Hothead Games has sent out word that they will be using the GarageGames’ Torque Engine for their future titles including the forthcoming Penny Arcade game. Hothead Games is an independent developer that is staffed entirely by industry veterans.
Josh Williams, CEO and CTO of GarageGames explains, “We couldn’t be happier to be partnered with Hothead and Penny Arcade. Like almost everyone in the known universe, we’re huge Penny Arcade fans, and Hothead is exactly the kind of developer we love working with, they’re zealous, devoted, extremely talented, and are taking intelligent approaches to digital distribution and episodic content. Hothead’s involvement in the ever- growing GarageGames developer network is a boon to our entire community of game makers and gamers.”
Joel DeYoung, COO, Hothead Games says, “GarageGames’ Torque Game Engine has updated our development processes and enabled our teams in the quest of our core goal: creating the innovative gameplay that gamers want. Torque gives our programmers a +6 dagger of coding. They tell me its pretty sweet.”
As per the agreement, Hothead will use Torque for both PC and game console titles. In addition, any improvements made by Hothead will be shared back into the main code base for the benefit of all Torque users. The Penny Arcade game is one of the most awaited games this year and it could turn out to be even better now as it will be using the Torque Engine.