Developer Hothead has announced that the second entry in RPG series Penny Arcade Adventures will arrive on PC, Xbox 360, Mac and Linux next Wednesday, October 29.

Priced at 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), the humorous turn-based RPG, inspired by the Penny Arcade web comic, will be downloadable through the Xbox 360's online Xbox Live Arcade, with the other versions hitting via the Greenhouse digital distribution platform.

According to Hothead, the sequel packs "six to ten hours" of gameplay, with Canadian rock band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets providing the game's closing tune, "Some Things Man Was Not Meant To Know."

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two is the second of four planned episodes in the series, which debuted back in May. The first episode will hit PlayStation 3 tomorrow, with the sequel following before Christmas.

Independent developer Hothead Games announced today that its downloadable turn-based RPG Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One will hit the PS3's online store this Thursday, October 23, for $15.

Inspired by the Penny Arcade web comic, the humorous game--the first of four planned episodes-- was originally released on PC and Xbox 360 back in May for $20.

The second episode, likewise priced at $15, has gone gold and will arrive as a PC and Xbox 360 download later this fall, with the PlayStation 3 release due before Christmas.

Hothead Games' web comic-inspired downloadable RPG Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One (PC, 360) will appear on PlayStation 3 this fall, the company announced today.

"All good things take time and we are very excited to be debuting our first PS3 title and look forward to bringing more games to this platform in the future," said Hothead CEO Vlad Ceraldi.

According to Hothead, the downloadable PlayStation Network release of Penny Arcade Adventures : Episode One will be priced "in line" with the other versions, which sold for $19.99 when they were released earlier this year.

Valve announced today that Hothead Games' downloadable RPG Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One (PC, 360) is now available on its digital distribution platform Steam.

The developer also noted that the title's Steam release is enhanced with achievements by Valve's Steamworks development tool suite.

"Many at Valve are huge fans of Penny Arcade—the comics, the site and now the game," said Valve business director Jason Holtman. "As such, we're delighted Hothead Games chose to use the Steamworks system of achievements and create a special PC version of On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness for the millions of gamers on Steam."

The game was released last month on the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade, and PCs through the Penny Arcade-curated PC, Mac, and Linux digital distributor Greenhouse. Precipice of Darkness carries a $19.99 price on all platforms.

A demo of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Hothead Games' role playing game based on the popular webcomic, is now available for download from FileShack. If you like what you see, you can buy the full episode through Greenhouse.com. The demo and game are also available through the Xbox Live Marketplace for Xbox 360 owners.

Microsoft just sent over a screenshot-laden note to remind us that Hothead Games' webcomic-inspired downloadable RPG Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is this week's Xbox Live Arcade release. Arriving on Wednesday, May 21 and priced at 1600 Microsoft Points ($19.95), Penny Arcade Adventures will be sold on Xbox 360 via the console's online Xbox Live Marketplace, while the PC, Mac and Linux editions will debut on Greenhouse.

Hothead Games has revealed that its webcomic-inspired downloadable RPG Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One will be available for PC and Xbox 360 beginning next Wednesday, May 21.

The downloadable game will sell for $19.95, or 1600 Microsoft Points. The PC, Mac and Linux editions will debut on Greenhouse, while the Xbox 360 version will be released through the console's online Xbox Live Arcade.

Independent developer Hothead Games and gaming webcomic Penny Arcade today announced Greenhouse, a website that will focus on selling downloadable independent games for PC, Mac and Linux.

Hothead and Penny Arcade's RPG Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One will be the first title to release on the platform. No date has been announced for the title's debut, though it will sell for $19.95 and is expected this spring.

According to the company, Greenhouse was "built to supplement other online game delivery platforms," such as Valve's Steam, which provides Penny Arcade comics to its users.

"There are so many great games out there that you don't hear about," explained Penny Arcade business director Robert Khoo. "They're too niche or too risky in terms of game play for the top publishers to be comfortable with distributing. We want the Greenhouse to be an alternative for these developers."

A beta of Greenhouse and its downloading application are currently available at www.playgreenhouse.com.

This week, Chris Remo, Steve Gibson, and Nick Breckon discuss Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, BioShock, and more. Plus, Carlos Bergfeld stops in to deliver his impressions of Far Cry 2, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, and Kane and Lynch from the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle.

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Emerging from the crowded halls of this year's Penny Arcade Expo, the Shack brought along a preview of what Penny Arcade fans will get to enjoy when the inaugural episode of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness becomes available. Sample its foul flavor.

In essence, Rain-Slick takes nearly all the standard trappings of a Japanese RPG and gives them an obscenity-ridden Penny Arcade fantasy world twist. Cleverly named attacks like "Plank You very Much"--a two-by-four to the face--and geysers of blood make the battles more about being entertained than enjoying the gameplay.

There's a Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Q&A on FiringSquad this morning, asking Hothead Games COO Joel DeYoung about the recently announced episodic game project.