In the midst of a fairly quiet (and Usher-esque) conference by Microsoft at E3 2012, fans were pleasantly surprised by the appearance of Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the popular comedy series South Park. The two were happy to announce — after some teasing in December of last year — that their first RPG, featuring the characters of South Park, is in development.
Take a look at the trailer featured during Microsoft’s conference this morning.
Entitled South Park: The Stick of Truth, players take control of a “new kid” that arrives in South Park on the verge of some major disaster in which all the popular villains from previous South Park episodes (vampire kids, crab people, hippies, to name a few) have been unleashed on the quiet mountain town. The game both looks and sounds like something right out of the television series, and it has a lot of fans talking.
The game will be a multi-platform release, coming to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on March 5, 2013.