The friendly canucks at CanadianGamer have reviewed The Watchmaker, giving it a less-than-decent score of 55 percent. A good storyline and “challenging puzzles” were cited as Highs, while the game’s technical aspects dominated the Lows.
LucasArts has just issued a press release announcing a new Sam & Max game. The game will be directed by Michael Stemmle, who was also involved in the original game. “Sam & Max Hit the Road is a classic and as close to being a signature game as any LucasArts has ever done,” states president […]
Peter Hewitt, the genius behind Xiama (winner of AG’s Best Puzzles of 2000 Award), is hard at work on his next game. The name of the game is Magnetic:The Game of Games, and Peter told me that the lofty subtitle is a clue to the ambition of this project. There is some interesting sneak peek […]
According to Martin Lévay of TOP Distributor (the Czech distributor of Runaway), developer Pendulo Studios has gotten back the rights to the game. The game was caught in limbo when its publisher, Dinamic Multimedia, went bankrupt. Runaway will be soon released in many European countries. Martin’s personal guess for the English release date is Q1 […]
While rumors are still abound of a German release of Runaway: A Road Adventure, a Czech version is now officially confirmed for November 2002. If you can read Czech, there’s a news article on this site (scroll down to “Tìžká cesta adventury Runaway do Èech”). TOP Distributor will be responsible for the localization and distribution […]
One month after extremely favorable reviews for Syberia and Shadow of Destiny, print mag PC Gamer has reviewed Jazz and Faust and given it an abysmal 20% rating, calling it (and I quote) “unbearable drek.” The review can be found in the October 2002 issue.
As part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations, LucasArts has posted a profile of Sean Clark. He has been a designer on classic LucasArts titles such as Sam & Max Hit the Road, The Dig, and more recently Escape From Monkey Island. He is currently working as Director / Co-Designer on the sequel to Full Throttle, […]
WorthPlaying.com has posted a handful of new screenshots from Microids’ adventure title, Syberia. In Syberia, Kate Walker is an American lawyer sent to a small European town to finalize the take-over of a toy-company. After discovering that Anna Voralberg, the company’s owner, has just died, Kate is forced to find her brother Hans Voralberg, so […]
In an open letter, Carlo Fabricatore has officially informed the Outcast II community about Appeal’s bankruptcy. Even though the Outcast II project is dead, Carlo did reveal that Appeal renegades have formed a new company, called Elsewhere Entertainment. They are currently working on something called ‘Project Alpha’, which according to Yves Grolet is a ‘sequel’ […]
There are only two days left until the application deadline for prospective Adventure Gamers writers! To apply you only need to send us a sample of your writing. Our new staff members will be announced next Tuesday, August 20th. We still have room for a couple more, so get those apps in! Go here to […]
