The Turing Test is meant to be the definitive measurement of machine sentience, but this summer we humans will be put through our own strenuous examination when is released as an interactive adventure this summer. Players are put in the first-person shoes of Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency as she “attempts […]
Musicals are few and far between when it comes to video games, but perhaps the tide is turning. Hot on the heels of the cast numbers in comes a brand new episodic “point-and-click musical” called , which is set to debut later this year. The game stars a 37-year-old “manchild and professional underachiever” named Greg, […]
Adventure gamers are experienced thieves, but you'll need to be at your burgling best in indie developer Spider Key Games' newly-released . casts players in the role of 16-year-old Luppe, the self-proclaimed “king of thieves” and the “head of the biggest gang of street urchins in the town of Riathon”. Your reputation is on the […]
If there's one thing that adventure games have taught us, it's that exploring creepy castles in the dark on your own is probably not a great idea. Unless you enjoy scaring the bejeebers out of yourself, in which case you'll be happy to know that has now opened its own castle doors to intrepid adventurers. […]
Last year, an unheralded little adventure called introduced adventure gamers to Mango Protocol’s offbeat, appropriately twisted “Psychotic” world, a meta setting in which the indie Spanish developer has plans for multiple stories. The next such adventure to take place in this world is , a spin-off prequel of sorts, taking place before the events of […]
By themselves, both climate change and nuclear war could drastically alter the way humanity functions, but what if both of these catastrophes came along to wipe us out? This is the apocalyptic premise of the upcoming episodic adventure , set to debut later this month from Swedish developer Gaming Corps. A five-part 3D sci-fi adventure, […]
Many games revolve around investigating strange or unexplained murders, but only a few titles, such as , go a step further and make the player both investigator unwilling perpetrator of the murder spree. Polish developer Pentacle seeks to weave the latter kind of tale in their upcoming first-person horror adventure , and has taken to […]
Ron Gilbert's “The Cave” was a living, breathing entity, but imagine if an entire city were alive – what stories it could tell! What kind of stories? To find that answer, you might want to consider backing , which is currently seeking crowdfunding through Kickstarter. is not about one big story, but many little mysteries […]
How long has it been since you stumbled upon your last global conspiracy? Are you itching to find that apparently-innocuous thread that will unravel it all? Indie developer Henry Watson feels your pain, and is aiming to satisfy that thirst for arcane knowledge with . The first part of a planned trilogy has just been […]
What would you do if you had only five days left before Doomsday? Why, you’d celebrate, of course! At least, you would if you’re an adventure gamer and the apocalypse in question is , a surprise revelation from Daedalic due for imminent arrival. Daedalic has been quiet on the adventure game front for quite a […]
