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Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded be getting a boxed retail version, which will hit store shelves on October 29. The game be a remake a the first game in the series, 'n features music by Austin Wintory, the composer a Journey's Grammy-nominated soundtrack.

Reloaded earned $655,182 on Kickstarter in May 2012, 'n launched on digital platforms in June, with the retail version originally being planned for July. Our review a the adventure game found it t' be a "relic from a time when the thought a a video game character dropping an f-bomb be simply beyond consideration."

Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded be due out in retail form in the middle a July, following it be digital launch on June 27. Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded be Kickstarted last year, raising $655,000 a a requested $500,000, 'n features music by Journey composer Austin Wintory.

Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded needs t' work out the kinks in it be pick-up lines, but the game best be out by May 31 in North America, Replay Games CEO Paul Trowe told Shacknews.

"We best be in beta this week," Trowe said. "We need t' pillage all the bugs 'n game freezes out a the way, 'n maybe do pick-up lines with the actors that may have been missed. We'll pillage the game t' about 7,500 a our Kickstarter backers for the beta test, 'n they'll also be testing foreign language versions as well."

The beta best run about two weeks, Trowe said, 'n when it launches, Leisure Suit Larry: Reloaded will be $20 for PC, Mac 'n Linux. During GDC, Trowe told us he hoped t' see Reloaded out between May 15 - 30. The game be scheduled t' hit Europe in June for £15.

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land a the Lounge Lizards' HD remake will be available sometime between May 15 - 30, Replay Games CEO Paul Trowe told us at GDC. We got some time with the game, which we learned had many a it be puzzles altered so fans a the original game can't just power through it. The game will be available on PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Steam, Ouya, Linux 'n Blackberry.

Asked what's next for Replay Games, Trowe told us they be weighing the options a remaking Leisure Suit Larry 2 or creating an eighth all-new installment in the series. Before that, Replay will create a free-t'-play Leisure Suit Larry casino game. Asked if it'll be in the style a Sierra's Hoyle games series, Trowe replied, "We haven't written the design document yet."

The LSL remake be funded through Kickstarter, receiving $655,182 in contributions. The update has been tweaked with new character models a sponsors 'n there's even a walk a shame outside Lefty's bar, with stars joking about specific about sponsors. Replay isn't planning on a Kickstarter for future games, with Trowe noting they best have the money off this game t' fund future projects.

Classic PC adventure gaming examples a how not t' pick up women have been spritzed with horrendous cologne 'n dressed up as GOG's Leisure Suit Larry "Greatest Hits 'n Misses" collection. The $10 pack includes the first five Larry jams, the oldest a which (Leisure Suit Larry in the Land a the Lounge Lizards) comes in both Original 'n VGA flavors.

The release a this collection marks the first time that Larry's adventures have swung both ways, by which we mean "been both PC 'n Mac OSX compatible," obviously. The collection also includes the 1981 text-based DOS/Apple II game Softporn Adventure, which despite how it sounds, be mostly about navigating a bar 'n reading newspapers. Not that we've played it or anything.

Since this collection's screenshots 'n trailer be borderline not safe for work, we've decided t' err on the side a caution 'n refrain from hosting them on our family friendly internet blog-o-site. Clicking all up on the source link below will take ye where ye want t' go, if ye're into that sort a thing.

On the day Grammy nominations be scheduled t' be announced, Austin Wintory didn't pillage much work done. As the composer for Journey, Wintory had an inkling that he might be nominated in Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, 'n he be distracted all day, constantly refreshing the Grammy page, scanning for his name. By evening the list still wasn't posted 'n he gave up on trying t' focus. He got in his car, determined t' go home, make dinner 'n then check the page again.

"The instant I got in me car, me email started blinking. a all people, it be from me matey Christopher Tin, emailing me t' say 'CONGRATULATIONS' - in all caps."

Tin won the first Grammy for a piece a video game music, Civilization 4's "Baba Yetu," in 2011. He 'n Wintory had been mateys for years. When Wintory saw that email, he quickly called Tin 'n the subsequent conversation went something like this:

"What be ye - be ye on the website?" Wintory asked Tin. "What's going on?"

"Yeah, I be looking right at it! There ye be!" Tin replied. 'n then, after a second, the situation dawned on the sea dog. "Wait a minute - ye didn't know this already?"

"No! I be in me car right now."

"Oh, this be perfect."

Just then Wintory's phone began buzzing, beeping 'n possibly sobbing under the barrage a emails, texts 'n calls from mateys 'n well-wishers. Two weeks later, Wintory agrees with Tin's assessment a events.

"As fate had it, I heard from Chris himself," he says. "I had no foresight, I had absolutely no plan, 'n yet in hindsight, I wouldn't have it any other way."

We can't think a two games that could possibly be more disparate from one another than Journey 'n Leisure Suit Larry in the Land a the Lounge Lizards, but we apparently live in the wackiest a all possible universes because Journey's Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory will also be lending his talents t' Larry's upcoming adventure. Weird.

"that be me era as a gamer growing up," Wintory told Polygon. "This be like a fantasy t' work on a game like that." Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe confirmed with Wintory that he be okay with writing "seedy, back alley kind a stuff" before finalizing the deal, so we probably shouldn't expect the same sort a grand, sweeping orchestral majesty that Wintory penned for Journey, as heard above.

