Latest Adventure Games News

Dreamcatcher Interactive has officially shipped Syberia to the United States today. The game carries a retail price of $29.99.

GameZone.com has posted a review of Syberia, calling it "superior in just about every way to the majority of adventure games out right now".

The Electric Playground has reviewed Shadow of Destiny, giving it 6.5 out of 10. The storyline is "intriguing and increasingly complex", but gameplay is said to lack challenge.

Dreamcatcher Interactive is having a contest over at their website where you can enter to win any of the following prizes: 5 Iron Storm TShirts, 10 copies of Syberia and 5 Syberia Limited Edition posters. All you have to do is fill out a short survey.

We have been 'test driving' it for a few days, but now our Links Directory is officially open for business. You can find it under "Links" in the left menu bar. We intend to create a huge directory of links, but you can also help us by submitting suggestions using this form.

Adventure Developer has posted Tip Number 3 in their line of Adventure Game Tips, a series of pointers for amateur game developers.

The New York Times' Charles Herold has written A Streak of Glamour but a Lack of Lifeblood, an article covering the current state of adventure gaming. Its main focus is Syberia, the recently released third-person game. Unfortunately, he wasn't all that impressed.

Gordon Aplin of Quandary has reviewed Largo Winch: Empire Under Threat, calling it a "surprisingly entertaining adventure game."Even the combat scenarios can be seen as puzzles as only a strategy is required and none of them proved too difficult even when faced with up to four opponents. Action fans may well find the combat to be too simple as all you do is select your opponent, choose if you will use fist or foot or other item, then sit back and watch as Largo or Joy or Simon run up to the bad guy, carry out the manoeuvre then run back to await the assailant’s attack. From an adventurer’s perspective it’s not at all arduous unless, of course, you don’t like hurting people.

Adventure-Archiv's Slydos has posted a review of Voodoo, an amateur adventure game. They award it a final score of 75 percent, saying that the graphics are quite good ("for a freeware game") and that the puzzles fit well into the context of the story.

Tierra, the developer of several unofficial remakes of classic Sierra titles, has updated the designer journals on their website. The team is currently working on a remake of King's Quest 2, so to get the latest update click to their website.

Zelenhgorm, the adventure game from the Swedish developer Moloto, is nearing its release. The game will be available online from Monday September 9th. It is not certain when the game will be released to retail, but Moloto is currently working on the matter. To read the full article, check out EuroGamer.

GameSpot has posted their review of Syberia, giving the game a superb score of 9.1 with the encouraging synopsis "Syberia proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the adventure game genre is still full of life." Hurrah GameSpot!

This is not really related to adventure games, but still very newsworthy in the "bizarre" category. ZDNet reports that "a new law passed in Greece means that anybody carrying an electronic game - even if it is just on a mobile phone - could face a hefty fine [up to 75.000 euro] or lengthy jail sentence." The law was designed as a measure against illegal gambling, but it was decided to extend its range to all electronic forms of gaming.

According to PlanetPS2, Myst III: Exile will ship on Xbox and PlayStation 2 on October 4th. The only release date that's been issued up till now said "sometime this Fall".

It seems that Outcast 2 may still have a chance at seeing the light of day. GameSpyDaily has this bit of news: