Latest Adventure Games News

Big Time Games have just released a patch for the first game in the horror-adventure series Delaware St. John.

An endearing duo of characters awaits players in Trumgottist Entertainment's Frasse and the Peas of Kejick, released last month.

In partnership with xii games, Erin Robinson has taken what was originally intended to be a simple submission for a monthly Adventure Game Studio competition and transformed it into a unique and engrossing tale: Spooks.

After a public voting process the winners of the AGS Awards for 2005 have been announced. Leading the pack with four gongs from the community-run ceremony dedicated to games made using Adventure Game Studio was the fourth of the Ben Jordan games, Horror at Number 50, while Adventures in a Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment and Mind's Eye each picked up two awards.

Many North American adventure fans were disappointed that The Adventure Company pushed its projected release of Keepsake date from February to April. However, the publisher has now detailed the improvements planned that necessitated the delay.

Got Game Entertainment has cranked up the impending stress factor of North American adventure fans, as they announced today that Scratches has shipped to retailers.

Telltale Inc., the developers behind Bone and the highly antipated Sam & Max adventure game, announced today that they have closed a deal with the investment forum Keiretsu Forum. This deal raises Telltale's total seed funding with $825,000, bringing it up to a total of $1.4 million. This is indeed interesting news, as the company, originally formed by former LucasArts veterans, is one of the most prominent adventure game designers today.

With the release of CSI 3 Dimensions of Murder quickly approaching, there hadn't been much officially revealed about the game until today. However, Ubisoft has now released the first few details about the upcoming title from Telltale Games.

Independent Adventuring, Jozef Purdez's previously-monthly column on all things amateur-adventure-related is back, and with a new host. It has moved from its previous host DIY Games to its own site on BlogSpot.

While eternally waiting for the release of Runaway, adventure fans in the UK can now begin looking forward to its sequel. Ascaron Entertainment announced today that it has acquired "exclusive UK sales and marketing rights" from French publisher Focus Home Interactive for Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle and the sequel to Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Silver Earring.

German publisher dtp/ANACONDA unveiled Belief & Betrayal today, a new adventure scheduled for worldwide release at the end of this year.

Just when you thought flu season was over, now prepare yourself for a horrifiying adventure in a small town contaminated with a deadly plague. GMX Media announced today that it will be publishing Pathologic for PC in the UK this March.

Legacy Interactive has issued a patch for the North American version of its most recent Law & Order game, Criminal Intent. The patch fixes a navigational problem with the playable character, as well as the much maligned crashing and graphics corruption experienced by many players with NVIDIA GeForce video cards.

This is your last chance to stock up on light bulbs, unless you think you're brave enough to play Scratches in the dark. Got Game Entertainment, the North American publisher of the upcoming horror adventure, announced today that the game has reached gold status, and is ready for duplication. Scratches is due for release on March 1st, 2006, and today's announcement makes that target look solid.

For those who passed on the AGON adventure series due to its download-only format, good news is expected next month. Viva Media announced today that AGON: The Mysterious Codex will be hitting North American store shelves in March for both PC and Mac. The Codex includes the first three episodes of the series at a retail price of $20 USD.