Ron Gilbert's new game being published by Sega.

[Bane]

I'm kind of surprised Sega stepped up for this. They also revealed a teaser image showing the style of the game. Pretty good looking, I have to say. I hope we find out more at E3... this game cannot get here quickly enough.

[Shoeless]

Damn. I'd assumed up until this point that the game would be a downloadable title released on Steam, XBL, PSN, etc. Does this mean it's actually going to be a retail disc?

[MA16v3]

Who the hell is Ron Gilbert?

[twonunpackmule]

Who the hell is Ron Gilbert?

Some dude that will sodomize you with his awesomeness.

Seriously, my jeans are officially too tight right now. I should be wearing sweat pants.

[TheAnalogKid]

Who the hell is Ron Gilbert?

Some old man trying to stay relevant in a young mans world.

[twonunpackmule]

Some old man trying to stay relevant in a young mans world.

I think youre talking about a Mr. Levine.

[Bane]

Damn. I'd assumed up until this point that the game would be a downloadable title released on Steam, XBL, PSN, etc. Does this mean it's actually going to be a retail disc?

I've been wondering the same thing. Sega does digital releases but for some reason a retail release possibility popped into my head when I saw this.

I think youre talking about a Mr. Levine.

Nah, Levine has stayed incredibly relevant since '07.

[twonunpackmule]

Nah, Levine has stayed incredibly relevant since '07.

Only to people with no sense of history and a taste for bad design.

It's all love, Bane.

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Why so angry?

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Apologize.

[Bane]

Only to people with no sense of history and a taste for bad design.

It's all love, Bane.

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Why so angry?

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Apologize.

[Shoeless]

I've been wondering the same thing. Sega does digital releases but for some reason a retail release possibility popped into my head when I saw this.

Yeah, that's the thing, if it's a digital only release, why would Ron Gilbert need Sega at all? He could just release it himself, or put it under Double Fine, since I believe this is the project he's actually using DF office space for while he works.

I would think you'd only need a publisher of Sega's size if you were actually going to start pressing discs and needed to worry about physical distribution.

[Bane]

Yeah, that's the thing, if it's a digital only release, why would Ron Gilbert need Sega at all? He could just release it himself, or put it under Double Fine, since I believe this is the project he's actually using DF office space for while he works.

Well it's more than that, he is an actual employee of DF.

It's weird but I don't know why this makes me think retail. Double fine has had publishers for all their non-kickstarter stuff so far and recently that's all been digital but something about it being Sega just throws me off. I guess I think if it was digital then THQ or Microsoft would have published it. Unless the games put out by those companies weren't that successful.

[Bane]

Game is called The Cave, and is a digital release.

When Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert joined Double Fine Productions in 2010, he teased an adventure game project that'd been rattling around his head for a few years. Today, after a little hint, it's finally been revealed as The Cave, coming for download on PC and consoles in early 2013.

Choosing a trio of characters from a selection including a knight, scientist, time traveller, hillbilly and creepy twins, each with their own special abilities and motivations, you'll venture down into the titular hole. This no no mere cave, no no no, rather The Cave, filled with strange and wonderful environments and, this being an adventure game, puzzles.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun reports that it packs same-screen multiplayer, which all sounds a bit like Trine with more puzzling and less killing, and quite splendid.

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[TheAnalogKid]

Game is called The Cave, and is a digital release.

Sounds cool. Hillbillys are an under-represented class. The survivalist instincts of the hillbillys combined with the lab-bred education of the scientists sound like an unbeatable combination to me.

[Bane]

The survivalist instincts of the hillbillys combined with the lab-bred education of the scientists sound like an unbeatable combination to me.

Or a trailer park meth lab.

[TheAnalogKid]

Or a trailer park meth lab.

Look - not everyone can afford Adderall, ok.