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E3: LEGO Harry Potter Lives Through Years 1 – 4

Warner Bros., a company that is becoming more and more interested in the videogaming industry, and LEGO Group, have officially announced that they would be collaborating on creating a game called LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1 – 4.The title, as the name implies, will deliver content taken from the first four books ...

2 June 2009
14:21 GMT

JONAS Coming to the Nintendo DS

Disney Interactive Studios has announced that it plans to release a videogame called JONAS for the Nintendo DS, translating into an interactive experience the television show in which Nick, Joe and Kevin star on the Disney Channel. No release date has been announced for the title yet.Craig Relyea, who is the senior v...

1 June 2009
02:39 GMT

Help the Worm Complete Its Mission

Ever since the appearance of consoles, the platform games have been loved by people of any age. Why? The answer is simple: they are easy to play, lots of fun, and, from time to time, they give a little challenge to the player by facing them with terrifying level bosses. One of the best examples in this sense is Donke...

28 May 2009
12:21 GMT

Telltale Announces New Series for E3

Telltale has revealed that it has sold one million episodic games since the company was founded in 2004. The developer is specializing in delivering series of videogames based on well-known properties, like Sam & Max, with new content arriving monthly.At the E3 trade show, Telltale is set to announce a fresh series a...

18 May 2009
03:59 GMT

Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle Hints II (DS)

Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle or Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle, as the PC version of this game is known, is the second installment in the Runaway series of adventure and puzzle video games. This new edition places the main protagonist, Brian Dasco, in search of his long lost girlfriend.During his expeditions ...

7 May 2009
12:11 GMT

Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle Hints (DS)

Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle or Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle, as the PC version of this game is known, is the second installment in the Runaway series of adventure and puzzle video games. This new edition places the main protagonist, Brian Dasco, in search of his long lost girlfriend.During his expeditions ...

6 May 2009
16:01 GMT

Mr. T Will Appear in Video Games Alongside Will Wright

Unless you were born quite recently, you know about Mr. T, the actor who played characters such as B. A. Baracus from the 1980s cult-series The A Team, or boxer Clubber Lang, from Rocky III. Besides giving birth to such famous characters, the actor is also well known for his flamboyant style and for the humanitarian ...

30 April 2009
02:47 GMT

Wizards of Waverly Place Coming to the Nintendo DS

Disney Interactive Studios is sending word that it is developing and that it plans to release a video-game based upon the hit television show “Wizards of Waverly Place,” which airs on the Disney Channel. The title is set to arrive on the Nintendo DS handheld system and will feature all of the characters p...

6 April 2009
02:25 GMT

New Alan Wake Information Appears

Alan Wake is in danger of becoming vapor ware, one of those titles that have been announced and talked about but which never make it to the market. Initially it was unveiled in 2005 and there has been talk of the game arriving on gamers' desks for at least the last two years. Remedy, which is developing the game...

31 March 2009
14:01 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 'Magic' of Prince of Persia Appeals to Every Gamer

The Prince of Persia franchise is probably one of the most popular series of adventure games out there, entertaining gamers since 1989, when the first one was launched. From then on, with the help of French publisher Ubisoft, the franchise received quite a lot of new titles and has made the Prince a memorable charact...

6 January 2009
15:01 GMT

Broken Sword Series Coming to Good Old Games

Good Old Games, the digital distribution platform created and maintained by CD Projekt, is announcing that it plans to add two games from the Broken Sword series to its already extensive line up. Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror and Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon will be offered to gamers who are interested in...

5 January 2009
05:21 GMT

Myst Hints (DS)

Myst is a graphic adventure video game, which was designed and directed by Robyn and Rand Miller. The two brothers worked with Spokane, Washington-based developer Cyan Worlds, in order to release this title for the Macintosh computer system in September 1993. The product was the largest project that Cyan made at the ...

28 December 2008
14:21 GMT

Castlevania Movie Isn't Looking Very Good

The Castlevania video game franchise is one of the most successful series of titles from Konami, which developed the first game in 1986. Since then, its titles have appeared on a wide variety of consoles, from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the PlayStation 2 or Nintendo Wii, recording massive sales for the Japa...

22 December 2008
03:10 GMT

Episode 2 of Penny Arcade Adventures Ready for Release

Hothead Games is announcing that Episode 2 of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is now code complete and is set to be released for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, the PC, the Mac and machines running Linux. The second episode of the Penny Arcade themed adventures will cost 14.95 dolla...

3 October 2008
14:51 GMT

Avatar: The Last Airbender Cheats and Hints (PSP)

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a really good show that won an Emmy for the best American animated television series, and which follows the adventures of Aang and his friends, Katara, Haru, and Sokka, while they try to save the world from the Fire Lord, ruler of the Fire Nation. Debuting at the beginning of 2005, the s...

