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Author: Joe Martin
Published: 28th March 2008
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The official Penny Arcade game, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One (bloody hell!), has been priced in an official release. Hardware requirements for the PC, Mac and Linux version have also been released.

In the US, the PC, Mac and Linux versions will have a price tag of $19.95 - which should translate to about £15 most likely. The Xbox Live Arcade version will be priced at 1600 Microsoft points, which is $19.99 or £13.60.

The game has divided fans of the popular webcomic even before it has been released, with many accusing Tycho and Gabe of 'selling out'. Regardless, the game has still excited certain crowds with a promise of 3D, cel-shaded action-adventure RPG gaming from the combined brains of Tycho, Gabe and Ron Gilbert.

The current minimum specs are listed below for all platforms, with suggested OSs being Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Linux 32-bit x86, Mac OS X 10.4 or PowerPC G4. Pretty much every possible base is covered then.

GPU: ATI Radeon 9500 or better, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 or better, Intel® GMA 950 or better with 64 MB of video memory.
RAM: 512 MB of available system memory.
Inputs: OS-supported keyboard and mouse.
Soundcard: OS-supported sound card.
HDD: 350 MB of available hard drive space (185 MB installed).
Other: Available Internet connection for download and one-time authentication.

Are you excited about the prospect of playing a Penny Arcade game, or are you utterly ambivalent to say the least? Let us know in the forums.
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Quote iwog 28th March 2008, 12:10
Who cares if they "sell out" they could do worse things to sell out. I some how doubt with their backgrounds in the games industry that this will be a steaming pile of sh*t that other tie-in games have been. And i'm pretty sure that with all the charity work they do they're allowed some perks of being famous. Well internet famous.

Will definitely be having a look at this when it comes out.
Quote Jamie 28th March 2008, 12:42
Another arcade game to purchase.
Quote p3n 28th March 2008, 13:08
I'll defo give ep 1 a whirl no doubt i'll end up following the series
Quote Joeymac 28th March 2008, 15:28
Can we buy MS Points from the US and use them on UK accounts? Isn't it illegal for them to stop us doing that? A 50% price hike is ****ing insulting.
Quote z3rb 28th March 2008, 17:02
How's the PC version being published? Just download from their site, or steam?
Quote C-Sniper 28th March 2008, 17:24
wow.... a game that supports linux. I think i might just have to check it out then for my slackware system
Quote MrMonroe 28th March 2008, 18:47
They're creating a work of art in a medium of which they've been professional critics for years. This is like saying that FutureMark is selling out by making a game. They're also doing the noble thing and putting out a game that will actually run on everyone's computers, and pricing it much cheaper than most other new material on the market. I say kudos to them.
Quote Cthippo 28th March 2008, 20:51
A semi-mainstream game written for linux? I'll have to check this out!
Quote HourBeforeDawn 28th March 2008, 21:18
sure why not I will give it a shot. ^_^
Quote Mentai 29th March 2008, 01:56
I'm not expecting anything exceptional but I'll probably give it a shot unless it gets really poor reviews. As if this is selling out, they're just trying something new, it sounds fairly unique.
Quote pendragon 31st March 2008, 00:06
looks like it'd be worthwhile to give it a shot, certainly. I agree that it's nice to see a linux version announced!
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