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Developer MidBoss Games is preparing to let us visit the future by taking us into the past in their ultra-retro cyberpunk adventure Read Only Memories, currently seeking funding through Kickstarter.

Her Majesty the Queen is looking to return the British Empire to its former glory by going where no empire has gone before (outer space, of course!), but she can’t do it without some help from her loyal subjects – and other adventure fans around the world.

Published in 2002, Syberia is renowned among adventure fans for its memorable characters, intriguing atmosphere, and unique art style. Over a decade later, ex-Microïds (and later White Birds) developers Olivier Fontenay and Michel Bams have teamed up once again to form Mando Productions, and their upcoming point-and-click adventure The Dead Flowers Case promises gamers more of the imaginative art and puzzling gameplay that they've come to know and love.

Most wartime settings tend to be found in strategy games or first-person shooters, but in 2014 the adventure genre will be getting one of its own in Valiant Hearts: The Great War, from French developer Ubisoft Montpellier.

Oslo-based Colonthree Enterprises hopes to bring some feline-flavored adventure gaming to your PC, Mac, and mobile devices early next year with the debut episode of Catmouth Island, currently seeking funding on Indiegogo.

Twenty years after Gabriel Knight’s adventure game debut, the Shadow Hunter is making a comeback thanks to a deal between Activision, who holds the license to the Gabriel Knight IP, and Jane Jensen, the series’ creator. After months of fan speculation, Jensen announced today that her indie studio Pinkerton Road is working on a 20th Anniversary remake of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers – a project that up until now has been referred to only cryptically as “Mystery Game X.”

The Holocaust. One of humanity's darkest hours, and not the stuff games are made of, surely. Or is it? Developer Luc Bernard thinks differently, and hopes his latest title Imagination is the Only Escape will inspire players to think about the people involved and want to learn more. Initially planned for release on the Nintendo DS in 2008, it languished in the doldrums for several years before recently re-emerging on Indiegogo for PC.

ClickShake Games’ founder and sole employee Jay Ziebarth, colloquially known by the moniker Zeebarf, clearly feels that sometimes the best way to move forward is to take a few steps back. And so it is that his upcoming second commercial entry in the Ballads of Reemus series, currently seeking funding through Kickstarter, is actually a revisiting of the original free-to-play Several Journeys of Reemus browser games. Once again, Reemus the exterminator finds his chances of starring in his own heroic ballad quickly going from slim to none. His rivals at Pest-Go have reduced eliminating pests to child’s play for even the most unskilled commoner. Luckily for Reemus and his sidekick Liam the purple bear (though potentially fatal for everyone else), a sudden invasion of killer Death Slugs gives the duo one last chance to prove their mettle and immortalize their names with their own glorious ballad. If you’re familiar with the previous Reemus outings, fear not: Zeebarf has promised that although the reboot will incorporate the familiar story elements of previous chapters, The Ballads of Reemus 2 will expand on them with all-new puzzles, longer gameplay, and will include features befitting of a standalone commercial release, such as voice acting. Essentially, all five previously released chapters will be rolled into one, improved upon and polished, to tell the complete saga of Reemus and the Death Slugs.

Traditionally, adventure games take us to exotic locations, let us act out unfamiliar fantasies, or place us right in the middle of alien worlds and distant times. But can intriguing tales be found in our everyday experiences? Does the life of a geek offer up potential for a story gamers will love? The creative minds behind Geek’s Lair: The Crazy Scientist, Osolin brothers Maj and Žiga, think so. Geek’s Lair is the story of Peter Frog, average Joe, science student and run-of-the-mill geek. Peter’s ordinary life takes a left turn when he stumbles upon information about a mysterious virus. During his investigation into the matter, Peter ends up on the lam while pursued by authorities for a crime he did not commit. Could an ordinary guy be the one to save the world?

The biggest complaint from gamers (including us) when Dracula 4: The Shadow of the Dragon was released earlier this summer was that it wasn't a whole game! An abrupt, unexpected "to be continued" left a bad taste in many mouths, but fortunately we don't have long to wait for the story's conclusion, as Anuman Interactive today announced that Dracula 5: The Blood Legacy will be released later this year under its Microïds adventure label.

It's been six years since an Agatha Christie mystery last graced computer screens, but the drought looks set to end soon, as Anuman Interactive announced today that they've acquired the rights to publish new games based on Christie's novels under its Microïds adventure label.

Move over Guybrush, there's a new pirate in town!

Neil Gaiman is renowned worldwide for his books and graphic novels, but at long last the acclaimed author is applying his craft to a videogame -- and an adventure, no less! -- in the upcoming Wayward Manor.

Nina Kalenkov and Max Gruber may have run out of secret files to expose for now, but a secondary player from Puritas Cordis is stepping into her own starring role in the upcoming spin-off adventure Secret Files: Sam Peters.

The adventure genre may not usually get much widestream attention, but if indie developers Deconstructeam have their way, the Gods Will Be Watching in a new survivalist adventure now seeking funding on Indiegogo.