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.
Today at the Sony PlayStation Live Event at Paris Games Week kicked off their main PlayStation Live event with a trailer and announcing Ghost of Tsushima, a new title from Sucker Punch. What Sucker…
October 30, 2017 | 01:07 EDT
First spotted by Eurogamer, Creative Europe's list of grants has revealed numerous titles currently in the works by companies in Europe. Companies that were included in this are Daedalic…
August 28, 2017 | 12:40 EDT
Talking with Gamespot over the weekend, Skull and Bones creative director Justin Farren has gone into more details about the narrative content that was hinted at during the game's E3 reveal.…
August 7, 2017 | 11:34 EDT
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January 4, 2017 | 08:16 EST
Sony has been teasing the Internet with 3 unannounced panels on Saturday for its upcoming PlayStation Experience, alongside several unannounced signing sessions. The first of these began to fall into…
November 29, 2016 | 11:39 EST
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November 22, 2016 | 12:07 EST
In the second of our ongoing series of interviews from the Yorkshire Games Festival, TechRaptor's Dom O'Leary speaks to Rhianna Pratchett, the script writer behind such well-known titles as Overlord…
November 19, 2016 | 11:00 EST
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November 14, 2016 | 04:33 EST
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September 19, 2016 | 12:37 EDT
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November 1, 2019 | 08:03 EDT
The first Tomb Raider game came out 20 years ago and because of that Crystal Dynamics is labeling 2016 as "The Year of Tomb Raider." With that in mind planning for the new DLC to be included in the…
August 28, 2016 | 03:52 EDT
Kojima's highly anticipated new game, Death Stranding, looks like it might be adding a new star to the cast. The internet has erupted in speculation due to a few posts that indicate Mads Mikkelsen…
August 24, 2016 | 10:15 EDT
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August 13, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
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August 11, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
When Quantum Break first released onto Windows 10, it seemed like the start of a new trend for Microsoft's games. It was released in the UWP format and exclusive to Microsoft's proprietary app store…
August 10, 2016 | 03:35 EDT
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July 20, 2016 | 07:34 EDT
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July 19, 2016 | 02:00 EDT
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June 16, 2016 | 10:50 EDT
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June 15, 2016 | 01:26 EDT
When it comes to gaming, Hideo Kojima is a force to be reckoned with. There has been an abundance of rumors going around about him in the last couple of years, mainly concerning his sudden departure…
June 13, 2016 | 11:31 EDT
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May 16, 2016 | 06:40 EDT
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May 12, 2016 | 05:15 EDT
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May 10, 2016 | 08:03 EDT
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May 2, 2016 | 12:07 EDT
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April 29, 2016 | 10:00 EDT
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April 27, 2016 | 09:17 EDT
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April 13, 2016 | 09:20 EDT
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April 6, 2016 | 08:45 EDT
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April 3, 2016 | 01:46 EDT
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April 1, 2016 | 04:01 EDT
Big, and sad, news for Microsoft Studios today. Two of their more notable studios in Lionhead and Press Play were announced to be closing down with development on their current projects shutting down…
March 7, 2016 | 11:28 EST
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March 1, 2016 | 11:04 EST
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February 29, 2016 | 11:01 EST
Capcom has announced that they will continue their trend of re-releasing Resident Evil games with Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6 all coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this year. It was announced on…
February 26, 2016 | 10:56 EST
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January 31, 2016 | 10:40 EST
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January 5, 2016 | 05:49 EST
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January 2, 2016 | 09:33 EST
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January 2, 2016 | 08:01 EST
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December 29, 2015 | 10:21 EST
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December 23, 2015 | 06:14 EST
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December 14, 2015 | 10:22 EST
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December 4, 2015 | 05:47 EST
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December 3, 2015 | 10:21 EST
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December 3, 2015 | 10:14 EST
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November 27, 2015 | 01:00 EST
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November 9, 2015 | 04:01 EST
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October 28, 2015 | 02:56 EDT
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September 1, 2015 | 12:44 EDT