Hothead Games to publish Ron Gilbert's DeathSpank

Hothead Games has announced that it will publish Ron Gilbert's RPG-Adventure game, DeathSpank.

Gilbert, who created Maniac Mansion and The Secret of Monkey Island while working for LucasArts, has also joined the company's Vancouver-based studio as Creative Director.

"We're all huge fans of Monkey Island and we love Ron's unique vision and sense of humour," said Joel DeYoung, COO of Hothead Games.

"Ron shares Hotheadâs goal of bringing much-needed humour and innovation into games, so having him here in Vancouver as our Creative Director is an excellent fit."

"I'm really excited to be working with Hothead Games not only on DeathSpank, but as their new Creative Director," said Gilbert.

"I got to know everyone at Hothead while I was helping with On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. They really understand humour and being creative like very few publishers do."

Gilbert spent over four years trying to find the right publisher for his new game, which he described as "Monkey Island meets Diablo."