Category Archives: Adventure

As promised, a crowdfunding campaign for Eternal Darkness successor Shadow of the Eternals has kicked off, giving first details of the episodic adventure.

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Ghost of a Tale, the PC adventure game from ex-Dreamworks and Universal animator Lionel Gallat, has updated the project page on IndieGoGo with a small video clip of the character Crab. While you are there, you can also look over character videos for Mouse, Undead Rat, and Frog. It’s like Wind in the Williows meets The Secret of Nimh or something. It looks interesting to me at any rate. I’d play it eagerly. The CryEngine 2 project has nine days left to reach its €45,000 goal, and so far, €23,428 has been pledged. You can donate through the link, and watch the character videos below.

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With 17 days left on The Realm Game Kickstarter, Atomhawk Design and Lantern Interactive have released a video provided a few gameplay details.

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The Starship Damrey, which is Kazuya Asano and Takemaru Abiko’s entry in the Guild02 series, will be released through eShop in North America May 16. In the game, players awaken from stasis in space without any knowledge of what’s going on around them, and must start exploring the ship in order to find out. Starship Damrey, along with the other Guild02 titles Bugs vs Tanks! and Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale, will release for 3DS. Thanks, Nintendo Life.

The LostWinds franchise may be revisited in the future once Frontier Developments gets Elite: Dangerous and Coaster Crazy Deluxe out the door.

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Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag tells the tale of redemption amid a era filled with licentiousness, according to scriptwriter Darby McDevitt, which should shed some light on the wenchery we saw in the announcement trailer.

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3AM Games has released the first trailer for Magrunner Dark Pulse, its action/reflection game set in the near Lovecraftian horror/cyberpunk future where “young and brilliant citizens” have been chosen by a corporation to join the Magtech space exploration training program.

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Warner Bros. Montreal wants Batman: Arkham Origin’s lighting to emulate classic film noir techniques.

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Disney Infinity has a new developer diary available in which Avalanche Software talks about the game’s Toy Box Mode and the inspirations behind it. It allows users to use the VR toys to create their own setting and story using the character toys they have purchased. It sounds really fun. Disney Infinity is due in August on 3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U and Xbox 360.

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The Astronauts is looking to revolutionise story-telling in games. VG247′s Dave Cook speaks with co-founder Adrian Chmielarz about his new project, and life after People Can Fly.

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Papo & Yo developer Minority Media has released a small video pertaining to its Ouya title in the works, Silent Enemy. The game has its roots in childhood bullying, and players will use shapeshifting in order to bring spring to a world beset by an endless winter. It’s expected in late 2013.

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Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons developer Starbreeze is releasing its downloadable game sometime this quarter, but it could be rather soon if this batch of Xbox 360 achievements is anything to go by.

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Here’s a new Kickstarter form a team nobody seems to have heard of, but we’re all pretty excited anyway because Son of Nor looks awesome.

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The former Rare staffers at Nyamyam have confirmed gorgeous adventure Tengami is headed to Wii U, too.

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Red Thread Games has ramped production up on Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey. Development of the Kickstarted sequel to Ragnar Tørnquist’s classic adventures is now in full swing, and the studio is busy hiring new staff and looking for cast members. Hit the break to hear the crew chat about how it’s going so far; heretofore unseen portions of the game will be shown at a conference in June, so presumably the short answer is “quite well, thank you”.

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Cardboard Computer has said the second act for Kentucky Route Zero has been delayed a couple of weeks, which would put its release around mid-May. Originally slated for a late April release, the team got behind on development due to trouble shooting for “a larger number of players than we anticipated,” along with participation in the Independent Game Festival. distribution. The developer promises to keep people updated act 2′s progress through Facebook and Twitter. You can see a new screengrab though the links. Thanks, Shack.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has a sneak peek video available, which shows a few comic heroes ready to face off against some rather adorable Marvel villains. The game is now available for pre-order, and a list of goodies along with the video are below.

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Sony has released a new developer video for Diggs Nightcrawler, its Wonderbook title which hits Europe in May.

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If you’ve watched the 35 minute clip of Beyond: Two Souls from the Tribeca Film Festival, you’ve seen almost 6% of the entire game.

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Yesterday, Sony announced on the PS Blog that episodic adventure game Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery would soon be gracing Vita. Unfortunately the button was hit too soon on the matter, and Sony pulled it, so we are just telling you about it today. Still, huzzah, right?

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