ones that caused the most ‘wait, what?’ blinking on discovery.  Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Jedi Yes, he can hold his breath underwater for ten minutes and quip his way through any sword-fight… but only The Force Unleashed II let him try his luck with a lightsaber. Turns out that you don’t need a sharp wit if you’re waving around two of the universe’s deadliest glowsticks and aren’t afraid to use them. Guybr…
- Pre-Purchase Now - Poker Night 2 - 8 April 2013
Poker Night 2 is Now Available for Pre-Purchase on Steam and includes a free copy of Poker Night at the Inventory ! Already own it? Gift it to a friend! The chips are down and the ante is up in this sentence already bursting with poker clichés! Take the fifth seat in Poker Night 2, at a table featuring Claptrap (Borderlands 2), Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.), Ash (Army of Darkness) and Sam (Sam and Max series). Play to unlock new Team Fortress 2 items and win unique skins and heads for Borderlands 2! Your dealer is GLaDOS (Portal series), but at no point will you be considered as a candidate for a visit to Aperture Science’s Enrichment Center. Unless you lose.
- Army Of Laughness: Telltale Games’ Poker Night 2 - 3 April 2013
I’ve only played poker twice! Yet here I am writing a post about a poker game! That’s the kind of consummate professional I am. I know enough about poker to get away with this, though – for instance, I know that if someone plays five Jacks at once it’s called a Belgian Tickle and everyone else in the game has to take their trousers off. I know that if anyone scores 21, they immediately have to give their car keys to a homeless person. And I know that Telltale’s first attempt at a poker-based game starring a selection of pop-cultural characters was disappointing. Given that, post-Walking Dead, the studio is presumably now aware of the critical and commercial benefits of making really good rather than merely adequate and formulaic games, hopefully that means they’re going to give Poker Night 2 their all. (more…)
- Poker Night 2 officially announced, coming late April - 1 April 2013
Though it was leaked a little early, Telltale Games officially announced Poker Night 2 today. The card-playing cast of mixed intellectual properties is bringing a few new faces for the sequel, which will hit PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in late April. The announcement also teases "other systems to be announced." As seen in the leak, Claptrap from Borderlands, Brock Samson from Venture Bros , Sam from Sam & Max series, and Ash Williams from Army of Darkness will be joining at the table. GLaDOS will serve as the dealer, and we previously noticed Mad Moxxi tending bar in the background. The game will offer "Bounty Unlocks" for skillful gambling, which will let you unlock rewards within other games. You'll be able to score exclusive skins and heads for all version of Borderlands 2, character accessories for the PC version of Team Fortress 2, unique Xbox 360 Avatar items, and premium them…
- Leaked Poker Night 2 screens show Claptrap and Evil Dead's Ash - 27 March 2013
Internet detectives have blown the cover of a teaser campaign Telltale Games started this week. No, not for the Fables game--that was officially announced today as The Wolf Among Us . This mystery game has been unmasked as a sequel to Poker Night at the Inventory , and this time Ash from The Evil Dead , Borderlands ' Claptrap, and Brock Samson of The Venture Bros. are joining the table. Telltale has been running a, ah, ' Key Party ' teaser campaign for the mystery game, dropping a new hint each day in the run-up to an April 1 announcement. Only, NeoGAF forum member 'Vert boil' uncovered box art, screenshots and a banner graphic for Poker Night 2 are hosted on Microsoft's web server for the Xbox Live Marketplace--if you happen to know the URLs. Shacknews confirmed they were, and still are, there, though one imagines they may vanish soon. It's real. The keys in Telltale's bowl all match u…
- Telltale Games sale takes 75% off 'almost everything' - 5 June 2011
In celebration of its 7th anniversary, Telltale Games is taking 75% off most merchandise from its online store . That means you'll be able to pick up the entire season of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse for only $8.75. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is available for only $2.50. Who knows what else you'll discover by clicking around? The only things omitted from the sale's scope is the Back to the Future series and Puzzle Agent 2 . You'll have plenty of time to peruse the store before the sale ends on June 30th. What are you going to pick up?
- Steam Plays A Game That Could Win You 100 Games - 7 December 2010
Valve is giving Steam users a new way to win video games—up to a hundred of them!—and even score some new headwear in Team Fortress 2. The "Great Steam Treasure Hunt" is a game for winning games. From December 6 to 19, Steam users are tasked with completing online and in-game objectives, like setting up a Steam avatar and unlocking The Heavy's Iron Curtain in Poker Night at the Inventory, which can lead to winning free games. Prizes will be handed out bi-daily to lucky winners and at the end of the whole affair, Valve will hand out 100 games to three lucky Steam users. There are also deals to be had, like cheaper copies of R.U.S.E. and even cheaper copies of Chime. Begin the hunt! The Great Steam Treasure Hunt
- The Great Steam Treasure Hunt: Starts Today - 6 December 2010
Now through December 20th, the Great Steam Treasure Hunt will have folks spending time in the tropical sun, earning Steam Achievements in select games, joining Community groups, and earning a slot atop the Steam Leaderboards all in the name of winning free games. Every 48 hours a new set of four tasks will be announced. Select games will also be on sale throughout The Great Steam Treasure Hunt. Completing a objective qualifies you for a drawing to win the top 5 games on your Wishlist. Each objective has its own drawing, so the more you complete, the better your chances. At the end of the Great Steam Treasure Hunt, there will also be three grand prize winners, each awarded 100 individual Steam games of their choosing. Importantly, our lawyers tell us at this point to say, "No purchase necessary" and to check out the official rules here: http://store.steampowered.com/treasurehunt . The fi…
- Poker Night at the Inventory Update Released - 6 December 2010
Updates to Poker Night at the Inventory have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Compatibility Fixes * Anti-aliasing quality control added to Graphics Settings screen. * Improved compatibility with Shader Model 2.0 graphics cards. * Fixed cases of invisible and garbled text on the title screen and settings screen on some systems. * Some lower end video cards which formerly just drew a black screen should now display the game. Poker & Gameplay Fixes * At the end of a hand, winners of the main pot and any side pots all announced individually. (Previously, only the winner of the biggest pot was announced.); * Each round, the minimum raise starts at the big blind until someone raises, after which the minimum raise is the amount of that last raise. * In heads up (one on one) play, the dealer is now the small…
- New Release - Poker Night at the Inventory on PC and Mac OS X - 22 November 2010
Poker Night at the Inventory is now available on Steam! As with all SteamPlay titles, buy once and enjoy the game on either PC or Mac OS X. Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club. In Poker Night at the Inventory, you'll deal with Penny Arcade's clever, cunning Tycho, Team Fortress 2's hulking Heavy, Homestar Runner's self-proclaimed "awesome icon" Strong Bad and the hyperkinetic "rabbity-thing" from Sam & Max. These characters come together in ways some never thought possible, in a setting few would have predicted.
- Pre-Purchase Now - Poker Party at the Inventory - 3 September 2010
Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club. Pre-order Poker Party at the Inventory now on Steam and save 10%!
