Adventure Gamers News

Memento Mori springs to life in new trailer | news

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:57:15 -0500

Though Memento Mori was originally scheduled to come out this week, its North American release has been pushed back slightly to later this month. Fortunately, a new trailer released by Got Game should keep conspiracy investigators happy in the meantime.

Absurdus unfurls The Eight Tentacles of the Apocalypse | news

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:13:02 -0500

If you weren't previously aware that Absurdus' Eye of the Kraken and Carte Blanche were related, you weren't alone. It seems even the developers didn't know at the time, but that's all changed with the announcement of The Eight Tentacles of the Apocalypse, which will wrap up the newly-devised "Kraken trilogy". The offbeat Canadian studio plans to weave together the...

Tales of Monkey Island launched into screaming public | news

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:34:21 -0500

After nearly a decade of unfulfilled hope (and a few extra hours of website overload), at long last the Monkey Island franchise has officially been resurrected with today's release of Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. The first of five episodes from Telltale Games, Screaming Narwhal ushers in the return of Guybrush Threepwood, his wife...

Previously-untitled Lost Horizon finds a name | news

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:16:10 -0500

Though early screenshots and vague details about a new game from Secret Files co-developer Animation Arts have been circulating since last year, today Deep Silver has finally unveiled the title of the new project, now named Lost Horizon. The point-and-click adventure sends players back to the year 1936, a time when "Nazi henchmen are traveling the world over, searching for occult...

LucasArts back catalogue picking up Steam | news

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:03:00 -0500

The more thing change... the more they start looking like the early '90s these days. Not only is Monkey Island poised to dominate the adventure world this week and next, today LucasArts announced that some of its other classics will soon be available through digital distribution for the first time on Steam. On the eve Tales of Monkey Island's...

Trailer of Monkey Island offers sneak peek at game footage | news

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:54:48 -0500

With the long-awaited return of the popular Monkey Island franchise only days away now, a new trailer has been released that offers an in-game peek at the events of Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal. The video consists entirely of in-game footage, demonstrating some of the game mechanics and introducing the three stars who will be very familiar...

Dark Fall 3 rides Iceberg into Europe this fall | news

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:49:10 -0500

There will be plenty of suspense when players arrive back in Dowerton in Jonathan Boakes' highly anticipated Dark Fall: Lost Souls, but there will be no suspense about whether the game will find a publisher quickly, as Iceberg Interactive announced today that it will be releasing the game throughout Europe later this year. The third installment of the Dark Fall series sends gamers...

Countdown concludes with release of Time Gentlemen, Please! | news

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:11:55 -0500

If you couldn't get enough of slackers Ben and Dan in their debut freeware adventure Ben There, Dan That! , now the pair have returned in a comic sequel called Time Gentlemen, Please!, which is now available for purchase and download. That's...

Demo dives into the new Nancy Drew adventure | news

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:50:56 -0500

High seas adventure has even reached the Nancy Drew series this summer, as Her Interactive today released the official demo for the new mystery Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships. The 20th instalment in the popular series sees Nancy Drew in the Caribbean with her best friends Bess and George, but disaster strikes when Bess is kidnapped. It�s not only Bess that�s missing, though, and...

New adventure to brave KGB terrors in Phobos: 1953 | news

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:37:20 -0500

The former Russian KGB has always been renowned for its ruthless tactics, and in Phobos: 1953, players will get a chance to take a first-hand peek into the truth behind that reputation. The new game by Phantomery Interactive, the studio behind last year's Outcry, sends players into an underground shelter that houses prisoners for KGB research. Based on real events about human...