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Telltale’s poker game featuring Max unveiled
Sep 3rd
After teasing us with a trailer, Telltale have lifted the lid on their mysterious crossover game featuring Max, TF2′s Heavy, Strong Bad and Tycho from Penny Arcade. The game, titled Poker Night at the Inventory, sees these unlikely characters come together for a “new style of poker”.
You can pre-order at Telltale’s Store for $4.95, with a special 25% off anything else in your cart when you do so. Check out some of the key poster art and screenshots below. The game is slated for a Fall 2010 release.
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We’re now on Facebook
Sep 1st
You can now follow us on that newfangled site that all the kids seem to be using these days: Facebook. Should you wish, head on over to our page and ‘like’ it. As soon as something goes up here it’ll go up there, straight into your news feed.
Of course, we still have our Twitter or just a good old fashioned RSS feed should you prefer, always available to find on the top right of the site, balancing nimbly on the menu bar.
The City That Dares Not Sleep release and new merchandise
Aug 31st
The final episode is upon us, ready for you to download and consume like a maniac. For those who have already purchased the season, head over to Your Games page and click that shiny download button. If you’ve not yet invested in The Devil’s Playhouse, run to the Telltale Store and pick it up now for the limited price of $19.95.
Telltale also announced that the free season DVD can be ordered right here. On top of that, a five set of poster prints each based around an episode are purchasable here, with the ‘Finale’ art forming the cover for the DVD and available separately signed by Steve Purcell. Also, for $24.95, you can get the long, long, loooooong awaited Symbiote figurines from Symbiote Studios. Merchandise heaven!
Max to appear in a new Telltale crossover game
Aug 28th
GameTrailers have had the exclusive reveal of a new title from Telltale Games in the form of this teaser trailer (embedded below in the full post). In it we can see the silhouettes of Max, Strong Bad (Homestar Runner), Tycho (Penny Arcade) and the Heavy (Team Fortress 2), the latter two appearing to be holding some cards.
It could be assumed that this is a sequel to Telltale’s very first game Telltale Texas Hold’em. The end of the trailer says we’ll find out more come September 2.
The City That Dares Not Sleep screenshots
Aug 27th
August 30, the release of The Devil’s Playhouse finale, is right around the corner and to whet your appetite Telltale have published five screenshots in what looks to be a conclusion high on the epic scale.
The pictures depict the mysterious Narrator peering over his newspaper, a rampant Max roaming through the streets, a flaming Max head floating around Sam and girl Stinky tapping away at some keys in the clone chamber. What could it all mean?
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The City That Dares Not Sleep trailer, dated for August 30
Aug 26th
You know the routine by now, so let’s keep things simple.
The City That Dares Not Sleep will be coming August 30th, then August 31st for the US PSN.
You can view a trailer for the game exclusively over at Gamespot, or embedded below.
A wallpaper of a newspaper detailing Max’s rampage is available here.
Go forth enlightened.
ESRB reveals some The City That Dares Not Sleep details
Aug 21st
The ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) have published their rating information for the upcoming The City That Dares Not Sleep episode. In the past the ESRB, who give out ratings based on the type of content within a game, revealed that The Devil’s Playhouse would be coming to the PlayStation Network.
This time it appears that some plot details have been given away. Through dialogue examples that the ESRB have provided, it hints towards what characters we might be seeing in this episode. If you are not sensitive to spoilers and want to read the summary then click here.
We have yet to have any official details come from Telltale, but their recent blog post promises next week to be “be filled with lots of Freelance Police centric content”. Stay tuned.
Happy Birthday Steve Purcell!
Jul 30th
Today is the birthday of none other than Steve Purcell, creator of Sam & Max and all round artist extraordinaire. I’m not sure how old he is, but judging by recent photos I’d place him at around 25. Join us in wishing Steve a very happy birthday, and here’s to many more!
Thanks to user Icedhope over on the Telltale forums for the tip off.
New shirt and sales in the Telltale store
Jul 22nd
To celebrate the San Diego Comic-Con taking place this week, Telltale have created a special section in their store to offer discounts on certain items; of note are all the Sam and Max seasons and the paperback version of Surfin’ the Highway. Everything has two dollar signs so you know it’s a bargain.
There is also a brand new shirt, “featuring your favorite dog and lagomorph crimefighting team during their salad days”, for the sale price of $15.16. Members of the cotton fanclub can also be satisfied with the 100% dominance they hold in the shirt’s materials.
What do you think of the new shirt? I’d personally like to see Telltale try something a bit more abstract with their designs – something that a non-Sam and Max fan could appreciate while at the same time allowing us obsessives to pick up on the reference to the series.
Go Beyond the Alley of the Dolls right now
Jul 20th
The penultimate episode of the third Sam and Max season, Beyond the Alley of the Dolls, is available to download on Telltale’s site. The text here is just to fill space. Chances are you’re already downloading the game, eyes too full of glee to be reading this. You don’t care to know that the Sam clones are closing in on their hunt for toys. Why should you? You’ll be playing it in a bit.
Oh, so you can read our review here? Big deal. You’re playing the game at this point. No one is reading this. I could say whatever I want. How’s the weather over there? Good? Good.
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