Did someone say Donkey Cannons??

Yes, yes they did. And that can only mean one thing... Risk Factions is coming to facebook!

The wonderful folks at EA who brought you Risk Factions for Xbox Live are now bringing the brilliant irreverence of Yeti Lamas, donkey cannons, CAT-a-pults, and brain eating contests to facebook. The Powerhouse team has been ceaselessly working on bringing these wacky factions to life, and we are all anxiously awaiting its imminent arrival. Start training your robot army and get geared up for Risk Factions, facebook-style.

Check out what Kotaku is saying about it here.

Much thanks to Spencer Brooks and the rest of the EA team for allowing us to partner with them on this exciting project!

Storyboard Workshop with Kris Pearn!

Back in May, Powerhouse had the wonderful opportunity of spending some quality time with one of the kings of storyboarding, Kris Pearn.

You probably know Mr. Pearn from his work on such films as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Surf's Up, and Open Season, as well as the animated series Braceface!

Kris flew in from LA to visit with us and spent the day leading a storyboard workshop with the gang. He imparted much of his superb wisdom and incredible storytelling skills on us, and really inspired everyone at the studio with his talent and charisma.

We are extremely grateful that Kris was able to come visit the studio and educate us all about the art of storyboarding. Thanks so much to Kris for his time, knowledge, and enthusiasm!

For more information about Kris Pearn and examples of his work, check out his blog, The Woeful Tales of a Domesticated Man.

Another new face at Powerhouse Animation

Yesterday we welcomed another new face to the team at Powerhouse.
Louis Norris comes to us from the Great White North of Toronto, Canada.



On a related note:
Adam Deats complained that he wasn't put on the blog when he was a new hire (neglecting to recall that we didn't have a blog back then)... So here are the Adamses (Deats and Conarroe in the background).

Risk: Factions comes to Facebook!

Did you love Risk: Factions that we worked on last year for XBox Live?? Well good news! Risk: Factions is coming to facebook!

The good folks at EA have been working with us once again on a facebook version of the game that is slated to release sometime in the fall. We put together a trailer for it that previewed at e3 this week. Check it out and stay tuned for more news as this approaches:

Powerhouse welcomes a new member of the gang

Everyone say hello to the newest member of The Powerhouse crew. Patrick Stannard comes to us from Michigan. You can't miss him. He's the one wearing the kilt.