<s>
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
:	I-Application
On	I-Application
the	I-Application
Rain-Slick	I-Application
Precipice	I-Application
of	I-Application
Darkness	I-Application
is	O
an	O
episodic	O
action-adventure	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
webcomic	O
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Episode	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
21	O
,	O
2008	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
October	O
23	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
with	O
new	O
Steamworks	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Episode	O
2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
on	O
October	O
29	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2010	O
,	O
developer	O
Hothead	O
Games	O
chose	O
to	O
devote	O
its	O
resources	O
instead	O
to	O
DeathSpank	B-Application
,	O
discontinuing	O
its	O
development	O
of	O
further	O
episodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
prose	O
chapters	O
constituting	O
the	O
plot	O
of	O
Episode	O
3	O
were	O
presented	O
on	O
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
adventure	O
game	O
which	O
mixes	O
3D	O
gameplay	O
with	O
2D	O
interstitials	O
and	O
cinematics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
they	O
confront	O
Charles	O
DuBois	O
,	O
an	O
old	O
enemy	O
of	O
Tycho	O
and	O
Gabe	O
's	O
and	O
a	O
ruthless	O
treasure	B-Application
hunter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blood	O
hastily	O
explains	O
that	O
the	O
Fruit	O
Fuckers	O
run	O
on	O
Darksteam	O
,	O
a	O
steam	B-Application
mechanism	O
that	O
is	O
infused	O
with	O
pure	O
evil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
first	O
2	O
episodes	O
it	O
will	O
also	O
be	O
available	O
on	O
Android	O
OS	O
and	O
iOS	O
devices	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
,	O
PC	O
,	O
and	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
unlike	O
the	O
previous	O
episodes	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
on	O
August	O
25	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
Khoo	O
,	O
director	O
of	O
business	O
relations	O
at	O
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
,	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
team	O
decided	O
to	O
partner	O
with	O
Hothead	O
Games	O
because	O
they	O
felt	O
the	O
developer	O
would	O
produce	O
content	O
that	O
would	O
remain	O
faithful	O
to	O
the	O
feel	O
of	O
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Khoo	O
also	O
stressed	O
that	O
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
's	O
creators	O
would	O
be	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
from	O
providing	O
art	O
to	O
writing	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2009	O
Wired.com	O
named	O
Episode	O
3	O
number	O
seven	O
in	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
top	O
ten	O
Vaporware	B-Application
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
aggregate	O
review	O
sites	O
GameRankings	O
and	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
garnered	O
critic	O
averages	O
from	O
76	O
to	O
79%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Penny	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
released	O
statistics	O
showing	O
that	O
their	O
game	O
ranked	O
third	O
best	O
in	O
launch	O
sales	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Live	O
Marketplace	O
,	O
coming	O
after	O
Rez	B-Device
HD	I-Device
and	O
Ikaruga	B-Application
.	O
</s>
