#Deathspank the baconing cover art series

In order to vanquish this evil version of himself, Deathspank has to destroy five of the thongs in the mystical bacon fires, leaving himself with one pair to battle the Anti-Spank. Naturally, over-thonging releases a gigantic, evil version of himself: the Anti-Spank.

#Deathspank the baconing cover art series

With the dullness too much to bear, Deathspank takes up the Thongs of Virtue - the items he sought after and acquired in the second entry in the series - and decides to wear all six at once. The Baconing picks up with Deathspank taking a breather inside his stronghold, bored after all his conquests. One thing is certain: it's definitely more challenging, as several deaths during my demo will attest. The Next Level Games transplant dove headfirst into refining the The Baconing, creating what he thinks is not only a funny game, but also one that is less monotonous than its predecessors. You talked, and Hothead says it listened.īut one of the biggest changes is the addition of producer Inglehart, who recently joined Hothead and has been tasked with overseeing this third entry in the irreverent series.

Prior to jumping into my demo, director of marketing Oliver Birch showed off a 17-page Word document filled with complaints and ideas for improvement, taken directly from their community. Bob may be in marketing, but he's described as 'a sleek, business-minded hammerhead shark with devastating catch phrases and an incredible bite,' not to mention his ability to 'feast on the fallen to help his brother in arms.' And, of course, he can pull a swordfish out for brutalizing should the situation call for it.Producer Mike Inglehart and his team at Hothead seem to be serious about making The Baconing the best entry in the Deathspank series yet.

He also spoke to us a bit about The Baconing's co-op, confirming that, yes, the feature will return, noting that Bob from Marketing will be 'joining the likes of Steve, Sparkles, and Tankko' as playable co-op characters. 'This new title isn't DeathSpank 3 or DeathSpank: The Baconing, instead it should be thought of as The Baconing.' Inglehart added that 'this is a standalone experience that will appeal to fans of the DeathSpank character, but also to gamers everywhere who love unique and engaging video games.' Let's hope! Hothead producer Mike Inglehart further explained to us that his studio wanted people to be able to play the new game even without having played previous entries in the series. Aha! Still, we couldn't help but wonder why Hothead would voluntarily ditch the brand name that it stuck to the last two games, effectively walking away from the brand recognition it built up over the past two entries. In fact, the title was changed just by asking our fans,' a Hothead rep told Joystiq. Did series creator Ron Gilbert take the rights to the character with him, for instance?Īs it turns out, there's a fairly simple reason behind the name change: 'We haven't removed the words or name 'DeathSpank' from the title for any legal reason. When Hothead announced the third entry in its dungeon crawl SLASH role-playing series this past week - titled solely ' The Baconing,' dropping its usual 'DeathSpank' moniker - we couldn't help but wonder what had happened to the series' main character to get him taken off title duties.