Latest Adventure Games News

Today, the ScummVM team released the latest version of their adventure game interpreter. ScummVM, which is available on a multitude of platforms, allows users to run various classic adventure titles on modern systems. In addition to supporting LucasArts' SCUMM-based adventure titles, ScummVM is compatible with games such as Simon the Sorcerer, Beneath a Steel Sky, and, with the release of 0.6.0, Flight of the Amazon Queen.

GameSpy's Title Fight continues in Round Two, pitting LucasArts' classic Grim Fandango against RPG heavyweights Chrono Trigger and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. GameSpy's Allen Rausch has some encouraging words to say about the match:

CVG has just revealed that Revolution is developing a sequel to the classic dystopian sci-fi adventure Beneath a Steel Sky.

Pendulo Studios has sent us some concept drawings of their upcoming sequel to Runaway: A Road Adventure. The images show a speedboat, a flock of gulls resting on a seaplane and a scuba diver. Will Runaway 2 leave the road behind in lieu of a more nautical adventure?

Hiding Buffalo are looking for beta-testers for their upcoming online adventure, titled Gumshoe Online. Gumshoe Online, as the name states, is an online adventure, played entirely through a standard Internet browser, and has been designed to appeal to adventure gamers, crime fans and Internet users alike. The game aims to recreate the 'film noir' feel of movies such as L.A. Confidential, The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown.

Worthplaying has previewed CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Dark Motives, the sequel to last years crime investigating adventure.

Worthplaying has posted a batch of new screenshots from Fenimore Fillmore: The Westerner. The point and click adventure was released in France last month, and is due for release in Germany this month.

Both Loadedinc.com and Jolt.co.uk have posted their previews of Benoît Sokal's upcoming point and click Syberia II. The anticipated sequel is scheduled for release at the end of this month. Here's a clip from Jolt's preview:

The Adventure Company has released ten new screenshots from their upcoming The Egyptian Prophecy adventure. They could be found in our screenshots gallery.

Pirate Fry 2: The Hand of Anturus, the sequel to the popular Pirate Fry and Volcano Island and prequel to the strangely already-completed Pirate Fry 3: The Isle of the Dead, was recently released by Squinky Productions. Pirate Fry 3 was released last October after its creator decided to put Fry 2 on hold for a while. Confused fans can now get the missing middle chapter from Squinky Productions' download link.

Last week's surprising cancellation of Sam & Max: Freelance Police has really stirred up the gaming community, as evidenced by more than 13.000 fans petitioning to bring the game back.

The Adventure Company's Riddle of the Sphinx II: The Omega Stone has shipped for Mac OSX. Look for it in a store near you.

GMX Media today announced that it has secured the Pan-European rights for Martin Mystere: Operation Dorian Gray, a point and click adventure game based on Alfredo Castelli's character bearing the same name.

A Friend Indeed : The Adventures of JP & Cosmo was released today. It's an isometric adventure in which you play a man trying to reach a bomb shelter in time to avoid the upcoming armageddon. Get it here, while you can view its games page entry here.

Ubi Soft today announced the third addition to the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series, titled CSI: Miami. The game is slated for a Winter 2004-05 release.