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Geekscape Mobile: ‘The Cave’ Launches On iOS This Thursday!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: Back in June we learned that Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert and Double Fine Productions’ collaboration, The Cave, was headed to iOS. Today, we learned just when we’ll able to get our greasy fingers on it.

The Cave first launched in January of this year. It’s an adventure/puzzle title with all of the quirks that you’d expect from Gilbert and Double Fine, and right from the game’s first trailer, I was sold. It looks beautiful, it sounds great, and it’s said to be hilarious. Somehow, I still haven’t had a chance to play the game. Maybe once it’s on the device that’s always in my pocket?

Sega revealed earlier today that The Cave will launch on iOS this Thursday. The Universal app will cost a cool $4.99 / £2.99/ €4.49, and should be well worth the asking price.

Take a look at the character trailer for The Cave below, and let us know if you’ll be picking it up (or if you’ve already played it)!

Geekscape Mobile: Double Fine’s ‘The Cave’ Coming To iOS!

by Derek Kraneveldt

This is a game that I’ve been dying to play for some time, but have never had the chance. This release can only be good for me!

Double Fine Productions and Ron Gilbert’s (yep, the creator of Monkey Island) The Cave first launched in January of this year. It’s an adventure/puzzle title with all of the quirks that you’d expect from this pairing, and right from the game’s first trailer, I was sold. It looks beautiful, it sounds great, and it’s said to be hilarious.

TouchGen got some hands-on time with The Cave at this year’s E3… for a whole new platform. The title is being adapted for iOS devices, and will release on the iOS App Store sometime this Summer. According to their playtime, the port looks just as good as any other version of the game, and has some cool controls very suited to a touchscreen.

Need a refresher? Watch the character trailer for The Cave below, and let us know if you’ll be playing on your iPad!

Enter ‘The Cave’ Next Week For Just $14.99!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Last month we showed you a wonderful trailer for Ron Gilbert’s upcoming adventure, The Cave. The quirky title quickly jumped to the top of my most-wanted list, where it will stay until it lands in my greedy digital hands.

 

Looks like I (and anyone else who’s looking forward to it… but mostly me) won’t have much longer to wait, as publisher Sega of America announced that The Cave will be available next week for the cool (and ridiculously low) price of $14.99 on all platforms.

 

Wii U and PS3 players will be able to start their adventure on Tuesday, January 22nd, while Microsoft and Valve loyals will be waiting until the 23rd.

 

Get excited, The Cave is going to be something special.

 

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From ‘Monkey Island’ Creator Ron Gilbert, Watch A Fantastic New Trailer For ‘The Cave’!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Ron Gilbert and Double Fine are both names to get very excited about. Ron Gilbert of course has quite the resume himself, and his name should be instantly recognized for creating the world of Monkey Island. Double Fine also has an extensive list of titles, but is most revered for 2005’s brilliantly weird platformer, Psychonauts.

All the way back in 2010 it was announced that Gilbert and Double Fine would be working together on a new title, and the gaming world went wild. That title is The Cave, and it’s now barely a month away from release. It also looks to be an absolute masterpiece.

A new trailer has just been released for The Cave, showing off some of the quirky characters you’ll be playing as, as well as the narrator who it turns out… is a talking cave!

The game looks absolutely phenomenal. Watch this trailer, get excited. Repeat as necessary.

Sony just published a great interview with Gilbert, focussing on the trials and tribulations of making The Cave, and of course how he came to find himself at Double Fine. A very interesting tidbit however, was the reveal of Gilbert’s favourite character creation. Guybrush Threepwood is the among the most beloved characters of countless gamers worldwide, so it’s nice to know that he’s right at the top of his creator’s list too.

The Cave will release in January for Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Excited?

‘Psychonauts’ Makes Its PSN Debut August 28th!

by Shane O'Hare

You read that right baby! Pyschonauts, the classic adventure game from Tim Schafer will be out for download on the PSN! From the PSBlog post:

Psychonauts was Double Fine‘s first game, and it came out for the PlayStation 2 way back in 2005. We love it a lot. It’s the story of a gifted young psychic cadet who must delve deep into dangerous minds and put a stop to a sinister conspiracy. And on August 28th, you will be able to download it to your PlayStation 3 as a PlayStation 2 Classic.

If you never played Psychonauts, you’re in for a treat! If you played it before, why not buy it again, just for old time’s sake? Ha ha! Tell a friend or two or a hundred.

This is pretty big fucking news, like on the same level as Pyschonauts being released on the steam network!

So fire up the PS3’s and whip out dem credit cards, August 28th baby!

Humble Indie Bundle V Breaks The $5 MILLION Mark!

by Shane O'Hare

The numbers from the “pay what you want”/”donation drive”, Humble Indie Bundle V, were announced today. Previous records of just over $2.1 Million have been SHATTERED.

With 598,977 individual bundles purchased, the organization raised $5,106,739.08, which goes to support Childs Play and The Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Let’s take a look at a breakdown of the numbers.

There was somewhat of a “donation war” going on between Minecraft creator Notch and a group called The Humble Brony Bundle. The Humble Bronies are a group of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic fans who bundled their collective funds and bought copies of the HIB5 in the name of friendship.

This years bundle included, DRM-Free: Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Bastion, Limbo, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Psychonauts, Lone Survivor, Super Meat Boy, and Braid. If you paid more than the average purchase, you got them all PLUS their soundtracks!

So it is apparent gamers can do something other than talk about banging each others moms.