Action Adventure games combine aspects of the action and adventure genres. From action games they take mechanics like combat, health, and lives. From adventure games they take the exploration, puzzle-solving, and story-driven aspects. Action adventure games can be similar to role-playing games, but they lack vertical progression - getting stronger via leveling, increasing stats, acquring new gear, etc. Instead the focus is on horizontal progression - exploring, gaining knowledge, new ways of movement, new skills or abilities that are different rather than strict upgrades, etc. Nevertheless, the two genres are adjacent and often bleed into one another, leading to many games being put into both categories.
This latest Ubisoft Forward started with a bang, or at least a reminder that a previously announced title is on the way. A brand new trailer showing off footage for the now (sadly more generically…
September 10, 2020 | 03:16 EDT
For the first time years, Jack is back in an all new samurai adventure in his eternal battle against the evil deity Aku. Play as Jack as you hack and slash your way through hordes of Aku's minions.…
September 11, 2020 | 12:25 EDT
From indie developer 9 Eyes Game Studio comes a new action-adventure title, Mask of Mists. Play as a mercenary who is assigned to find a missing Archmage in this colorful fantasy world. Travel to a…
September 11, 2020 | 12:40 EDT
Adventure is a common topic for games, so are magic and wizards for that matter. Mask of Mists doesn't perhaps win many points in originality for being a first-person adventure game based on the…
September 10, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
From indie developer Exiin and Fishing Cactus comes a brand new 3D Action-Adventure Platformer, Ary and the Secret of Seasons. Play as Ary, a young girl who must journey across the world of Valdi.…
September 8, 2020 | 11:15 EDT
Tate Multimedia has confirmed that the new Kao the Kangaroo game is coming to PC in 2021. Right now, the game is simply called Kao the Kangaroo, and it'll continue the series' legacy of 3D…
September 1, 2020 | 08:53 EDT
Play as Jenny LeClue, a young, aspiring detective and relentless pursuer of the truth. Jenny longs for an adventure of her own in her sleepy town of Arthurton. She gets more than she bargains for,…
September 1, 2020 | 07:58 EDT
Ghostwire: Tokyo is a unique, supernatural action-adventure video game coming out on the PS5 as a console exclusive and for PC. The game takes place in Tokyo, where almost all of the inhabitants have…
August 31, 2020 | 10:53 EDT
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that’s true, Zelda’s cheeks will be redder than the blood moon when players get their hands on Windbound when it launches. In Windbound,…
August 28, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
Insomniac Games gave players an extended, uninterrupted demo of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart at the tailend of the Gamescom Opening Night Live event. The demo showed off a lot of the games…
August 27, 2020 | 04:33 EDT
Star Wars: Squadrons is the latest game in the long-running Star Wars canon, and it takes the stage at Gamescom with an exclusive first look at one of the games missions. EA Motive starts with a…
August 27, 2020 | 03:03 EDT
Yakuza: Like a Dragon lands in the West on November 13th this year. It'll arrive on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, with releases for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 to follow. Since Like a…
August 24, 2020 | 09:40 EDT
When Rocksteady revealed the trailer for its new game, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League during the DC Fandome event, we found out that it’ll be set in the same universe as the Arkham trilogy…
August 25, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Raji: An Ancient Epic is the kind of project that can only happen on the indie scene. An honest to goodness passionate retelling of myths and legends from Hindu mythology, drenched in the cultural…
August 25, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
When the Justice League goes evil, the mere mortals of Earth (whichever number) are left to their own devices to figure out how to handle the beings that had once defended them. Beings with powers…
August 22, 2020 | 09:15 EDT
Like most things, being a detective is nowhere near as glamorous as it is in fiction. For the most part, detectives are likely to be solving routine cases that don't involve TV crime staples like…
August 31, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
Ghost of Tsushima allows you to assume the role of a samurai set in the 13th century of feudal Japan where you must move past your samurai traditions to wage an unconventional war for the freedom of…
August 24, 2020 | 11:37 EDT
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is another addition to the Assassin Creed Franchise where you are a mercenary in an Ancient Greece setting during the Peloponnesian War.
