- The "EA Indie Bundle" is Like The Man Saying F*** the Man - 2 May 2012
You may not have heard of Electronic Arts, a boutique publishing label based in Redwood City, Calif. Well, I bet you will be raving about them once you pick up the "EA Indie Bundle" on Steam , the indie-friendly digital marketplace, unlike that Origin bullshit run by that place that screwed up the end of Mass Effect 3 . The Indie Game Magazine discovered the bundle was recently registered on Steam. It contains Shank, Shank 2, Deathspank, Deathspank: Thongs Of Virtue, Warp and Gatling Gears , and is currently live, for $20.98 (a savings of $13.96). The offer ends May 9, so please, reach into those wallets and support independent games development. Thank you. Excuse Me? EA Indie Bundle Registered on Steam
- This Cool Ninja Text Adventure Isn't Really A Ninja Text Adventure - 27 February 2012
Well this is some creative marketing. Head on over to markoftheninja.com to play through a ninja-centric text adventure game. It's called "Mark of the Ninja," and it's brought to you by Klei Entertainment, makers of Shank . (Well, it's not really a "text adventure" game like Zork or The Lurking Horror , it's more of a "choose your own adventure." But I digress.) You'll assume the role of a black-clad Japanese assassin, making choices about how best to hunt and kill your prey. Do you lash out from the shadows, or do you wait? Here in the street stands another guard, bigger than the last. He's guarding the entrance to a squat hotel. He is the only man standing between you and your prey. You wait for the guard to glance away, and then fling your grappling hook at the lightpost. It hooks the metal and pulls you through the air with a gentle whoosh, until you are perched above your enemy. Ev…
- Shank 2's Launch Trailer Paints the Walls Red - 8 February 2012
This launch trailer for Shank 2 is a spectacle of gore and cartoony style. One of the sequel's additions to the original downloadable game is Survival Mode, which you can get your bloodthirsty eyeballs on right here . Both there and in the game's single-player , rest assured that yes, you will feel like Rambo (and that's not new to the sequel). Shank 2 is available now on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
- Shank 2, Gotham City Impostors, Catherine New This Week on the PlayStation Store - 8 February 2012
This week, there's a good amount of solid stuff new at the PlayStation store; it ain't the horn of plenty that we've seen in the past, but it's certainly better than the cursed wasteland that was last week's PlayStation Store update. We've got Shank 2 , which is new this week, as well as Gotham City Impostors , and a full-game download of the super-cool Catherine . Rocksmith gets some Pearl Jam music, and there's even some free Amy wallpaper, since I know you've all been jonesing for that . Read the full list below: PlayStation Plus PSN Games: The Simpsons Arcade Game minis: Hungry Giraffe Gold Medalist PS one Classics: Final Fantasy V Early Access Demo: The House Of The Dead III Exclusive Playstation Plus Demo Media: Qore Episode 45 – February Full Game Trial: Catherine PSN Games Jak 3 ($14.99) Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy ($14.99) Jak II ($14.99) Shank 2 ($9.99) The Simpsons A…
- Get to Know the Bloody Basics of Shank 2’s Co-Op Survival Mode - 2 February 2012
The sequel to Klei Entertainment's cartoony stab-em-up brings me something that I desperately wanted from the first Shank : a frantic 2D twist to the waves-of-enemies gameplay popularized by Gears of War 's Horde Mode. The nuts-and-bolts of Shank 2 's Survival Mode get laid out in the clip above, which looks a lot simpler than it actually plays. I've already gotten my hands on this part of Shank 2 and I think it'll please anyone who wants an update on Double Dragon -style action. You'll be able to buddy up in Shank 2 next week.
- This Shank 2 Teaser Takes on the Military and Wins - 6 January 2012
Klei Entertainment's sequel to the stylish stab-em-up I—and many others—loved is scheduled for an early 2012 release. The clip above shows off new enemies and moves but the game still looks like the bloodiest Saturday morning cartoon never made.
- The New Humble Indie Bundle Might Be The Best One Yet - 13 December 2011
We've seen our share of Humble Indie Bundles over the past year or two—independent developers who gather under the " Humble " brand and release a bunch of their games priced at whatever people want to pay. The latest one, Humble Bundle #4, might be the best one yet—for any price you want, you can get Super Meat Boy , Bit. Trip Runner , Jamestown , Shank and Nightsky . Pay more than the average price (currently tracking at $4.61 on the Humble Bundle site ), you get Cave Story + and Gratuitous Space Battles as well. There's no shortage of gaming to be done this December, but these are all great games, for a great price. And not only will you be supporting indie devs, you'll have the option to give money to either the American Red Cross or Child's Play. Check out their (endearingly cheesy and reference-laden) trailer above. It's funny, I was quoting that bit from The Rock all l…
- These Shank 2 Co-Op Screens are a Bloody Good Time - 24 October 2011
Klei Entertainment's upcoming Shank 2 brings a new brand of extreme slice-em-up to the stage with its co-op gameplay. We've already seen some of it in action off-screen, and it certainly looks like a lot of team-stabbin'. Klei sent along a grip of new screenshots from both the single-player and teh co-op. I thought I'd share them here. Enjoy!
