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

Despite the fanfare surrounding the return of Police Quest creator Jim Walls to adventure gaming, it was becoming apparent that the Kickstarter campaign for Precinct was not going to meet its necessary goal. Rather than simply give up, however, the developers have now launched a unique new "staged funding" campaign.

Cockroaches may be the most universally despised insect, but they make pretty good adventure game protagonists. Just ask Bad Mojo's Roger Samms. Or ask Daedalic Entertainment, who will be publishing Journey of a Roach late this year.

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.

Adventure gamers are used to picking up everything they can get their hands on, but what if you had a candle for a hand? This is just one of the many challenges to overcome in Candle, a stylish new indie adventure now seeking crowdfunding through Kickstarter.

It's been a good week for film noir fans. Even as one pulp mystery adventure is released (Face Noir), now word out of Argentina is that a new episodic indie mystery called NoseBound is currently in production. 

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.

The former Sierra revival has taken another significant step forward today with the long-rumoured announcement of a Kickstarter campaign for Precinct, the "spiritual successor" to Police Quest by Jim Walls.

So you want to be a game designer. But your art and programming skills are so limited that your dreams will only come true when pigs fly? Well, you just happen to be in luck on the soaring swine front, as Brazilian developer Pigasus has just launched a game engine/playable adventure combo called Adventurezator: When Pigs Fly on Kickstarter.

The Inquisition certainly deserves its brutal reputation, but would it look any different though the eyes of an Inquisitor himself? Adventure gamers can now find out for themselves with the release of The Inquisitor: Book 1 - The Plague.

Step aside, Laura. There's a new Bow in town. Her name is Fran, and a crowdfunding campaign has just been launched to help finance her self-titled debut adventure.

If you've been crying on the inside at the dearth of surreal, open world adventures, you'll probably want to step right up and support a new Kickstarter campaign for Dropsy.

Note: Since time of original writing, the Taxi Driver Kickstarter campaign has been canceled by its creators, and will be re-launched this September.  

School may be out, but this is no time to rest your brains, as the zombies are coming after them once again in The Walking Dead: 400 Days.

With the days counting down on its fundraising campaign, a prototype demo of the sci-fi noir thriller The Maker's Eden has now been released for Windows, Mac, and Linux.