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==Games== {{Main|Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness}} ''[[Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness]]'' is an [[episodic game|episodic]] video game based on the strip. The first two episodes were developed by [[Hothead Games]], and were built on a version of the [[Torque Game Engine]]. The first episode was released worldwide on May 21, 2008, and the second on October 29, 2008. They were [[self-published]] via the [[PlayStation Network]] and [[Xbox Live]] as well as the PlayGreenhouse.com service created by ''Penny Arcade'' to distribute [[independent games]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153149 | title = Penny Arcade: Now a videogame | work = [[1UP.com]] | first = Jeremy | last = Parish | date = August 25, 2006 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212219/http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153149 | archive-date = September 27, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> The game features many elements of the ''Penny Arcade'' universe in a 1920s [[steampunk]] setting. In 2010, Krahulik and Holkins announced that the remainder of the series had been cancelled, to allow Hothead to focus on other projects.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/108/1080006p1.html | title = Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 3 Canceled | date = March 26, 2010 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100331202047/http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/108/1080006p1.html | archive-date = March 31, 2010 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> At PAX Prime 2011, however, it was announced that the series would be revived and developed by [[Zeboyd Games]], with a retro style similar to Zeboyd's past titles.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/26/penny-arcade-adventures-episode-3-still-alive-zeboyd-at-the-hel |title=Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 3 still alive, Zeboyd at the helm}}</ref> The third episode was released on Steam and on Penny Arcade's web store June 25, 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://rainslick.com/news/game-is-now-available-to-buy-from-penny-arcade-store-and-steam | title = Game is now available to buy: from Penny Arcade Store and Steam!}}</ref> The fourth and final episode was announced in January 2013,<ref>{{cite news|title=The Long, Strange Journey of the Penny Arcade Game|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/01/24/the-long-strange-journey-of-penny-arcade-game|access-date=12 February 2013|date=24 January 2013}}</ref> and released to Steam and Xbox Live in June 2013. A teaser trailer released by [[Telltale Games]] on August 28, 2010, revealed that Tycho would appear in an upcoming game alongside ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'s'' Heavy, ''[[Homestar Runner]]'s'' [[Strong Bad]] and ''[[Sam & Max]]'s'' Max. The game, called ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]'', was officially revealed on September 2, 2010.<ref name="Plunkett">{{cite web|last=Plunkett|first=Luke|title=Sam & Max, Team Fortress 2, Penny Arcade and Strong Bad, Together At Last|url=http://kotaku.com/5624216/sam--max-team-fortress-2-penny-arcade-and-strong-bad-together-at-last|website=Kotaku|date=August 28, 2010 }}</ref> "The Last Christmas" and "The Hawk and the Hare", two stories that were published on the site, were released as motion comics for [[iOS]] developed by SRRN Games.<ref name="Plunkett"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/penny-arcades-the-hawk-hare/id423458248?mt=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113143702/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/penny-arcades-the-hawk-hare/id423458248?mt=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2012|title=Penny Arcade's "The Hawk and the Hare" on the App Store|website=App Store|access-date=June 27, 2017}}</ref> The North American release of ''Tekken 6'' has a skin for Yoshimitsu based on the Cardboard Tube Samurai.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pigna|first=Kris|title=Tekken 6 to Feature Penny Arcade's Cardboard Tube Samurai?|url=http://www.1up.com/news/tekken-6-feature-penny-arcade|publisher=1UP|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510181842/http://www.1up.com/news/tekken-6-feature-penny-arcade|archive-date=May 10, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> An official DLC skin pack was released for [[Dungeon Defenders]] featuring Tycho, Cardboard Tube Samurai Gabe, Annarchy and Jim Darkmagic skins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/03/dungeon-defenders-adding-penny-arcade-skins-free-at-pax-east/|title=Dungeon Defenders adding Penny Arcade skins; free at PAX East|publisher=[[Joystiq]]|first=Alexander|last=Sliwinski|date=2012-04-03}}</ref> [[Cryptozoic Entertainment]] released the licensed deck-building card game ''Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers Vs. Evil'' in 2011, and followed it with the expansion pack ''Penny Arcade The Game: Rumble in R'lyeh'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dillon |first=Patrick |url=http://www.cryptozoic.com/articles/penny-arcade-game-rumble-rlyeh-now-available |title=Penny Arcade and Cryptozoic Entertainment Launch Second Installment of Hit Deck-Building Game |date=17 April 2012 |access-date=18 December 2013 |publisher=[[Cryptozoic Entertainment]] |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020120/http://www.cryptozoic.com/articles/penny-arcade-game-rumble-rlyeh-now-available |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Playdek]] released a digital conversion of ''Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers Vs. Evil'' for [[iOS]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Mike |url=http://www.cryptozoic.com/articles/penny-arcade-game-gamers-vs-evil-ios-now-available |title=Penny Arcade The Game: Gamers vs Evil for iOS - Now Available! |date=19 December 2012 |access-date=18 December 2013 |publisher=[[Cryptozoic Entertainment]] |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020634/http://www.cryptozoic.com/articles/penny-arcade-game-gamers-vs-evil-ios-now-available |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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