Broken Age debuts Shay, still on track for January

Double Fine's Broken Age has been given a January release window, just as Tim Schafer showed off co-main character Shay, voiced by Elijah Wood.

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Double Fine's Broken Age has shown an awful lot of Vella's adventure in recent months. Creator Tim Schafer came to the VGX this year to show off the story's other main character, Shay, voiced by Elijah Wood. He also revealed a release window for his Kickstarter-backed game: January 2014.

While Vella's path takes her down a fantasy cloud world, Shay's story takes him through a space age "Incubator" vessel that rescued him from his dying planet. Shay can be seen living a noticeably mundane existence, as he's cared for by an overcaring ship's AI, until he decides to take his life into his own hands and steer the ship towards an unknown destination.

Schafer adds that beyond the two characters' stories eventually converging, players will be able to switch back-and-forth between each character at will, similar to Schafer's previous effort, Day of the Tentacle. Broken Age is slated to hit PC, Mac, and Linux. Check out Shay's story in the trailer below.

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    December 7, 2013 4:24 PM

    Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Broken Age coming in January.

    Double Fine's Broken Age has been given a January release window, just as Tim Schafer showed off co-main character Shay, voiced by Elijah Wood.

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      December 7, 2013 7:51 PM

      So who was the voice actor they were going to announce today?

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      December 7, 2013 9:47 PM

      So what's the deal with this? Are they still looking at releasing it as sort of a half-finished soonish and then releasing a proper game later?

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        December 7, 2013 10:00 PM

        It's almost like episodes. They are breaking it up into a couple chunks and funding the later parts with the money earned from the previous.

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      December 7, 2013 9:59 PM

      Hot damn, that looks awesome! I need to catch up on my documentaries, I'm not used to hearing news from outside the campaign for the first time. Can't wait to play this one!

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        December 7, 2013 10:09 PM

        I think I'm only 2 eps in. Wasn't really going to watch them until I had played it, but if they're going the episodic route, I might as well.

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          December 7, 2013 10:36 PM

          They don't spoil too much, and they are so damn entertaining. I definitely recommend watching them. I think I'm only one behind right now.

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      December 7, 2013 11:07 PM

      Btw, I believe the game won't be released until summer 2014. In January, kickstarter backers will receive the first half of the game, and I believe it will be on Steam Greenlight two weeks after that, so it'll only be on Steam Early Access and not a full release in January. In April or so, early backers will receive the second half of the game (still in beta). Only after that is done, and polished, will the game be released in full to the public.

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        December 7, 2013 11:18 PM

        Joel McHale put Tim Schafer on the spot and his reply to when the game would be released was "January," with no qualifiers. Hopeful that he didn't forget that important detail.

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          December 7, 2013 11:23 PM

          But indeed, it looks it's coming through Steam Early Access.

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