Double Fine adds 'Brazen' prototype to Amnesia Fortnight rewards

Jordan Mallory — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:00:00 EST

Double Fine's internally developed and externally funded Amnesia Fortnight game jam soldiers on, and as is always the case with Humble Bundle promotions, an additional reward has been added for those that donate above the current average.

Now, anyone that drops coin beyond the norm (currently sitting at $7.05) will receive a playable prototype of Brazen, which was originally created during a previous Amnesia Fortnight game jam. Designed by Iron Brigade project lead Brad Muir, Brazen is a Monster Hunter-style four-player online co-op homage to Ray Harryhausen, whose revolutionary work in the field of claymation helped define an era of movie monsters.

Players choose between three classes (Stalwart, Waracle or Beerzerker) and join forces to slay retro mythological beasts, such as the massive two-headed snapping turtle/scorpion seen in the trailer above. Personally, we're still keeping our fingers crossed for some unsettling, disturbingly animated skeleton warriors.

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Double Fine's second THQ game coming in early 2011

Ben Gilbert — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EST

Filed under: Weird But True, Opinions, New In Pop Culture

Yesterday, Double Fine and THQ announced Costume Quest, the first downloadable project in a two-game deal, due this Halloween. According to THQ, the unnamed second project is a third-person adventure and is "scheduled to be released in early 2011."

It's not clear whether this game (one of four "smaller" games from Double Fine) comes from the mind of Lee Petty, Nathan Martz, or Brad Muir -- the other three developers listed during Double Fine head Tim Schafer's talk at Develop -- but we've asked THQ for clarification. Given what we know about the three other titles, the unnamed game could be anything from "sort of retro but also new" (Petty's) to one that "focuses on gameplay mechanics" (Muir's). Frankly, we can't imagine why anyone would base a whole game on the lives of gameplay mechanics. Do they just come in and fix your gameplay?

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