Hothead Games
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| Type | Corporation |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Key people | Ian Wilkinson, President & CEO Vlad Ceraldi, Director of Game Development Joel DeYoung, Director of Game Technology Ron Gilbert, Creative Director (2009-2010) |
| Products | Swarm, DeathSpank, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness |
| Employees | 50 |
| Website | hotheadgames.com |
Hothead Games is an independent video game developer and publisher based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Hothead is best known for its adventure/role-playing video gameseries, On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, based on the Penny Arcade webcomic. Hothead self-publishes its games with a focus on offering accessible gameplay and episodic content through digital distribution.[citation needed]
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[edit] History
Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Hothead was founded in March 2006 as a privately funded independent developer and publisher with a focus on offering accessible game play and exceptional content through digital distribution.
Hothead's first game was Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One, released for download worldwide on May 21, 2008.
[edit] Awards and recognition
- The Canadian New Media Awards (CNMA) recognized Hothead as the "Most Promising New Company of the Year" (May 2007).
- Swarm was selected as a finalist in the Telefilm Canada's Great Canadian Video Game Competition (March 2007) and won the "People's Choice" award.
- Business in Vancouver awarded Hothead CEO Vlad Ceraldi a spot in its 2007 "Forty Under 40" list as one of Vancouver's outstanding entrepreneurs.
- Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One was nominated as a "Best Downloadable Content" finalist in G4TV's GPhoria 2008.
- Hothead was recognized as one of The Gamasutra 20's list of "Breakthrough Developers" (August 2008).
[edit] Games
- Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Ep 1 & 2 (2008)
- The Maw (Windows port) (2009)
- DeathSpank (2010)
- DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue (2010)
- Swarm (2011)
- The Baconing (2011)
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