22 September 2008
08:46 GMT

Soldak Entertainment Announces Kivi's Underworld for Mac

Soldak Entertainment, well known for RPG titles like Depths of Peril, has announced Kivi's Underworld for Mac, a hack and slash game slated for release in the 4th quarter of 2008. Players can either take the role of Kivi, a young lumen warrior who has to fight the unknown, or step in the shoes of any of the 20 p...

4 September 2008
14:41 GMT

Simon the Sorcerer 5 Announced

It seems rather strange to hear that a fifth game in a series is announced, even though the fourth was not yet released in English speaking countries. The even stranger thing is the fact that the game was not announced by the same company that's working on the fourth iteration, which makes us wonder if these las...

21 August 2008
15:06 GMT

It's Heavy Rain, It's Brilliance

Indeed the PlayStation 3 doesn't have as many exclusives as Xbox 360 does, but we all know that it's quality that matters, when it comes to video games, not quantity. And Sony does have quality in its games, one of the latest exclusives for its console being Heavy Rain, an adventure title developed by Quant...

21 August 2008
04:21 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

Get Ready to Become a Night Watcher

Some of the most hardcore RPG fans probably remember Nival's great game, Night Watch, while others still have fond memories of Oleg Divov's fictional novel, or Timur Bekmambetov's masterpieces. No matter the source of the information about Night Watcher, one thing is clear: we're talking here abou...

1 August 2008
03:10 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

More Details About DS' Unsolved Crimes

You've probably heard about Unsolved Crimes before - an exciting project developed exclusively for the little Nintendo DS. What you weren't told in the first place is the fact that developers Empire Interactive consider their title a "new type of game" for the handheld. And, in order to prove us they'r...

29 July 2008
02:50 GMT

The Defenders of Law Are Going Multi-Platform

We all love to play Sherlock Holmes every now and then, to solve mysteries after we have done our best to gather clues and interrogate all sorts of people. The good thing is that game developers know we are keen on this type of games and they're trying to bring us the best possible titles. This is the situation ...

23 July 2008
02:46 GMT

Argentinian Tax Office Begins Game Development

Video games are slowly becoming the best entertainment tool in the world, according to analysts, but they also have the potential to offer valuable information and even teach youngsters, for example. One of the first national organizations that want to entertain and educate teenagers is the Argentinian Tax Office - t...

22 July 2008
03:17 GMT

Electrical Duo Prepares for DS Debut

The popular Eledees characters (or Elebits as some might call them) will mark their return to the gaming world thanks to Konami's decision to bring the cute little creatures to the Nintendo DS handheld by the end of the year. Since the full name of the game is Eledees: The Adventures of Kai and Zero (and not Ele...

7 July 2008
03:55 GMT

Sony Ericsson C905 to Bring Adventure in Your Life

Sony Ericsson C905, the latest Cyber-shot handset that the Swedish-Japanese company will try to conquer the high-end market with, is now featured in a new video demo, aimed to lure "adventurous mobile users." The C905 slider has already appeared in a video presentation released by Sony Ericsson, but the new one is ...

30 June 2008
11:27 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

Jake Hunter Comes to Nintendo DS

Ever since we are born, we love to investigate things: from our toes, when we're little, to the meaning of life when we're older and ready to win the Nobel Prize. We always search for something, we dig for mysteries, we love these challenges! Knowing that, Aksys Games has decided to give us a few mysteries ...

11 June 2008
15:06 GMT

Dracula: Origin Gets Demo

A deadly, frightening demo has been released thanks to Ascaron Entertainment and 93 Games - the demo for Dracula: Origin, the classic point and click adventure that is due to be released on the 6th of June this year. And getting your chance to try the game just days before its launch is even better than receiving it ...

2 June 2008
15:06 GMT

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

You can't really mess with the Zelda franchise. And why is that? Zelda is huge. There have been 14 official Zelda games on Nintendo consoles and that's without counting spin-offs. Zelda, Link and other characters have appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. And there's even a crossbow training game for th...

23 May 2008
08:42 GMT

Belief & Betrayal Goes Gold

Lighthouse Interactive has announced that their latest adventure title, Belief & Betrayal, has reached gold status and it is ready to be distributed in Europe and North America. The States will see the game sooner, as it often happens with video games, on the 10th of June this year, while Europe will have to wait ten...

22 May 2008
12:06 GMT

JoWood Goes Hollywood for the Hardy Boys

This past September we have found out that JoWood has teamed up with The Adventure Company in order to bring fans all over the world the virtual experience of two of the most beloved mystery-solving teen detectives: the Hardy Boys. Even though we already know that we're talking about a franchise here - games are...

