http://shankgame.com The Official Shank Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:46:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As promised, here's a high quality embedded version! We previously used Vimeo for video uploading (I love their video quality and interface), but because of their non-commercial policies I've switched over to HD YouTube. EDIT: We switched over to GT as they have an age-gate so we ... http://shankgame.com/video/shank-gameplay-trailer-hq/ We've created a new gameplay trailer, and it's currently featured on IGN! Definitely check out the high definition version as it looks way better. We'll post a Vimeo version here on Monday. http://shankgame.com/video/new-shank-gameplay-trailer-on-ign/ Here are a few links to the interviews we did regarding the announcement. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27498/Interview_EA_Partners_Signs_DeathSpank_Shank.php http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/107/1073913p1.html http://kotaku.com/5485615/ea-cuts-deal-to-publish-shank-deathspank?skyline=true&s=i http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/deathspank/news.html?sid=6252847 Also congrats to our friends at Hothead! These guys are just down the block from us and we love their work. Ron Gilbert is a personal hero, so this is all pretty awesome news. http://shankgame.com/news/notable-mentions/ Since we debuted the game at PAX, we've been asked over and over what platform the game is going to be on. We've been coy about it, mostly because it was never finalized and I didn't want to make promises we couldn't keep. But now, finally, I can come out ... http://shankgame.com/news/klei-signs-with-ea-partners-for-shank/ We are now fleshing out some of the animated cut scenes for Shank.  Here is a new Shank turnaround just for those story clips. http://shankgame.com/art/shank-cut-scenes/ Jeff and Brad from Giant Bomb have posted a quick look of Shank with some hilarious commentary -- it's available below. Thanks for the coverage, guys! Really appreciate it. ... http://shankgame.com/art/shank-on-giant-bomb-quick-look/ This piece was done by Jeff for our coverage in the holiday issue of gamesTM. If you haven't seen it, we have a multi-page spread in the magazine that's amazingly flattering. Progress in the game is fantastic! The characters are coming to life and we've got some new mechanics that ... http://shankgame.com/art/toro-concept-art/ Happy news for a Happy New Year! Shank is nominated for Excellence in Visual Art at the Independent Games Festival 2010. Back in 2004, a bunch of friends and I submitted the original Eets into the IGF, but unfortunately didn't make it. Six years later, our game is in the running, ... http://shankgame.com/art/shank-is-nominated-at-igf2010/ Adrian from Neoseeker recently came to our studio for a visit -- here's the write up for the interview. It was great to chat about the game and our design process -- he even managed to wrench a few new details about some ideas we have for the rest of ... http://shankgame.com/art/neoseeker-studio-visit/ Shank is frenchified. Gotta love that unibrow. (Thanks, Jordan!) http://shankgame.com/art/chanque/