Latest Adventure Games News

Funcom has just opened the official site of Dreamfall - The Longest Journey, sequel to the hit adventure game The Longest Journey. The site has the very first information on the game's three protagonists, a number of screenshots, concept art and general game information. The site will be regularly updated with new content.

The Adventure Company has just announced its publication of developer Lexis Numérique's innovative and mature themed Missing for PC for North America as part of its 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) lineup. Missing, originally released by Ubisoft in Europe last year under the title In Memoriam, puts the player as a sleuth investigating the mysterious disappearance of a journalist and his female companion, with the game utilizing the Internet itself and coaxing the player into a game of cat and mouse through actual email messages, video movies, disturbing yet intriguing images, and websites both real and fictitious, in order to find out what happened to the vanished couple. Expect the game to launch this summer (Q2-3 2004).

The Adventure Company is currently hosting a newsletter sign up contest:

Vivendi has released an "interview" with Larry Lovage, the main character in the upcoming Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. Old Larry fans will probably enjoy noticing Larry Lovage's listed role model. Also, a batch of new screenshots has been added to our screenshots gallery.

The Adventure Company today responded to our requests for comment on the recent news regarding Jane Jensen's new game being put on hold. Here is a transcript of our questions and their responses. Terse comments, to be sure, but we appreciate their response nonetheless.

On the edge of North American's Got Game Entertainment's release of Alida, GameBoomers will host an open chat with Cos Russo, the game's developer, who will answer questions on the game. The chat forum will officially run on May 5 & 6. Alida will be launched on May 10 on Mac, with the PC version coming in July.

In a story exclusive to Adventure Gamers, Wyrmkeep Entertainment president Joe Pearce revealed to us today that he is currently working on a re-release port of the 1993 Electronic Arts adventure The Labyrinth of Time. This is on the heels of Wyrmkeep's re-release port of Inherit the Earth, which was released last summer.

The Adventure Company has launched a newsletter contest. Every adventure fan who signs up for their mailing list will be automatically entered to win credit at the Adventure Company online store. First prize is $40.00, second prize is $20,00, and third prize is $10.00. All three prizes also include free shipping.

Randy Sluganski of Just Adventure+ has reported today that Jane Jensen's highly anticipated adventure game, which we now know was to be titled Gray Matter, has been put on hold by publisher The Adventure Company.

As a warm-up to E3, we have posted seven new screenshots from The Adventure Company's upcoming Atlantis Evolution. The game is the first in a new Atlantis series, developed by Atlantis Interactive Entertainment.

The Egyptian Prophecy: The Fate Of Ramses has just been given a score of 7.5/10 by Gamezone, while Quandary rated it with 3.5/5 stars:

The Adventure Company today announced their line-up for the E3 show in May. Four upcoming games, in addition to a new title that hasn't been announced yet, will be presented to the worldwide gaming press.

The Adventure Company has released ten new screenshots from the upcoming Aura: Fate of the Ages.

Adventure gamers and fans of the CSI television show now have a chance to win one of ten free copies of the new CSI game, Dark Motives. The contest is sponsored by publisher Ubisoft and is being run through Elyse's Comprehensive CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Web Site, a large fan database dedicated to the show. For more information on the contest, which is only open to US citizens of at least 18 years of age, visit Elyse's site. The contests ends Friday, April 30th.

The The Longest Journey fanpage Minstrum.net has posted several scans from the latest edition of the French magazine PC Jeux, showcasing new screenshots and artwork from the upcoming Dreamfall, the sequel to the classic The Longest Journey.