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DIY Games has interviewed AG’s very own Josh Roberts in regards to his game in development, Rise of the Hidden Sun. You can read the interview here.

The AGS (Adventure Game Studio) site has changed location, after various problems with the previous hosting providers. The new URL is http://www.bigbluecup.com. Update your bookmarks!

DIY Games have released the latest installment of their monthly ‘Independent Adventuring’ column. Read it here.

LucasFan Games, creators of The New Adventures of Zak McKracken and Maniac Mansion Deluxe are taking votes on which project they should work on next. The poll can be found on their site.

Himalaya Studios, formed by members of AGD Interactive (née Tierra), have confirmed details of their first game-in-production, Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman’s Mine. The game will feature a comic Wild-West theme not unlike Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist. The game centres around Al, a middle-aged, feeble Easterner, on his journey into the heart of the […]

A brand new version has been released of Adventure Maker (an award-winning toolkit for creating first-person Myst-like games without any programming). The new version will also allow people to create third-person games. Adventure Maker was used to create The Arrangement which was reviewed by Adventure Gamers here. More information about the engine, screenshots, and downloads […]

Pinhead Games, creators of Brain Hotel and A Case of the Crabs are looking for an artist to work on two new projects of theirs. Contact them here for more details.

The third episode in the potentially long-running Ben Jordan series, The Sorceress of Smailholm, is now available for download. You can download it here.

PC Gamer (UK edition) has reviewed Brain Hotel in its latest issue.

The November 2004 issue of PC Zone (UK edition) features a letter (Mailbox, page 137) from an Underground games fan, James O’Malley. In his letter he praises Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw’s 5 Days a Stranger, and suggests taking an interest in amateur adventures is the only way we can bring adventure games back to their old […]