- Who Needs Co-op? Here's the First Few Minutes of Shank 2's Single-Player - 13 October 2011
Inspired as it is by 1980s action-movie tropes, you can probably guess the plot of Shank 2 's story mode. If your guess involves the hero renouncing his violent ways and trying to embrace a quieter existence, only to have his old life come back to wreak havoc in his new one, then you get a prize. That prize is the opening chunk of Shank 2 's single-player. What you may not be able to make out in this video is the additional depth of field in the backgrounds, which makes the world feel more alive than in the previous title. The character animations look noticeably smoother, too, adding a bit more nuance to the little gestures they make when idle. As far as gameplay, you'll now be able to pick up and use dropped enemy weapons like baseball bats and shovels. You'll also be able to counter enemy attacks—opportunities marked by big exclamation points—with moves that end in one-hi…
- Watch How Shank 2's Co-op Delivers Twice the Stab-Em-Up Action - 13 October 2011
Released through the EA Partners program last year, Klei Entertainment's gorgeously gory sidescroller won legions of fans with its retro presentation and fluid animation. The one thing everybody wanted was co-operative play featuring the bandanaed badass and his cohort Falcone. Your pleas were heard and the video above shows off how that's going to look. Co-op tasks a pair of players with protecting two ammo stashes from waves of the game's thugs. All of the various enemy types from the single-player show up, with big beefy boss characters interspersed throughout. The bad guys will try to set explosive charges to the ammo and, if they're successful, then one player will need to defuse the charge. In the event that one partner goes down, the other will need revive them. As you'll see, it's all pretty straightforward. But what you may not get from just watching is how addictively fun Shan…
- They Believed In Their Game Enough to Go Homeless, But It Didn't Come to That - 29 September 2011
"We literally put our mortgages to it...It was a big deal. It needed to be good." The future of Klei Entertainment rested on the success of Shank, last summer's side-scrolling beat-em-up. The indie developer had seen moderate success in the past with games like N+ , but Shank was another beast entirely. It had the power to financially ruin Jamie Cheng, Klei's founder, and Jeff Agala, its creative director, both of whom put their houses on the line. Such was their confidence in the game. That confidence extends to Shank 2 , which is scheduled for release on PC, XBLA and PSN in early 2012. Sitting down with Cheng at the game's official unveiling this week, he acknowledged that, despite strong sales, fans had some qualms with the first game. "When we were listening to feedback we were like, 'Ok, yes, these are the things we can do way better,' " he explained. "We can drastically improve th…
- Bring A Friend Along for Shank 2's Brand of Shooting, Stabbing and Slicing - 27 September 2011
Last year's side-scrolling slice 'em up Shank is getting a sequel, EA and Klei Entertainment announced today. They're calling it Shank 2 and it's coming to PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PC early next year. Shank 2 will add online co-op play—"multiplayer co-op survival" actually—and a revamped combat system. New weapons, new dudes to kill... the works, apparently. "What we did was rip the game apart and reconstruct it to allow us to have more responsive controls and better graphics," said Klei Entertainment founder Jamie Cheng. "We tore our combat system apart... and created new controls to be able to use the enemies' weapons against themselves." Your first look at Shank 2 —in single-player and co-op—is in the gallery above. More to come. You can contact Michael McWhertor, the author of this post, at [email protected] . You can also find him on Twitter ,…
- Shank Updates Released - 3 March 2011
Updates to Shank have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * Save data is no longer windows username dependent. * Fix an issue running at 1920x1200 on Windows 7. * Create log files to be able to gather debug info from users more easily. * Added more boot logging to try and track down various issues starting up.
- New Release - Shank - 26 October 2010
Shank is now available on Steam! Step into a graphic novel with the most fluid and violent 2-D animation ever seen in a video game. Shank must battle his way through the criminal underground in order to seek revenge against the people responsible for bringing his world crashing down around him.
- Pre-Purchase Now - Deathspank and Shank - 6 October 2010
Pre-Purchase DeathSpank or Shank and save 10%. Buy the Shank and 'Spank pack together and save 15%!
