In response to some emails he received this week, Tim Schafer has put a page on DoubleFine.com in memory of Roy Conrad, the voice actor of Ben in Full Throttle. Roy Conrad unfortunately passed away earlier this year at the age of 61 due to lung cancer.
As we explained in our opening article, we are still working on a number of technical features. Image support is not completed yet, but we did manage to add some screenshots to our Dark Fall review and our E3 2002: First Looks report. All our upcoming articles will have images. A little later on we […]
Strategy First has acquired the North American publishing rights for Hannibal and Mistmare, two upcoming games from Arxel Tribe. Hannibal is an action/adventure based on the movie featuring the infamous Hannibal Lecter. The game is scheduled for a March 2003 release, shortly after Red Dragon, the sequel to the Hannibal movie. Mistmare is a fantasy-RPG […]
Adrenaline Vault has posted a review of Dreamcatcher’s action/adventure Arabian Nights, and gives it a score of 3/5. Here’s an excerpt: Fantastic magic plays an important role in Arabian Nights. At the outset, you have just one ring to perform the Firebird Spell. As you complete tasks, you receive other rings, such as the Ring […]
Episode 6 of Arcane has been released yesterday on Warner Brothers Online. Arcane is a serial online graphic adventure based on the HP Lovecraft fiction. New episodes of Arcane are posted every month and can be played for free. Now in its second season, the ongoing horror adventure pits three investigators of the supernatural against […]
A patch for Simon the Sorcerer 3D has been released, which fixes various crashes and bugs that users may have trouble with. To download the update, head on over to Simon 3D‘s official site, and select the “Downloads” button on the left of the page.
The English trade magazine MCV has confirmed suspicions that have been abound for some time now. Simply put, Cryo Interactive has no money left and may sell the company. It is unknown what led to Cryo’s financial problems. Cryo was founded in 1992 by Jean Martial LeFranc and Remi Hurbelot. In early 2000 they expanded […]
The Internation House of Mojo has posted the first in a series of articles called the Wilmunder Memoirs. Penned by Aric Wilmunder, who co-created the now-famous SCUMM game engine, the memoirs give us an insight into the beginnings of LucasArts (originally called LucasFilm Games). About a month after my arrival, Ron Gilbert was also hired […]
Red Herring Online has posted an article on Cyan Worlds and Myst Online. The article doesn’t reveal any new details on the upcoming game, but offers some comments from Rand Miller about why he signed with Ubi Soft, and a small hint that Myst Online might be heading to consoles after its initial PC launch.
