There’s been a suicide in the Hotel Lisbon! Except, just how could anyone manage to stab themselves 14 times in the back? While quietly drinking coffee? New Portuguese developer Nerd Monkeys is hoping you’ll want to find out in the company of Detective Case (the world’s worst detective) and Clown Bot (his sidekick, part-time joke […]
Little Red Dog Games wants your money, but they don't want you giving it to them blindly. The indie Canadian developer has just launched a crowdfunding campaign for its debut point-and-click political comedy adventure that will also serve to support the Foundation Fighting Blindness. is set in an “exaggerated, highly-bureaucratic re-imagining of Toronto”, where a […]
The biggest complaint from gamers (including us) when was released earlier this summer was that it wasn't a whole game! An abrupt, unexpected “to be continued” left a bad taste in many mouths, but fortunately we don't have long to wait for the story's conclusion, as Anuman Interactive today announced that will be released later […]
Gamers who like a little sci-fi with their adventuring have a reason to smile today, as word of the indie-developed , a third-person point-and-click game, just dropped out of hyperspace. Currently in development by four-member Polish team kettleslayer, much of what we know so far about the plot involves its backstory: In the year 3102, […]
For years, Doctor John Watson has lived firmly in the shadow of consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. Indie developer Victory Square Games aims to change that, however, with the release of early next year if they're able to secure crowdfunding for their role-reversal adventure. In , players will guide Watson through mystery and adventure in turn […]
It's been six years since an Agatha Christie mystery last graced computer screens, but the drought looks set to end soon, as Anuman Interactive announced today that they've acquired the rights to publish new games based on Christie's novels under its Microïds adventure label. No details about specific games have yet been revealed, but the […]
He may have fallen short on his crowdfunding campaign for , but that isn't holding Bill Tiller back from creating new games, as the acclaimed artist/designer is joining forces with Swiss animation studio IF Games to release a new two-part adventure called on iPad later this year. When sixteen year-old Ana Eberling receives an unexpected […]
What do you call a game with plenty of exploration but no combat and no puzzles other than unravelling the grand mystery of what went wrong? You call it , that's what, an experimental investigative adventure released today by The Fullbright Company. Katie Greenbriar is coming home. She's been away for a year, backpacking through […]
It's been 15 years since the bandages came off in Dreamforge's memorably disturbing , and at long last the key developers from the 36th best all-time adventure game are back with a “spiritual successor”, a new psychological horror game called that is now seeking support through Kickstarter. casts players in the role of Joseph Springer, […]
Move over Guybrush, there's a new pirate in town! is a new third-person point-and-click adventure game from Argentinian developer Voon. Heavily inspired by the series (and sharing its 2.5D perspective and richly animated art style), features Oliver, an “eccentric” pirate who encounters an old shopkeeper on one of the titular islands at the start of […]
