Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One

Penny Arcade, the webcomic that invented the “two gamers on a couch” genre, has had a stay of execution regarding its long-dormant adventure game series, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Written off as a failed venture into episodic gaming after developer Hothead moved on to Deathspank, the series' future acts will now be developed by Zeboyd Games (of recent Cthulhu Saves the World success). While the series' continuing plot has been laid out ahead of time, expect a new look and feel for future episodes...

A new Weekend Deal has arrived on Steam for Penny Arcade Adventures: Precipice of Darkness Combo Pack to the tune of 75% off. This comes from the Steam Content Examiner at Examiner.com.

Penny Arcade will be hosting their annual silent auction dinner in Seattle to benefit the gaming charity, Child's Play. Become involved today and help out such a worthy cause!

Hours of adventure for a measly $20? And 25% of it goes to the charity of your choice? Start pointing and clicking! 

Telltale Games' Great Adventure Bundle 2010 currently features five full games: The Whispered World, Jack Keane, the Kings Quest Collection, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1, and Puzzle Agent. But when total sales of the bundle reach 5,000, they'll throw in Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space as well...

Telltale Games writes: The Great Adventure Bundle 2010 is here. Telltale has teamed up with some awesome partners to bring you six great PC adventure games for only $19.95. A portion of your purchase - 25% - will go to charitable causes, including Child's Play, The World Wildlife Fund, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Nyota e.V., and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Games in the bundle include Daedalic's The Whispered World, Deck 13's Jack Keane, Activision's King's Quest Collection, and Hothead's Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode 1. The Great Adventure Bundle 2010 also includes two bonus games from Telltale - Puzzle Agent and Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space - which will unlock as more people purchase the bundle.

We have a couple deals from last week, such as Final Fantasy XIII and Resonance of Fate, which will end tomorrow, and some new deals, like Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. -Russ of RPG Land

Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), and independent developer and publisher Hothead Games today announced that the Windows version of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is now available via Steam (www.steamgames.com). In addition to this first installment, Steam will also offer future episodes in the series as they are released by Hothead; in celebration, Episode One has been enhanced with achievements for Steam purchasers.

Kotaku reports: When a movie's major, above-the-title testimonial comes from Access Hollywood, Rex Reed, or a television station in New Mexico, chances are it's going to be a real turd of an operation. Penny Arcade is trying that in reverse with On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One. They're flacking it with the rantings of an anti-Penny Arcade troll. 'Penny arcade sucks and is unfunny. please murder penny arcade and then yourself if you disagree with me,' raves commenter ddf of Wired blog! He goes on to say, this game sucks and anyone who likes it sucks. penny arcade sucks and is as funny as something that's not funny at all.'

Penny Arcade has released a playable demo for the PC version of Penny Arcade Adventures - On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One, which was released today for the PC and Xbox 360.

After Kotaku posted that Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One had gone gold, many of you were wondering why the game wasn't showing up on the Playstation Network. The game is currently listed only for Window, Mac, Linux and the Xbox 360's arcade. Kotaku shot a quick question over to Tycho to find out what exactly the deal was. It's all about the hardware. Right now the Penny Arcade game will only be shipping on platforms that support Torque because that's the blood that runs through their game's veins.