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The third game in the DeathSpank series is coming this summer, courtesy of Hothead Games. The Baconing will see the titular DeathSpank searching for the Fires of Bacon in a new action-RPG.
Unlike the previous two games, Ron Gilbert is not involved; he was reunited with Monkey Island co-creator Tim Schafer at Double Fine last year. A press release on The Baconing, shared with Kotaku, indicates it’ll be largely the same type of game as its predecessors — Hothead describes it as Monkey Island meets Diablo — but with an improved combat system, new bosses and locations to visit, an additional difficulty level, and a new sidekick, Bob From Marketing (who apparently has laser eye beams, eats dead bodies to restore his health, and eats live enemies as a method of attack).
“Dizzy enemies with the shield bash, deflect ranged weapons back at enemies and use devastating charged attacks to send a message to foes,” the press release described. “Players will feel more in control of the battle situations than in previous DeathSpank games, providing gamers with opportunity and choice when engaging the enemies which stand in DeathSpank’s way.”
