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"Egypt: The Prophecy" Adventure Game Plunges onto the iPhone

Anuman Interactive, a successful software publisher and owner of the Microïds brand and portfolio, recently announced the first part of “Egypt: The Prophecy”, an adaptation of the PC game reworked entirely for the iPhone and its features.Anuman Interactive has successfully adapted Microïds PC ga...

27 August 2010
05:14 GMT

Microsoft Launches 'Point and Click' for SMBs

Two Microsoft experts are the hosts of a new podcast series dedicated to helping small- and medium-sized businesses adopt new technology. The new “Point and Click — The IT Investigators” team is formed by Microsoft’s very own Matt Hester and Keith Combs, and the show was launched on the Micros...

3 June 2010
07:26 GMT

Sony Will Decide Whether Syberia 3 Comes to the PlayStation 3

On April 1, Microids announced that Syberia 3, the sequel that adventure players had been expecting for so long, was officially in development and that the game would come to the PC and the PlayStation 3.A lot of people took the news with a grain of salt, considering the date of the announcement. But now the presiden...

21 April 2009
07:34 GMT

Take a New Look at the 19th Century

GameHouse Inc has made a habit out of publishing high-quality and addictive games that are practically begging to be played. The Clockwork Man is no exception to the rule and, unless you have tried it, you don't know what you have been missing out on. This new release has a lot of potential on the hidden-object ...

1 April 2009
12:01 GMT

Get Ready for a Little Detective Work

Emerald City Confidential is the newest release of the well-known point-and-click game development company, Wadjet Eye Games. The first thing that you should know is that the game’s characters have been inspired by Frank L. Baum’s original fantasy novel “The Wizard of Oz.” This will become obv...

5 March 2009
12:01 GMT

The Vampyre Story Gets Told on Halloween

One of the most anticipated point-and-click adventure games of the year, A Vampyre Story, finally has a release date: October, right before Halloween. Ascaron and 93 Games have chosen a great date and all I can say is that I am extremely happy to find out that, finally, I'll be able to get my hands on the game: ...

14 August 2008
03:36 GMT

Memento Mori Announced

The point and click adventure genre might not be the most popular one at the moment, but I am very glad to see that this does not stop game developers working on brand new and very exciting projects that might even resuscitate this classic type of games. So, one of the projects that has the potential to enter history...

13 August 2008
06:17 GMT

Telltale Presents New Episodic Series

Telltale Games is a company primarily known for the development of the Sam & Max Episodes series. The guys working there seem to really dig episodic content, since they have two similar titles under development: Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (recently delayed) and the just announced Wallace & Grom...

30 July 2008
04:04 GMT

A Vampyre Story Comes to North America

Ascaron's classic point and click adventure title, A Vampyre Story was going to represent the revival of the genre and everybody was excited about it. However, the game was first announced three ears ago and, since then, quite a few other titles managed to revive the genre (games like Jack Keane or Sinking Islan...

20 June 2008
15:06 GMT

Mata Hari Ready to Infiltrate Your Computers this Fall

German publisher dtp entertainment has announced that it is going to bring us a great point and click adventure title based on the life of the renowned female spy and dancer Mata Hari. Her adventures will be exclusively available for PC owners and the game will be launched sometime this fall and, if we are to judge b...

13 June 2008
04:07 GMT

The Secrets of the Immortals Will Come to PCs

When you have three successful novels and one hit movie released, it's clear you have to go even further in order to maximize the income. It seems that Got Game Entertainment is of the same opinion, since it has announced a deal to publish Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals on PC systems, sometime during August 2...

14 May 2008
03:46 GMT

Get Your Vampire Knowledge Updated with Blood in Dracula Origin

Vampires were, are and will always be an important part of the horror culture - and it's the same with video games. Strangely, the boss of them all, the first, the one and only - Dracula - is not a vampire we meet in many titles. Things are about to change now since we'll not only meet The One, but we'...

5 March 2008
03:31 GMT

Nancy Drew Preparing Her DS Return

The teen sleuth seems to have really enjoyed her first meeting with the Nintendo DS console called Nancy Drew: The Deadly Secret of Olde World Park so she decided to come back. It also seems that she doesn't like anything short... in fact, it seems that "the longer, the better" is what our Nancy believes (when i...

14 February 2008
06:06 GMT

A History of Violence Ready to Be Revealed

You probably like psychological thrillers that explore one of the most feared, hated and powerful conditions of human kind: violence. If that is the case and you would also never say "no" to an adventure game, Lighthouse Interactive and dtp Entertainment have some goodies prepared: Overclocked: A History of Violence ...

13 February 2008
04:33 GMT

Sinking Island

As a big fan of point and click adventure games, I got really excited when I heard that there's a new title coming from the creator of Syberia - Benoit Sokal. Because that game was a masterpiece, a feast for the eye and the soul, a perfect game overall. I was expecting the same from Sinking Island, I was expecti...

21 January 2008
07:22 GMT

A Stroke of Fate New Screens

A stroke of fate is an interactive detective story framed in a 1940's Germany. So we can call it an adventure game or a point 'n click. And since the game promises to bring authentic locations from that time, Akella decided to show us some screenshots as a proof (like people will actually know if the pictur...

18 January 2008
02:52 GMT

So Blonde - So Adventure!

Add a little bit of Steve Ince (writer of "Broken Sword"), a little bit of teen blonde beauty and mix it with the classic point and click adventure, and you have a great recipe called So Blonde. There are no reasons for the adventure game fans to dislike this title - French developers Wizardbox are creating a game l...

3 December 2007
02:45 GMT

A New Leisure Suit Larry in Production?

Rumors started to be heard about a new game in the Leisure Suit Larry franchise - and it has nothing to do with the mobile version of the game. According to a listener, Artie Lange has declared, in a Howard Stern show, that he will record some lines for "a game called Leisure Suit Larry".Debate started immediately an...

28 November 2007
03:57 GMT


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