Hothead cancels PAA Episode 3

[AlfredJ]

Not a real surprise here, but at least it's official now:

 

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/26/penny-arcade-adventures-discontinued-there-wont-be-an-episode/

 

And on Hothead's own site:

 

http://www.hotheadgames.com/blog/?p=130

 

The story will be finished in a book, but I don't think I'm very interested in that. I'm actually not a big fan of Holkins' writing, I just liked the universe they created in the game. Even though it's sad to see another story based game that will never be finished (Bone, Insecticide...) I can completely understand Hothead's side in this, and I think they made the right choice. Episode 1 didn't set the world on fire but it sold well enough, but Episode 2 only reached a third of the sales episode 1 had. There's no way a third episode could have worked commercially.

 

I hope Hothead has more succes with Deathspank and Swarm (great to see they haven't forgotten that game yet) in the future. I greatly enjoyed the first two episodes. Hopefully EA's marketing will give their sales a bit of a boost. As great as Deathspank looks, I wonder how many people in the real world (aka 'outside Mojo') care for a game like that.

[Ascovel]

These days so many series get scrapped after the first episode that it almost makes you afraid to try them.

 

As I decided to release my own game in two parts, I really hope the first one will do well enough and there won't be any problems with delivering the second half.

[Benny]

Thats disappointing, I really enjoyed the first 2 games and was looking forward to the third.

[Udvarnoky]

Even though it's sad to see another story based game that will never be finished (Bone, Insecticide...)

 

You know, seems like there's not a day goes by where you can't read of some new lawsuit filed against Southpeak. Maybe the publisher will explode and Crackpot can get their game back.