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Just in time for Christmas, the ScummVM team has put out a new version of their popular utility which allows many classic adventures to work on modern systems. The new ScummVM (version 0.7.0) is available for download here – just grab the ScummVM edition for your system of choice from the “release binaries” section. New […]

Local newspaper the Marin Independent Journal has done a writeup on Telltale Games, the newly formed Marin County adventure studio founded by ex-Sam & Max 2 team members. The article covers the basics of Telltale, the story of how their founding was spurred on by the fan reaction to Sam & Max 2 getting the […]

Telltale Games, the folks we’ve been hearing so much about lately at Gamespot, Slashdot, and here at Adventure Gamers, have just put out a press release, explaining themselves: Telltale Games, A New Game Development Studio, Opens Doors In Northern California Former Sam and Max Development Team Looks To The Future. SAN RAFAEL, CA, October 04, […]

As part of the recent release of ScummVM 0.6.0, the classic graphic adventure Flight of the Amazon Queen has been released as freeware. Much like Revolution Software’s donation of Beneath a Steel Sky‘s source code for the previous ScummVM release, Flight of the Amazon Queen‘s creators, Steve Stamatiadis and John Passfield provided the ScummVM team […]

Steve Purcell, the creator of Sam & Max (as well as artist and co-writer on the original Sam & Max game) has shared some of his thoughts about Sam & Max Freelance Police‘s cancellation, at Mixnmojo: LucasArts’ sudden decision to stop production on Sam & Max is mystifying.  Sam & Max was on schedule and […]

Minutes ago LucasArts announced that they have stopped production on their upcoming adventure game, Sam & Max Freelance Police. LucasArts’ acting General Manager, Michael Nelson, issued the following statement about the game’s cancellation: “After careful evaluation of current market place realities and underlying economic considerations, we’ve decided that this was not the appropriate time to […]