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Legacy Interactive announced today that in the Holiday spirit of giving, they will be launching their first ever sweepstakes. In celebration with the recent launch of their newest title, Law & Order II: Double or Nothing, one lucky gamer will have the chance to win a brand new laptop.

Ubisoft today announced an online chat with Rand Miller, founder of Cyan Worlds, to discuss Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, the latest addition to the Myst saga. In addition, other members of the Cyan team may also join in the chat.

Gamer's Hell has just announced that UbiSoft has released the demo to Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, offering adventure gamers a taste of this innovative title with a Myst pedigree. The demo weighs in at 109.5MB and can be downloaded here.

TeamXbox.com has interviewed Charles Cecil of Revolution Software about Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon, the soon-to-be-released 3D adventure.

THQ announced today that the release of Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon for PS2, Xbox and PC on 14th November, will run alongside a real and virtual 'game signing' by Charles Cecil, MD of Revolution Software, the game's creator.

The BAFTA Games Award nominees for 2003 have been announced. Among the nominees are two adventure games, namely Uru: Ages Beyond Myst (oddly listed under "strategy") and Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon, which has been nominated for no less than three categories.

GameSpot has interviewed Josh VanVeld of High Voltage and Alex Rodberg of Vivendi Universal about their upcoming Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude. The newly announced adventure game will be the seventh in the legendary Leisure Suit Larry series.

GMX Media has announced that it has secured the rights to publish Frogwares' PC adventure Journey to the Center of the Earth in the UK, Scandinavia, and Portugal. Journey is being published in the US by Viva Media. GMX has previously published The Watchmaker in the UK, and holds the publishing rights there for Runaway: A Road Adventure, but continues to delay the game indefinitely.

Adrenaline Vault has reviewed The Adventure Company's Curse of Atlantis: Thorgal's Quest. Here's a clip:

The Adventure Company and TransGaming Technologies have announced the Mac OS X version of Riddle of the Sphinx II: The Omega Stone. The game will ship in December with an SRP of $29.99USD.

Gamer's Hell has posted a batch of new screenshots from The Adventure Company's upcoming Traitor's Gate 2: Cypher. Be sure to check them out.

The Ubisoft website is hosting a trailer showing off Uru: Ages Beyond Myst. The trailer features some back story, developer commentary on the project and in-game footage.

ELiTeD has interviewed Charles Cecil of Revolution Software, about their just-gone-gold adventure, Broken Sword : The Sleeping Dragon.

Nucleosys has announced their upcoming mystery adventure Scratches, scheduled for release in 2004. The game is a first-person adventure game, that's combining inventory-based and deductive style puzzles to immerse players in the storyline.

Developer David Sykes lets us know on the Revolution forum that Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon has gone gold in Europe. Going gold means that the game has been burned to the final master disk. Copies should be in stores from November 14.