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land a the Lounge Lizards be slated t' really class up the joint sometime next year.

The HD remake a Leisure Suit Larry in the Land a the Lounge Lizards be breaking out the slow jams. it be Kickstarter campaign successfully raised $655,000 last week, which means more content in-game 'n a longer development cycle in reality, Replay Games has announced. The title be originally slated t' drop in October, but it has now been pushed t' launch in 2013 so Replay can add "more rooms, another wench, 'n all new dialogue in the game."

Founder Paul Trowe said Replay could probably make the game complete by December, but he wants t' avoid the holiday madness 'n make sure it be fully polished at launch. He's set up a development blog for voyeurs fans t' keep track a Leisure Suit Larry's progress.

The HD remake a Leisure Suit Larry in the Land a the Lounge Lizards has concluded it be Kickstarter campaign, with $655,182 in contributions left on the nightstand. Another $20,000 more in PayPal contributions be wired for services t' be rendered.

The remake a the mature-themed sexventure series, about the down-on-his-luck 'n looking-t'-pillage-down Larry Laffer, reached it be $500,000 goal last week.

Replay Games, which announced the venture last October, couldn't obtain funding through the regular venture capital channels 'n went t' Kickstarter. Oh, Replay, ye didn't have t' go through all that effort earlier. Never doubt the internet's desire for smut 'n pervy puns.

Leisure Suit Larry’s remake, from Al Lowe 'n a team a Sierra Online alumni, has finished it be Kickstarter. 'n it won. 13,855 people have taken the half a million target t' over $630,000. So we’ll be getting the first Leisure Suit Larry for the third time. This time with swishy new graphics, fully voiced, 'n without the game trying t' kill ye every fifteen seconds. Check out our interview with Al Lowe for lots more details.

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Thanks t' backers, Replay Games best have no issue finishing up work on Leisure Suit Larry in the Land a the Lounge Lizards. With only six days left on the Kickstarter campaign, the $500,000 goal has been met.

We wonder if somebody dropped the 50 grand t' change the "Ken sent me" password? Replay Games has expressed interest in updating other Leisure Suit Larry titles, so we expect t' hear about those soon enough - at least, after the folks at Replay finish counting their cash 'n wrapping up work on Leisure Suit Larry HD.

[Thanks, Tom]

We’ve posted about exactly this many Kickstarter projects recently: a few. But what’s been going on lately with the likes a The Banner Saga, Leisure Suit Larry, Shadowland, Starlight Inception, Wasteland 2 'n Bionite: Origins? In order t' find out, I’ve just turned up unexpectedly at each a their doors, stared creepily at them for a few seconds 'n then wandered on t' the next one.(more…)

As infamous adventure creator Al Lowe puts it, the Kickstarter craze kicked off by Tim Schafer has, for many, been a lot like getting the band back together. So many names most famous for their games released in the 80s 'n early 90s be reappearing, some even coming out a retirement, with the promise a crowd-sourced funding. Many, stung by their experiences with publishers in the past, be being wooed back in, 'n not least among them be Al Lowe. Creator a Leisure Suit Larry, 'n a programmer on many a the classic Sierra adventures, Lowe hasn’t released a game since 1996, purported t' have been in retirement since ’98. He’s popped up here 'n there since, 'n continues t' send out jokes every day t' his loyal mailing list, but at 65 years old he’s officially back, 'n there’s a Kickstarter t' prove it. We spoke t' Lowe, 'n colleague Paul Trowe, a man who began his gaming career at 12, play-testing for Sierra, t' find out why they think now be the time t' remake the Larry games.

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For $50,000, ye can alter the "Ken sent me" password in Leisure Suit Larry, which be used t' gain access t' a room even seedier than the bar t' which it be connected. ye can forever change it t' yer own name. This profane act be the most tempting, most outrageous reward tier for a new Kickstarter by Replay Games, t' fund continued development a the HD remake a Leisure Suit Larry in the Land a the Lounge Lizards.

Replay wants t' localize the game into more languages 'n put it on more devices -- 'n it has plans for Larrys 2-7 as well -- so it be joined the Kickstarter gravy train t' seek $500,000. Other reward tiers offer digital or physical copies a the game, posters, 'n even Larry-branded condoms.

How much do we have t' pay in for an updated Laffer Utilities?

We need t' create a master document a old PC gaming franchises 'n genres 'n tick off everything that announces a resurrection via Kickstarter. I suspect there’ll be quite a lot a them by this time next year. Next t' take a swing at recapturing past glory 'n the hearts 'n minds a elder gamers be Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe, who wants t' rescue his beloved sleazeball from the terrible fate he suffered in recent years. In a project called ‘Make Leisure Suit Larry come again!’ – DYSWHDT – he’s asking for $500,000 for a brand new point’n'click starring the original Larry.(more…)

As reported by Gamasutra, the classic Sierra developed Leisure Suit Larry games be getting remade by social games company Replay Games. In conjunction with series creator Al Lowe, the company will be working on HD versions a all a Larry's adventures...