Latest Adventure Games News

A new comic character will soon be heading to PC in the person of Julia, as Artematica announced development on an adventure game based on the popular Italian criminologist.

Wadjet Eye Games, the independent developer probably best known for The Shivah, has launched a new demo for The Blackwell Legacy, which was released last December. Based on the story and characters of writer Dave Gilbert's previously released freeware title, Bestowers of Eternity, this supernatural adventure puts you in the role of Rosangela Blackwell, a would-be writer and spirit medium living in New York City. Along with her "spirit guide" Joey Mallone, her first case will involve a series of unnatural suicides at a local university.

Listen up, me hearties! A new pirate adventure will soon be weighing anchor, as independent developer Hidden Sanctum has announced development on Pieces of Eight.

GameTap offered not one but two welcome announcements recently as Myst Online: Uru Live rapidly nears its official launch.

Silvio and Gey Savarese, the authors of A Quiet Weekend in Capri, today launched the official website for the follow-up to their indie adventure from 2004.

Abborado Studios today announced the first game in their series of adventures based on Japanese culture, Once Upon a Time in Japan. Earth is the first title of a three part series that aims to introduce players to various parts of Japan's history, showing off the inner struggles of a country that is bound by tradition and ruled by the warrior class.

Fans of historical adventures can now get a glimpse back into the post-American Civil War era thanks to the release of Sterling's Gift, the debut title from independent developer White Rabbit.

Just when it started to look like it might never happen, Broken Sword 4 is finally bound for North American shores, as The Adventure Company announced today that it will be releasing the game next month. To no one's surprise, the game will get a new name in the process. Originally released in the UK last September under the subtitle The Angel of Death, the North American version will be called Secrets of the Ark.

After a whopping ten years of development, Limbo of the Lost is finally nearing completion, as publisher G2 Games has targeted an April release in the UK. With its arrival finally in sight, a lengthy trailer for the game has now been released.

Sam & Max are ready to captivate worldwide audiences once again, as the second episode of season one is now available for download.

The Adventure Company today released a patch for its popular murder mystery, Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express.

Ivan Dixon has released his first game, Sydney Finds Employment. A comedy game with attractive, "period-style" cartoon graphics, Sydney has attracted attention because it also deals with some serious issues.

With Runaway 2 having released in some territories worldwide, and still anxiously anticipated in others, Pendulo Studios and Focus Home Interactive have recently released two trailers.

House of Tales is in a giving mood this holiday season, as the German developer has just released its little-known mobile adventure The Paper Menace as a free browser game.

If given three guesses (or possibly even a hundred) to name the first adventure game to be released on Steam, Full Pipe probably wouldn't be the name that pops immediately to mind, though perhaps the most thematically appropriate in title. Nevertheless, the quirky Russian adventure has indeed become the first adventure to be offered through Valve's distribution system.