Latest Adventure Games News

Gamer's Hell has posted a German demo of Schizm 2 (known as Mysterious Journey II in the States), showing the first-person puzzle adventure from Detalion. The demo ticks in at 149 MB, and can be found here.

We've posted ten new screenshots from The Adventure Company's upcoming Egyptian Prophecy. They can be found at our screenshots gallery. Also, Gamer's Hell has posted a couple of movie clips from the game.

Steve Purcell, the creator of Sam & Max (as well as artist and co-writer on the original Sam & Max game) has shared some of his thoughts about Sam & Max Freelance Police's cancellation, at Mixnmojo:

DreamCatcher Interactive, parent company of The Adventure Company, announced today they they have signed a 20-game distribution deal with Mindscape UK.

Frogwares has posted four high-res, never-before-seen in-game screenshots of their upcoming detective adventure. The images can be found here.

Minutes ago LucasArts announced that they have stopped production on their upcoming adventure game, Sam & Max Freelance Police.

GameSpot has previewed the next game in the CSI franchise, titled CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Dark Motives.

GameSpot has released the third in a sequence of designer diaries for High Voltage Software's upcoming Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. The diaries were each written by a different member of the game's team and have contained relatively little solid information about the game. Apart from giving us some glimpses at Magna Cum Laude's innovative non-linear conversation engine, the main purpose of the series of development notes seems to be to assure fans of Sierra's classic Leisure Suit Larry franchise that the forthcoming sequel will be as funny and offensive as possible.

We've just received word from Microïds that Syberia II has gone gold (i.e. the master copy is completed and will be sent out for duplication). The game will be shipping in North America on March 24, 2004.

SoundBlaster.com has interviewed Tim Larkin, the Sound Designer and Composer on Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.

Microids has released a demo of Syberia II, as they said they would this past weekend. You can snag the demo from their official site, here.

Ken Williams has told fans on his website that he has initiated contact with Bruce Hack, who was appointed as VU Games' new CEO in January. Williams is, of course, the co-founder and former CEO of Sierra, which now sits under the VU Games umbrella.

Romanian gaming site Jucaushii.ro has just interviewed co-founding White Birds Productions member Michel Bams on the upcoming adventure title Lost Paradise:

With a new commercial Leisure Suit Larry game in production, you might be crying out to experience the old classics again. But what's that? A horrible keyboard interface? Sooooo 20th Century!

The winner of the February MAGS, or Monthly AGS Competition, has been announced as Armageddon Margaret by ElaineMC - congratulations! You can find the game, along with all the other entries, over at the MAGS website.