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One of the creative cads behind World of Goo, Kyle Gabler, and Kyle Gray, the mind behind the awesome puzzle platformer Henry Hatsworth, have come together to form the official- and oppressive-sounding indie developer Tomorrow Corporation, powered by “authentic indie labor.” A ‘press release’ reads:

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To start with Henry Hatsworth is a breath of fresh air: a new platforming game with a great new character from EA, a publisher that was once famous for its release-every-year strategy. But, sadly, it turns stale after a while and becomes downright stenchy near the end of the game as the cheapness of the level design is bound to cause all but the most hardened gamer to throw down their DS in disgust.

Henry Hatsworth is the Pompous Adventurers Club’s number 1 adventurer. He’s as stereotypically 19th century British as anyone could be, complete with bowler hat, monocle and large mustache. The game begins with Hatsworth in the jungle trying to find the mysterious golden hat. His nemesis, the Pompous Adventurers Club’s number 2 adventurer, Weasleby, is also after it, but for far more nefarious reasons. It turns out the hat is a device that can straddle two worlds – our world and the Puzzle Realm, a place that looks like Tetris, or Bejewelled. This is really just an elaborate plot device to weave platforming and puzzling into one game.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure.

Yesterday you were able to see a bunch of wonderfully crazy videos showing off certain gameplay aspects of EA’s DS platform game, Henry Hatsworth.

Today you can get ready to play the game by reading EA’s top eleven things to do in Henry Hatsworth in The Puzzling Adventure, as written by the lead creator, Kyle Gray, in the form of a series of rhymes. One of his tips includes:

“Do view your artifacts.

What artifact am I missing: the golden wallet, the golden mustache?

Check your inventory quick, with gentlemanly panache!

From the shop simply press “R” to view the Artifact Wall,

To see which artifacts you’re missing, if any at all!”

How creative! While the game is already out in the US, those of us in other parts of the world can get ready for the release by reading the rest of the Henry Hatsworth enjoyment tips below:

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Have you heard of Henry Hatsworth, EA’s platformer featuring a safari-suited British adventurer who works his way through levels by jumping, slashing, shooting a blunderbuss and fighting in a giant mech suit? You haven’t?

Good thing too, because here are a bunch of videos that show off the frankly crazy situations and enemies you’ll encounter while playing Henry Hatsworth on the Nintendo DS, releasing around the world this week (US gamers already have access to it, the lucky blighters).

The first trailer below shows the Teatime power-up mode in the game:

Cast your eyes below for some more crazy gameplay footage from Henry Hatsworth:

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