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For a good two decades, the PC was the go-to platform for adventure games, with our monitors and screen resolutions growing year after year. When the Nintendo DS burst onto the scene, at first it seemed like its two miniature screens couldn’t possibly provide as robust a gaming experience as a PC’s hulking display. But […]

On the top floor of a hotel in the heart of L.A.’s Little Tokyo, I just finished witnessing something many adventure game fans had long given up on ever seeing in their lifetimes: a brand spanking new Monkey Island game. As you’ve no doubt heard by now, LucasArts and Telltale Games are collaborating on a […]

Remake coming to XBLA and PC with classic and updated modes

Official details expected at E3 in two weeks

Long-awaited remake of Sierra classic available for download

Do you know Hothead Games? If not, you probably should. Founded by industry veterans in 2006, the Canadian studio is quickly making a name for itself as it’s already working on two highly-anticipated episodic game series. First Hothead announced they were collaborating with popular web comic Penny Arcade on a new episodic series of adventure-roleplaying […]

Hardboiled series coming to North America

Remakes of PlayStation adventures by famed Goichi Suda

“People still talk about these games for the same reason we got excited making them: they’re fully realized interactive worlds.” At LucasArts they worked on games ranging from the original Sam & Max all the way to The Curse of Monkey Island. Now Mike Levine and Larry Ahern run their own company, Crackpot Entertainment, and […]

As you may have heard, one of GameSpot's main editors was unexpectedly fired last week, allegedly for giving a low score to a game that was being heavily advertised on the site. When news of this broke, it rightfully caused a huge stir in the gaming community. (If you want to read more details, ShackNews.com […]