Gamedaily.Biz reports that with 16,500 downloads on Xbox Live, Mike "Gabe" Krahulik is pretty stoked over the results. Considering that the game was also $20, it makes the sales sweeter still for the web-comic makers.

Penny Arcade's Mike "Gabe" Krahulik today wrote about the sales of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. The 16,500 downloads on Xbox Live over a three-day stretch make it the third fastest downloaded game in the service's history, behind Ikaruga at 22,500 units and RezHD at 25,000 units. He also expressed his enthusiasm over the generally good reviews for the game.
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According to Kotaku, the first episode of Penny Arcade Adventures was the highest-grossing Xbox Live Arcade debut ever, earning $330,000 in its first three days. These numbers were taken from VGChartz. The prior record-holder was Worms HD. In terms of units sold, On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness was the third-highest performer of 2008 - even with its higher price point.
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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.'"
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is available now on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

This is the first episode of Penny Arcade's RPG-Adventure comes in at 1600 Microsoft Points and is not surprisingly rated 'M'.
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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.
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Kotaku writes: " After finishing up playing a bit of Too Human coop yesterday, I noticed a demo station of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness sitting all by itself, tucked away next to the Ninja Gaiden II stations.

Since the game wasn't getting official demos, I decided to take our 30 minute break between games to sit down with a game and take it for a test drive.

The game starts off by letting you customize your character's look and clothing. The selection isn't as robust as I would have liked to see (no luxuriously long hair guys? I'm hurt) but there's still more than enough to make the character feel like one of your own.

The game itself unwinds slowly through an amalgam of comic panel and full motion cut scenes that are both narrated by a... um... narrator. This voice is actually the only one you'll ever hear in the game. I'm told this is because fans of the web comic have their own and wildly varied ideas of how the characters should sound (For instance my Gabe and Tycho sound like Asterix and Obelix).

I was surprised at how much I enjoying playing what I did of the game. It felt very much like a blending of some of the best bits of different types of games. It has, for instance, a distinct role-playing flavor to it, but there's also a point-and-click adventure and action element to the game."
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MCV writes: "Gears of War 2, Too Human, Fable 2 and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts all arriving before Christmas.

Unfortunate internet leaks may have reduced the wow factor, but Microsoft Game Studios has finally revealed its list of big-hitting 360 software releases from now until the end of the year.

The platform holder is set to confirm the list at its product showcase in San Francisco later today."
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A roundup of all the announcements from the Gamers Day taking place in San Francisco including news on Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Gears of War 2, Viva Pinata 2 and Too Human.
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Larry Hryb (better known as Major Nelson) has confirmed via his Twitter that the XBOX Live Arcade release for Wednesday 21st May 2008 will be *breath in* Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness *breath out*.

Game Description:

The wonderfully strange and hilarious minds of Penny Arcade creators Mike "Gabe" Krahulik and Jerry "Tycho" Holkins have joined with legendary game designer Ron Gilbert to bring you the insanity that is Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. This episodic role-playing adventure game is set in a highly stylized 1920s universe filled with bizarre characters, outrageous combat and adult humour.

Continued at the source.
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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.
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"The clever guys over at Penny Arcade are poised to hit the game industry running with their inaugural attempt at moving from writing about games to making them. Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One is creeping ever closer to release. Penny Arcade and Hothead Games have announced that the title will run a modest $19.95 for PCs, Macs, Linux boxes, and the Xbox Live Arcade." writes ArsTechnica.
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As the folks at Telltale Games are sure to tell you, one of the tricks to successful episodic gaming is releasing content on a regular basis. Vancouver-based Hothead Games appears to be in agreement, with Penny Arcade Adventures producer, Joel DeYoung, telling that the developer's tentative goal to release a new episode every four months.

"Yeah, definitely there's a fixed release schedule. It's tentative right now, but we're talking about one every four months," DeYoung explained in a GDC interview. "[It's tentative] because, you know, this is a new model for us, and it is quite tricky with all the project management scheduling and making sure we're officially overlapping the work on all the episodes."
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