15 May 2008
04:04 GMT

Penumbra Black Plague Released for Mac. Updated Demo Available.

Penumbra is one of the few first-person adventure games that actually focus on story and puzzle solving. The game's unique interface and control scheme made it a winner ever since Overture was released so, naturally, Mac users could not have been deprived of the sequel, Penumbra Black Plague. An updated demo ver...

15 May 2008
03:18 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

The Call of Cthulhu for Mobiles Announced

Mayhem Studio, a game developer from Spain, announced the release of a new mobile game based on "The call of Chtulhu", the famous horror / Sci-Fi short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1928. "The Call of Cthulhu: Darkness Within, Book 1" is the full name of the game and it's also based on "The Call of Chtulhu...

13 May 2008
17:06 GMT

Activision Brings the Big Adventure to Wii

The games in the Pitfall series have sold more than 10 million units to date and it seemed as if it was only a matter of time until a new Pitfall game was released. Apparently, the wait will be over by the end of the year, since Activision plans to release Pitfall: The Big Adventure to the Nintendo Wii consoles this ...

13 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Triple Bloodthirsty Fun to Start in London

Ascaron Entertainment and Focus Home Interactive have every reason to be happy since they've announced that by the end of the week - on the 24th of April, to be more specific - they would host a great event presenting three of the most anticipated adventure titles of the year, all of which are going to be releas...

23 April 2008
02:28 GMT

Penumbra: Black Plague Gets Expansion

Paradox Interactive, as publisher, and Frictional Games, as developer, have announced that this summer the expansion for Penumbra: Black Plague would be on PC. Given the way the story in the game seems to have been planned by Frictional Games, this could be the third one in the series and it could wrap up the story.P...

17 April 2008
18:26 GMT

Codeminion's Secret Project Saqqarah Revelaled

Unlike your usual casual game development company, Codeminion has a different approach, since it tries to create games that are fun to play both for people in their mid-thirties, as well as their hardcore children. And this is great, since I was getting kind of tired to consider casual games repetitive, boring, child...

17 April 2008
04:00 GMT

Elemental Mage Brings Mobile Adventure And Mystery

Elemental Mage is the latest game created by Dawnatic Games, a German-based developer that we haven't heard too much about. The new title is presented as a combination between a fantasy / adventure game and a puzzle one, offering a RPG-like gaming experience. Distributed by Mojo Mobile, a global mobile cont...

17 April 2008
02:11 GMT

Sadness for the Wii Powered by Gamebryo

The Nintendo Wii console might generally mean funny little colorful characters doing funny things inside a sweet little colorful world, but this will soon change, as you probably know, since Sadness is going to take over your Wii and turn it into a black and white horror thriller. Probably not the best idea for a fam...

15 April 2008
02:52 GMT

Black Mirror 2 Announced

The classic point and click adventure genre is back again with Black Mirror 2, the sequel to the great horror adventure Black Mirror - a game which still has lots of fans and people playing it. Created by unknown German developers Cranberry Productions, the game promises to be a true sequel for the original title and...

10 April 2008
03:03 GMT

Sam & Max Are Headed for the Wii

Sam & Max are ready to wrap up the second season of their PC episodic content run. Telltale has managed to produce really interesting episodes up until now, that feature a perfect balance between puzzles and storytelling. And their ability to produce humor should have some professional stand-up comedians put to shame...

4 April 2008
16:26 GMT

Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb Ships to North America

The adventure games publisher, The Adventure Company, the same people that brought us some absolutely great games in the past year (their most recent success being the revolutionary title, The Experiment) have announced that they started shipping Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb in North America, exclusively for PC syst...

4 April 2008
13:06 GMT

Gray Matter Developer Changes, Improvement in Sight

Gray Matter, the first Jane Jensen adventure game since the release of Gabriel Knight 3, is a really anticipated title that has been in development for almost two years now. We don't really know if this is the reason publisher dtp considered it is time to switch developers, but one thing is 100% sure: the game w...

3 April 2008
02:26 GMT

Mystery Adventure Signed by Lighthouse Interactive

Dead Mountaineer's Hotel is a "shocking, sci-fi" adventure title announced by Akella back in October 2004. Now, the game is finally close to reach the gold status and be distributed to everybody who loves quality adventures and mystery solving. North America and the Central and Northen Europe will receive this g...

28 March 2008
03:57 GMT

All the Horror Secrets about Darkness Within Revealed

There are only a few good horror adventure games released recently and Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder is one of them - it only seems natural to be this way, since we're talking about a game inspired by the works of H.P. Lovercraft.If you have already played the game, you know that it has a scoring s...

26 March 2008
03:58 GMT


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