A gamer, a rabbity-thing, a heavy-weapons expert and a Mexican wrestler walk into a casino ...
Telltale Games will release an all-star poker game built around just such an unlikely mix of videogame characters, the publisher said Thursday.
Poker Night at the Inventory will seat Tycho from Penny Arcade, Max of Sam & Max fame, internet celebrity Strong Bad and The Heavy from Valve's multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 at the same poker table, and will deal players in as the verbal sparks fly.
Wired.com spoke to Telltale Games CEO Dan Connors by e-mail to get the scoop on the new game.
He said Poker Night at the Inventory would play like the ultimate videogamer fan fiction. "We really thought about the sorts of things these characters would say and the different dynamics they would have with each other: Who would like who, who everyone would just loathe, etc.," Connors said. The fully voiced characters will trash-talk, display unique tells and react dynamically to the game – promising to create a new experience every time.
Connors confirmed to Wired.com that Poker Night at the Inventory is a single-player game. "Our goal is to make the player feel like there are hanging out with their virtual buddies, shooting the breeze and playing a good game of poker," he said. "Of course, if your buddies are sociopaths and professional killers, anything can happen."
The $5 game comes to Steam this fall for the PC and Mac and is being released as part of Telltale Games' Pilot Program – an effort to give new, risky game concepts a chance to shine. According to Connors, the game will have to sell between 100,000 to 200,000 units to be worth reviving as a franchise. "If this version with these game characters work, we will likely follow it up with new game characters or maybe other celebrities, rock stars and the like."
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