Latest Adventure Games News

Any fan of Sierra adventures will tell you that the worst thing about Sierra's SCI adventures is the timer bugs that prevail in many games, making some games unplayable on even a slow Pentium. Slowdown utilities have been unable to address the problem so far, but an astute fan has finally devised a fix.

[image=1354]White Birds Productions (see: Syberia creator starts new company) has updated its website, showing a sneak peek of a new point-and-click adventure called Lost Paradise.

Private Moon Studios, creators of the critically-acclaimed AGON series, have announced that despite disappointing revenues for the first two games of the series, they are moving ahead with the third episode, to be entitled Pirates of Madagascar.

Spector Studios today announced the publishing agreement for the release of Bonzo: Escape from Olympus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Also, the publisher is currently working to publish the game in other areas. The game was published in Russia last fall.

The Unofficial Sam & Max Website recently speculated about whether Sam & Max 2 would be pre-rendered or real-time rendered. They decided to ask the only man who would know for sure -- project leader Mike Stemmle. Here's what Stemmle has to say about the engine used in Sam & Max: Freelance Police:

DIY Games have announced the results of their '2003 Game of the Year Awards', and a number of sections recognised the humble adventure game...

Got Game Entertainment's newest adventure, A Quiet Weekend in Capri, has gone gold, the company announced today:

Action Trip has just reviewed Jack The Ripper, giving it a score of 57/100:

Dark Fall 2: Lights Out, the sequel to the critically acclaimed first-person suspense horror adventure released independently by XXv Productions in 2002, will (like its predecessor) be published by The Adventure Company. The game is scheduled for release this summer. To whet your appetite, a brand new trailer is available for download at Gamers Hell.

Rand Miller, co-creator of Myst, has just announced on the URU forums that the decision has been made to pull the plug on URU Live, the massively multiplayer component of the latest game in the Myst series.

In this forum thread you can find a scan from the Australian gaming magazine "Hyper", showing four new shots of the upcoming Sam & Max: Freelance Police. A bigger (but equally grainy) version is available from Samandmax.net (direct link).

Nucleosys, developers of independent mystery adventure Scratches -- the first commercial adventure ever developed in Argentina -- today updated their website with some interesting new stuff. Most importantly, the story page of the game has been expanded with new details; also, a music deal with black ambient band Cellar of Rats has been announced.

The party's over, and the results for this year's AGS Awards – the biggest awards ceremony for Adventure Game Studio games – are in. Leading the field was Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw, with 5 Days a Stranger, but there was some stiff competition from both Apprentice and The Adventures of Fatman. There was also a special lifetime achievement award for Chris Jones, and even a couple of awards for our very own David Gilbert!

Gamespot has just reviewed Jack The Ripper, giving it an overall score of 5.2/10:

Games Domain has put up a preview of the upcoming Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, starring Larry Lovage, Larry Laffer's nephew.