Latest Adventure Games News

For the many gamers anxiously awaiting Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, the wait just got a little bit longer. Today Funcom announced the game has been rescheduled to launch in the spring of 2006 for both Windows and Xbox.

Adventure fans have been salivating over the early screenshots of Secret Files: Tunguska since the game was unveiled at the Games Convention in Leipzig. Along with the first look at the game came the announcement that the title would be published in Germany by Deep Silver (a division of Koch Media) in the second quarter of 2006.

North American fans can finally start packing, because Tri-Synergy announced today that they will be publishing 80 Days this fall. French and German publishing deals are already in place, but the Texas-based publisher's announcement heralds the first English-language release of Frogwares' upcoming game.

Cyan has released a playable demo for Myst V: End Of Ages, the final chapter of the critically acclaimed Myst series. The demo weighs in at 275MB for PC, downloadable at GameShadow.com, 3D Gamers, and Worthplaying. The Mac version is 457MB and can be got from mirrors at Ubisoft's Myst Worlds page, Ubisoft, Gamespot, and Gamer's Hell.

At the recent Games Convention in Leipzig, German developer House of Tales unveiled the first details of its next adventure game, Overclocked.

The Adventure Company has just released a playable demo of NIBIRU: Age of Secrets, giving players a first-hand look at the upcoming game.

Autumn Moon Entertainment, developers of the upcoming 2D point-and-click A Vampyre Story, have updated their site with some choice news morsels chronicling the game's progress.We still don’t have a deal - yet, but the prospects are looking good and we will let you know right here the instant we have signed with a publisher. I can’t give any details yet due to the standard NDAs we have to sign, but I am feeling positive that we will have a deal signed very soon. Stay tuned.

In an announcement sure to thrill the many Broken Sword fans, THQ and Revolution Software revealed today that a fourth game in the highly acclaimed series is scheduled for release on PC in summer 2006.

A new publishing company has arrived on the worldwide scene and it provides an immediate impact on the adventure genre. Lighthouse Interactive, formed by several industry veterans with offices in Amsterdam and Montreal, intends to deliver "high quality games for the PC platform across Europe and to territories globally." Calling itself a "strong alternative for developers looking to bring their products to market", Lighthouse has prepared a healthy startup portfolio, and plans to publish four games within the next six months.

In a surprise move, The Adventure Company has shipped VOYAGE, Kheops Studio's new science fiction game, in advance of its previously-announced September release date. The game shipped in North America yesterday, August 16, and should be arriving at brick & mortar stores shortly. It can also be ordered through online stores such as Amazon, and directly from the publisher.

Games publisher dtp, a prominent industry leader in the German adventure market, has announced that all future adventure and RPG games they publish will be released with a new brand called ANACONDA. The brand will be international, as dtp continues to expand its influence as a worldwide publisher.

Over six months after the first foreign-language trailers appeared, The Adventure Company has released an English language trailer for the upcoming third-person adventure game NIBIRU: Age of Secrets. The trailer is 55 MB and can be downloaded from Worthplaying.

With a worldwide publishing deal anticipated soon (though not yet officially secured), German developer House of Tales plans to disclose the first details of its next adventure game at the upcoming Games Convention in Leipzig.

Tetraedge Games, a mobile gaming company, has recently released Egyptian Prophecy for the Pocket PC, with additional plans for SmartPhone and Symbian versions in the coming weeks.

Independent developer Big Time Games has officially announced production of the second game in the Delaware St. John series, The Town With No Name.