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After previously releasing remastered versions of LucasArts classics and , Double Fine is nearly ready to send an updated edition of Tim Schafer’s biker adventure our way at maximum speed. Luckily, just in time before the game releases for PC, PS4, and Vita on the 18th of April, I was able to get hold of […]

Bill Tiller may not be the biggest name in the adventure genre, but his work is surely among the most recognizable. The acclaimed artist and designer broke in with classic LucasArts titles like and before launching an independent career. A close collaboration with Gene Mocsy (who also created ) began with and continued on through […]

I was fortunate enough to see a variety of promising titles at this year’s gamescom. If I had to name my personal favorite, though, it would be a close race between Osmotic Studio’s surveillance thriller and Quantic Dream’s futuristic PS4 exclusive . But while the latter is well-known and highly publicized, frankly I didn’t even […]

was one of the more promising titles I saw at this year’s gamescom. Developed by Pewter Game Studios from Dublin, is currently being fine-tuned under the consultancy of legendary designer Charles Cecil. Featuring beautifully hand-crafted animations, the game is set in Ireland during the 1950s, telling the story of a young girl named Lily and […]

Billy Goat Entertainment’s comedy sci-fi adventure is quickly approaching its Windows and Xbox One release on the 20th of October, with the PS4 version following shortly after. Our meeting at gamescom enabled me to press director William Barr for details on the quirky 3D adventure, though unfortunately there was only very limited time for a […]

There were four projects that had not been on my radar before gamescom began, but ended up being among my personal highlights. One of them was , an interactive live-action thriller created by Swiss studio CtrlMovie. As co-writer and director Tobias Weber presented me with a trailer, top-notch film production highly impressed me, making me […]

Remember Bad Brain Entertainment? If the name sounds familiar to some of you, there’s a good reason for it. Originally launched in 2004, then-CEO Wolfgang Kierdorf started the company’s story by acquiring IPs like and and teasing a possible return of . But things didn’t quite turn out as planned. Having up to six different […]

Being a massive fan of live-action video games for more than twenty years, I was eagerly awaiting my gamescom appointment with Allan Plenderleith and Simon Sparks of Splendy Games, creators of the upcoming FMV adventure . Before we sat down to record a lengthy video interview, however, I got a hands-on glimpse of their ambitious […]

According to official numbers, 345,000 visitors from 97 countries visited gamescom this year in Cologne, Germany. Since adventure games play a very minor role in the crowded public area, I was mostly able to dodge the enormous mass of gamers, some of whom stood in line for hours to play demos of upcoming AAA titles. […]

The UKIE booth (Association for UK Interactive Entertainment) has always been a good place to visit at gamescom, and that was true this year as well, as the stand was inhabited by several adventure game developers. One of them was Stephen Downey, CEO and Lead Artist of Outsider Games, creators of musical-adventure Wailing Heights, which […]