Update: there is an interim, not final build for the graphics and performance bugs available here. In particular, the Macs and lower end Linux systems should see significant speed improvements. Once the other bugs are resolved, we will do an official new build push. Let us know how it goes for you!

Happy New Year, folks!

Our awesome Linux and Mac porter Ryan Gordon has released as open source some tools that he created during the port of Shank to Linux / OSX. Every Humble Indie Bundle, the good folks try and release some open source material, and this time around Shank needed some heavy work, and we’re happy that it could someday help others, too. Take a look here to get a nice libtheora integration as well as an updated version of MojoShader.

I also got an update from Ryan that, although he’s still up to his neck in work, he’s going to try and carve out time this week to fix the remaining issues on the OSX / Linux ports. Sorry about the wait, folks! It’s a bit out of my control but I’ll keep following up and posting here as I hear more.

Humble Indie Bundle 4 now includes the full Official Soundtrack for every bundled game, which of course includes the Shank 1 OST!

That’s 5 games for whatever you want, helps charity, and includes 7 game soundtracks. Seriously, even if Shank wasn’t a part of the bundle, it’s a killer deal!

UPDATE: We’ve now also posted the lossless FLAC version that you can download for free!

• Download the Shank 1 OST in mp3 format here.
• Download all 400mb of lossless the Shank 1 OST here.

Also, Ryan is working hard to fix issues on the new platforms that we’ve launched on. Note that he’s also working on Super Meat Boy and other HIB ports, so please be patient — he’s only (super) human. Hit the jump for some updates on known issues that we’re looking into.

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Humble Indie Bundle does it again, this time with Shank, Super Meat Boy, Bit.Trip Runner, Nightsky and Jamestown — all for WHATEVER YOU WANT!

Every game is DRM-free, cross-platform on PC, Mac and Linux, and a portion of the proceeds goes to Child’s Play Charity and the American Red Cross. And if you pay above the average, you get two additional games: Gratuitous Space Battles, and Cave Story+!

That’s a crazy damn good bundle. So what are you waiting for? Go buy Humble Indie Bundle 4 and enjoy your 7 awesome indie games!

In celebration of reaching TEN THOUSAND likes on Facebook, we’ve released the new Shank 2 Theme Song! Shank’s soundtrack has always been a huge part of the game, and once again our composers Jason Garner and Vince DeVera just killed it.

Here’s the download link for the theme song: Shank 2 Theme

You can also listen to the entire Shank 1 soundtrack from Vince and Jason’s Soundcloud account below.

Shank – Original Video Game Soundtrack by Suite803

Over the course of October and September, 1Up contacted developers to provide sketches for auction, the proceeds which go to the Red Cross Disaster Relief. It’s got some fantastic artists in there, including Junction Point drawing Disney characters, Capybara with a whole host of awesome fan art, and our very own Jeff Agala drawing Shank and Corina. Go check it out!

Here’s the link to the 1UP Charity Sketch Auction

Hit the jump for the pieces that Jeff provided.

Hey all! Jeff here, this is a behind the scenes look on how I made the Shank 2 Papercraft.

It all started with a sketch, a really rough one at that. I drew Shank cartoonier than usual, more in line with a vinyl toy.

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Congratulations to Aaron Bouthillier, who was just named Animator of the Year at the Canadian Game Development Awards! Along with Aaron, Jeff Agala was also nominated Visual Artist of the year — we’re super proud of both of them! Check out Jeff and Aaron’s blogspots for more of their work.

Sword & Sworcery: EP’s Craig Adams (aka Superbrothers) ended up taking the Visual Artist award, which we are also super happy about. They are certainly deserving, and if you haven’t tried S&S:EP, you really should!

Look out for Aaron’s work on Shank 2 early next year. Hit the jump to see the award in all its fine glory.

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Happy Halloween! Here’s the Horror costume that will be available in Shank 2. Hit the jump for more wallpapers fit for the season.

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In between finishing the game and doing our roadshow, Jeff found time to design a papercraft Shank model. It includes mouth opening action, though the hand to power the mouth is not included. Scroll down to the bottom to download the highres image that you can print and make your own with.

If you’re hardcore, you can do what we did: we ended up taking the image to a professional print shop with high gloss thick paper stock and digital scoring.

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Over the last few weeks, we’ve been demo’ing Shank 2 and getting as much feedback as possible in San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, and next week at EA’s Europe Showcase! Destructoid did an awesome preview, Kotaku talked about the risks we took as an indie, OXM gave us some fantastic lovin’, and I also recently discussed the game in a blog post on the Playstation Blog.

I think my favorite quote is from OXM, which gave the original Shank an Editor’s Choice award:

“Welcome back, Shank, we missed you.”

That pretty much sums it up.