PS3 - Penny Arcade Adventures Scrapped

PS3 News by Lyndon M STAFF 778 days ago
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Three years ago, the announcement of Penny Arcade Adventures came as a shocker since no one expected this arcade game to be available in downloadable format title. It also carried an interesting format wherein fans can receive a 4-part episodic quest. A year after the original announcement, the first episode was released and then the second episode came in a few months later.

But it has been a full year and a half since the release of the second episode and there is still no sign of the third one. After a long silence, fans finally get some news although it was not like what they were hoping to get.

Mike Krahulik, one of two authors for Penny Arcade, has confirmed that fans can no longer expect Episode 3 to arrive or for further episodes from Penny Arcade Adventures, for that matter. According to Krahulik: “We're actually not making a third episode of the game.” This decision followed after a dismal performance by the second episode, which managed to attain only one-third of the original episode's sales.

Jerry Holkins of the Penny Arcade team also left a comment on this bit of news:

“[The game's developer] Hothead has DeathSpank and they have a chance to do something really cool with it. And they need to have an opportunity to make it incredible. They definitely could’ve done both games. I think they could’ve made DeathSpank and Episode 3 but I think Episode 3 would’ve suffered. I mean, I know it would have suffered. So we’d rather not do it than do it half-assed and so we’re going to finish that story but it’s going to be on our website.”

For those of you who wanted to pick up the first two episodes that were released off Penny Arcade Adventures, it is available at a bundle pack priced at $15 on the PlayStation Network.

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