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All you North Americans have waited… patiently, then impatiently. You’ve tapped your feet and fidgeted, then paced the room repeatedly, before pressing your noses against the window, looking for the arrival of The Moment of Silence. At last, your wait is over! Or… almost. House of Tales has confirmed to Adventure Gamers that they have […]

The Adventure Company has announced that Sentinel: Descendants in Time has been shipped and is now available at retailers across North America. From the progressive creators of Schizm (Mysterious Journey) and Mysterious Journey 2, Sentinel casts the player as Beni, a treasure seeker exploring the legendary Tastan Tombs, the legacy of an extinct people. Guarding […]

So long, old-school Leisure Suit Larry. Hello, present-day college campus of Magna Cum Laude. I suppose the farewell really occurred back in 1996, when Sierra released Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail, the last adventure title in the renowned series. We just didn’t know it at the time. Despite the forgettable Leisure Suit Larry’s Casino […]

There’s been a lot of talk in the industry about the viability of episodic games. Niche games, such as the AGON series, have been testing the waters for a little while. Now Quantic Dream, creators of Omikron: The Nomad Soul, will be the first big league developer to take the plunge. They signed a deal […]

The adventure genre has been begging for years for a game to come along that would bowl over mainstream critics and the general populace; a game that would dazzle the senses, challenge the mind, tell an emotionally compelling and perfectly-paced story, and reestablish the adventure genre as commercially viable, the way Baldur’s Gate did for […]

The original Traitors Gate, released in 2000, saw special operative Raven infiltrate the Tower of London. Traitors Gate started quite slow sales-wise, but really took off about a year after it was released. The Adventure Company was very successful in marketing the game in North-America, selling around 250,000 copies of the game in total. Needless […]

UbiSoft has just announced Myst Online, a multiplayer version of the best-selling series. Here’s some information from the press-release: Devotees of the Myst series, fans of traditional massively-multiplayer online games, and non-gamers alike are sure to be captivated by Myst Online. The game features visually stunning real-time 3D graphics, rich storylines, continually updated content and […]