EA Partners announces they will be publishing DeathSpank, the upcoming adventure game from Hothead Games designed by Ron Gilbert, renowned for his work on the Monkey Island series. The bad news is that the announcement seems to indicate there will be no PC edition of this game, saying DeathSpank will be released this year through Xbox LIVE Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Here's word on the game: "The game casts players in the role DeathSpank, the Hero to the Downtrodden, a Vanquisher of Evil and Defender of Justice as he fulfills his life-long destiny and searches for a mysterious and magical item only known as "The Artifact". Along the way he'll rescue a few Orphans, defeat a local tyrant and tumble headlong into the even deeper mystery surrounding the legendary Thongs of Virtue in an epic adventure game that includes collecting loot, crazy puzzle solving, witty dialogue, collecting loot, over-the-top animations, fun, accessible action combat, and of course, collecting loot."