August 24, 2020 | 11:06 EDT
Far Cry 6 will be the next game in the Far Cry series, set in a fictional Caribbean island Yara. The dictator, Anton Costillo, of the island is ruling with an iron fist and you, a guerrila fighter,…
August 24, 2020 | 10:52 EDT
Today during the Nintendo Indies World Showcase, Nodding Head Games appeared to announce that their game Raji: An Ancient Epic was coming to Nintendo Switch. In fact, it just wasn't coming to…
August 18, 2020 | 12:16 EDT
Can you pet the dog in Ghostwire: Tokyo? Yes you can, according to a new announcement from the developers highlighting this incredibly important gameplay feature in action. Check out this short clip…
August 7, 2020 | 01:25 EDT
Rocksteady Studios, creators of the much-feted Batman: Arkham series, is working on a new property. It'll be a game based on the Suicide Squad, a DC supervillain-come-antihero team. We don't have too…
August 7, 2020 | 09:21 EDT
One of the best pieces of news to come out of the August 2020 State of Play event is the ability for the player to pet their companion eagle in Giant Squid's upcoming adventure game, The Pathless.…
August 6, 2020 | 04:20 EDT
It's almost impossible not to fall in love with Windbound the minute its opening cutscene begins to play. Its music enthralled me, its aesthetic warmed me, and its potential excited me infinitely. I…
August 5, 2020 | 10:00 EDT
Ghost of Tsushima Lethal Difficulty has debuted in the latest patch for Sucker Punch's newest game. The Ghost of Tsushima patch 1.05 update doesn't just add something akin to Metro 2033's Ranger Mode…
July 27, 2020 | 03:03 EDT
The prospect of a young hero controlling the seasons at her fingertips is an exciting idea, which is exactly what hooked me into Ary and the Secret of Seasons. It has a lot of cool gameplay…
August 5, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
During the Xbox Games Event today, there was a Console Launch Exclusive trailer for The Gunk, a new property that Image & Form Games, developer behind the SteamWorld franchise, is working on. It…
July 23, 2020 | 12:53 EDT
From publisher Modus Games and developer eXiin, Ary and the Secret of Seasons, an action-adventure title about a girl and her ability to change the seasons around her, will be launching on September…
July 23, 2020 | 09:57 EDT
For the past week, I have been playing Ghost of Tsushima, and it is amazing. Sucker Punch put a lot of love and care into every facet of this game, and it shows. Everything from the gorgeous art…
July 23, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
The lucky folks who are playing Sucker Punch's latest release of Ghost of Tsushima are generally enjoying their time with the game, but Japan's appreciation for this new title is on a whole other…
July 22, 2020 | 03:13 EDT
There's good news for next-gen gamers: while Take-Two Interactive has confirmed that the Xbox Series X and PS5 NBA 2K21 editions will cost $69.99, Ubisoft next-gen game prices will not be going up.—…
July 22, 2020 | 02:08 EDT
Samurai Jack is back in a new adventure with old friends and you're going to be able to play it very soon — the Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time release date has been locked in for next month.…
July 21, 2020 | 01:15 EDT
The first game I previewed at E3 2019 was the Destroy All Humans! remake. I only got to play a small slice of it, but it was a very impressive showing. The remastered graphics looked stunning, and it…
July 27, 2020 | 11:00 EDT
In some ways, the upcoming Ary and the Secret of Seasons is like the highly popular show Avatar: The Last Airbender. In both, you have a young character that masters four elements. In Avatar, this is…
July 20, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
Recently-released samurai sandbox Ghost of Tsushima originally featured loading times so quick that it was impossible to read loading screen tips. This happened specifically when players died. In…
July 17, 2020 | 12:05 EDT
Valve Software has update Proton's GitHub so that Death Stranding is now playable on Linux, which is pretty cool. */ /*-->*/ /*-->*/ The GitHub page has this statement commenting on the patch,…
July 16, 2020 | 09:48 EDT
Hideo Kojima has been celebrating the recent Death Stranding PC launch and he's taken this time to reflect on his early gaming history. What's more, he's gotten a super-cool shout-out from the …
July 15, 2020 | 01:28 EDT
While it's no secret that Far Cry 6 was releasing some time soon, we now have official word of the game's release date, as well as some extra story details. During the Ubisoft Forward event today,…
July 12, 2020 | 04:13 EDT
During the Ubisoft Forward event today, we now know the release date for Watch Dogs: Legion. After some delay, we can say the new, definite release date is October 29, 2020. In Watch Dogs: Legion,…
July 12, 2020 | 03:24 EDT
Feedback from players will see Amazon's upcoming MMO New World delayed by quite a severe margin — you're going to be waiting nearly a year before you'll be able to play it. If you haven't been…
July 10, 2020 | 02:27 EDT
Far Cry 6 has been leaked via a listing on the Hong Kong PlayStation store. The listing, which has now been removed, confirms Giancarlo Esposito as the game's main villain and details some of its…
July 10, 2020 | 08:21 EDT
Death Stranding was built with the intention of defying what we understand video games to be. Most action games are built on the premise of using a "stick" to beat people away. Creator Hideo Kojima…
July 14, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
There was a part in Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise that boldly sticks in my mind. In order to continue the story, I had to collect three items for a character. This led to a long…
July 8, 2020 | 09:00 EDT
Giancarlo Esposito, an actor known for his roles in Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian, and Better Call Saul, has said that he has been working in a video game that required a "new style of acting". In a…
July 3, 2020 | 10:58 EDT
When Sony and Kojima Productions released Death Stranding seven months ago, many were taken aback by the rapid-fire announcement of a Summer 2020 PC release. I personally elected to avoid spoilers,…
July 1, 2020 | 01:00 EDT
The world of Karpathia is a dark place where monsters have slaughtered mankind, but thankfully the Yeomen Eldritch Extermination Team (Y.E.E.T!) is out to protect humanity in Skeleton Crew! A four-…
September 6, 2020 | 01:24 EDT
Crypto Returns for another generation! Follow the maniacal extraterrestrial Cryptosporidium 137, or Crypto, as he harvests alien DNA on a backwater planet called Earth. Guide Crypto as he abducts…
June 29, 2020 | 01:32 EDT
Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion--the most interesting game title announced this year--has been announced by the strange individuals at Graffiti Games and Snoozy Kazooo. The players will play as the…
June 24, 2020 | 10:40 EDT