That’s right, Ska Studios’ third XBLA-enabled release is dropping exclusively on your Windows Phone January 4th. It’ll be three dollars.  It has achievables.  More info? You know you want it:

Behold: an at a glance investigative journalism datasheet!

Who: Z0MB1ES!!1 (on teh ph0ne)

What: A twin-stick shooter “suite” containing the XBLIG bestseller I MAED A GAEM W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!1, its spiritual sequel Time Viking, and infinite arcade labyrinth mod Endless Zombies.

When: January 4th.

Why: Because I gotta.

Where: Xbox LIVE marketplace on the Windows Phone which you should’ve bought by now.

How: Thumbs!

Remember how you used to get that stupid song stuck in your head all the time?  Now you can get it stuck in your head on the bus!  On a plane! While driving! Not while driving.  Z0MB1ES!!1 (on teh ph0ne) features 20 brand new Xbox Live-enabled Achievements, spiritual sequel Time Viking, Endless Zombies, and a way to put faces from your photo library into the game.

What is Time Viking?

Time Viking is a side scrolling twin-stick tower building shooter that, like IMAGWZII, revolves around an epic opus.  Time Viking examines themes such as science versus magic, the role of art in indie game promotion, and feelings of futility and desperation over a fall from greatness.

Check out Z0MB1ES!!1 (on teh ph0ne) when it launches exclusively on Windows Phone on January 4th, 2012, for $2.99.

Of Pennies and Arcades
This is really awesome. Back at PAX Prime, Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade asked James to write up his proposal story. James did and now it’s on the site! I cannot say enough how amazingly amazing this is.

Pumpkins!
With the bitter cold of fall settling in, the smell of burning pumpkins fill the air and all we can think about is spooky specters and sweet, sweet candy. As you might have guessed, Halloween is a special time of year for Ska Studios as is evident in the kind of games we make. We’d like to celebrate this month’s fall festival with some pumpkin carving patterns!

We’d love to see any fan-made Ska Studios pumpkin designs so please send pictures my way! I will place a few or all of them over at the Art Unicorner. Of course you can always create your own pumpkin designs, you don’t have to use my patterns but if you do want some, download them below and get carving!

Download the ZIP of all the files here!

Included:
The Dishwasher Pumpkin
Yuki Pumpkin
Cat Pumpkin
Crow Pumpkin
Vampire Smile Pumpkin
Z0MB1ES Angry Face Pumpkin
Charlie Murder PunKin
Lester Deth PunKin
Tommy Homicide PunKin
Rexicutioner PunKin
Skelekitten PunKin

These patterns rely on using multiple layers and only the Z0MB1ES pattern cuts all the way through. Here is a video and written directions on how to carve layers.

Monster of the Day
As a personal project, every year since 2008, I’ve made an attempt to create a monster a day during the month of October. I wrote a little blog post about it and have made it up to day 6. I hope to keep it up until the end of the month. Check out where I am storing and will be updating them.

Oh yea and we’re still working on Charlie Murder. More on that next time!

E3 Recap
E3 was exhausting but awesome. We showed off at the Monday night Microsoft Showcase, took in our fill of the E3 show floors and while most folks were back in the comforts of home, James and I stayed the extra day Friday to show Joystiq readers Z0MB1ES (on teh phone) and give out these awesome stress cubes.

The fine folks at Joystiq also took video of the event and I was able to find three awesome shots of Ska Studios!

Most fortuitously, I also captured some photographic mementos of the occasion.

Miscellaneous Mayhem
*The first fan-made Dishwasher plushie appears! Shoot me an email with pictures or a link if you or someone you know has made anything using one of my tutorials. I’d love to see it and post it on our blog!
*Your wait is over for those of you who requested this song. The Vampire Smile launch trailer song, Pulse, is now available on Bandcamp, the music distributing service we use! Already downloaded the album? Not a problem. Our music, as always, is pay what you want so feel free to download it for the low, low price of zero dollars.

It’s Never too Early
…to tell you all that we will once again be gracing the floors of PAX Prime! Ska Studios will be showing off the latest and greatest demo of Charlie Murder, selling awesome merch and of course meeting with all of you great people. The show isn’t until August 26th but we figured we’d give you the heads up now. Planning can never be too early!

Powered by the folks at bandcamp, the Ska Studios music store features high quality audio from our most popular games, including The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai and I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!1. Exactly how much are we charging for each song and each album? Answer: Whatever price you want to pay! We will accept $0 all the way up to $1 million, it’s your call!

Go visit music.ska-studios.com for rockin’ tunes.