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A German Outcast fansite has conducted an interview with a former member of Appeal (who wishes to remain anonymous). In it, the former employee explains why the company went bankrupt and reveals that the Outcast 2 project was not going well to begin with. Progress was slow and the game was becoming more arcade-style to […]

Revolution Software has announced that it will officially unveil Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon at the European computer games trade show ECTS during an exclusive press conference. The gaming press will be treated to a video trailer and a demonstration of playable code by Revolution director Charles Cecil on Thursday, August 29. “It’s been a […]

Blue’s News has reported on a rumour (started by Outcast fan-site Adelpha.de) that Appeal, developers of the action/adventure game, Outcast, closed their doors on the 2nd of August after filing for backruptcy. This could mean the end of Outcast II, which was confirmed as being in development some time ago (although it had since been […]

Four Fat Chicks’ Mike Phillips has reviewed Hitchcock: The Final Cut, giving it a rating of…well, he actually had trouble settling on a final rating, opting for a “?” instead. Most telling is the following statement, made near the end of the article: “Playing The Final Cut was a similar experience to eating my Aunt […]

BonusWeb has posted a 4 MB trailer for the upcoming Ubi Soft game, Largo Winch. From the little information released, it appears the game’s focus will be on classic adventure-styled gameplay, with plenty of character interaction and inventory-based puzzles–although there is sure to be combat in one form or another. Largo Winch, based on a […]

Vivendi Universal is considering to sell its game companies Sierra, Blizzard and Universal Interactive. Vivendi is trying to deal with its 15 billion dollar debt and is currently reorganising. While the previous Vivendi big cheese believed the game companies to be part of its core business, the new chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou disagrees dispite the […]

Popular gaming mag PC Gamer has reviewed Syberia and Shadow of Destiny in their September issue. Shadow of Destiny receives a 70% for being “challenging and unique despite its relatively short length and annoying console-esque attributes.” Syberia receives a higher 80%, with the admonishment “if you appreciate well-crafted stories over carnage, it’s an adventure that […]

Frogwares Creative is currently developing a new Sherlock Holmes adventure game. It is called Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of the Mummy, and it will be released in September. The game is set in a mansion, and will be played in first-person mode. Frogwares has just released a short playable demo of the game. It […]

Infinite Machine has gone bankrupt. The development company founded by former LucasArts designer Justin Chin finished their first game New Legends earlier this year, which unfortunately wasn’t a big financial succes. Infinite Machine announced after the release of New Legends that it was also working on a new Sam & Max action/adventure game. It is […]

Starting this week, Adventure Gamers will feature a comic strip drawn by Steve Ince, game designer at Revolution Software (Broken Sword). The strip is about the trials and tribulations of the design department of a game development company called KittenSoft. You can find the first two installments of Kittensoft here.