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SkyGoblin's The Journey Down has certainly taken a roundabout route to get where it is, but today the journey finally reached its destination with the release of Chapter One.

We've been keeping a close eye on Daedalic's The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, and a new trailer has just arrived for the upcoming fantasy adventure.

They're alive! (Or at least, undead.)  Zombies are on the prowl today, as Telltale has released the debut episode of its new series, The Walking Dead, along with a brand new trailer.

If you've dared to wonder what the twisted minds behind Hector: Badge of Carnage have been up to lately, it turns out they've been coming up with lots of bold new ideas at Straandlooper Animation, at least three of which they plan to turn into adventure (or adventure-like) games.

If you've ever wanted to play in a treehouse, Botanicula will give you that chance today (albeit in a way you probably never imagined), as the highly-ancticipated new game from Amanita Design is now available for download.

Today's a very good day for quirky independent puzzlers, as MacGuffin's Curse has just been launched for PC, Mac, and iOS.

The fans have spoken (at least, those who put their money where their mouths were), and the first game from Jane Jensen's Pinkerton Road Studio will be Moebius. As part of the ongoing "Community Supported Gaming" fundraising campaign at Kickstarter, Jensen gave early supporters the choice of three potential games as her next project.  Options included Gray Matter 2 and a 19th century historical mystery/romance with the working title Anglophile Adventure.  But Moebius came out the winner, as fans were lured by the promise of another "metaphysical sci-fi thriller in the vein of Dante’s Equation and Gabriel Knight." Moebius stars antiquities dealer Malachi Rector, a young, handsome man with "a knack for sensing 'the soul' of an object", who travels the world hunting for unique artifacts. When his "upscale Manhattan store is destroyed in a fire, Rector is hired by millionaire Amble Dexter to investigate a series of events and document them in his meticulous way." The first such indicent is the death of a lovely, talented woman in Venice whose death proves to have "great hidden significance. It appears that Amble Dexter and his associates are playing with the fabric of life in a way Rector never imagined possible". Even he is destined to play his part, so it's now up to him to discover the full truth and "decide whether to play his pre-scripted role or try to change the outcome." As you'd expect from a Jane Jensen adventure, Moebius will be a third-person, point-and-click title.  The game will feature a 2D graphic novel visual style and include two difficulty modes, with optional features like hints, hotspot highlighter, and a simplified interface if so desired. If Pinkerton Road's fundraising campaign is successful, the plan is for Moebius to be released sometime around March 2013.  When asked if the game would still be her first project regardless of the Kickstarter results, Jensen confirmed that it would be, though the need to reach out to other investors would obviously set back the projected timeline. 

The flood of classic adventure developers returning to the genre fold continues today, with word that Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy are teaming up once again for a brand new adventure.

Not to be lost amidst all the Kickstarter hoopla of late are some highly anticipated games that are almost ready for release. Heading that list (Hype-o-Meter don't lie) is Amanita's Botanicula, which is celebrating its launch date announcement with a brand new video.

It liiiiiives! I'm talking about the first trailer for Telltale's upcoming The Walking Dead, of course, which was released today along with the first concrete information about the upcoming zombie series.

The 2012 indie parade just keeps on marching, and the latest game to fall into line is Dreampainters' short horror adventure named Anna.

If you've been anxious for news about Skygoblin's The Journey Down, don't worry... be happy... because the indie developer has just released the first trailer for its upcoming comic adventure that's quite unlike any other.

Things are looking brighter for The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, as Daedalic and Deep Silver have just released the first trailer for the upcoming fantasy adventure.

Those impact tremors you feel in Europe are the footsteps of Jurassic Park: The Game getting closer, as Kalyspo Media has just announced its plans to publish the game in the first quarter of 2012.

Telltale's Jurassic Park is welcoming visitors today for the first time, as the dinosaur-themed adventure has released today across multiple platforms.