Adventure games are video games that have the player taking control of a protagonist in an interactive story, typically with exploration and puzzle or problem-solving elements as part of the gameplay.
The vast majority of adventure games are designed for single player, and encompass a wide variety of subgenres such as point-and-click adventures (The Secret of Monkey Island), episodic adventure games (The Walking Dead), and walking simulators (The Stanley Parable), with one of the most notable adventure games of all time being Zork, a text-based adventure game.
A few days ago, we reported on the announcement of Lamplight City, the new title by adventure gaming veteran Francisco Gonzalez. While I didn't personally cover the announcement, I was quite…
October 5, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
A new video has been released by The Pokemon Company for the upcoming Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon games, detailing the first stage evolved forms of the starter Pokemon, as well as some side-quest…
October 4, 2016 | 04:14 EDT
Telltale's first episode of Batman: The Telltale Series was a pleasant surprise that took a hard look at the man behind the mask. Bruce Wayne's time in the limelight led to an interesting take on…
September 29, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Francisco Gonzalez (developer of adventure game titles Shardlight for Wadjet Eye Games and A Golden Wake for his company Grundislav Games) has announced a new game titled Lamplight City on the…
September 27, 2016 | 09:45 EDT
It has been over a decade since I first caught wind of Dead Rising. I think I first read about it in Official Xbox Magazine, when I was smitten with my 360 after Christmas 2005. To me, the concept…
September 23, 2016 | 12:00 EDT
After we're gone, what will take over? For The Uncertain, the answer is robots. With humans no longer around, robots have taken their place and have built a perfect society based on logic and…
September 22, 2016 | 02:00 EDT
An episodic adventure game following a group of robots in a world where humans have gone extinct
September 22, 2016 | 04:22 EDT
I'm a sucker for a good paranormal mystery. From Angel Heart to Twin Peaks to Gabriel Knight and beyond, there's always been something about the mundane meeting the mystical that I find irresistible…
September 22, 2016 | 04:01 EDT
Shiness is an Action-RPG which will let you travel in a captivating universe doomed to destruction ever since the fragmentation of the planet Mahera, interacting with the world thanks to the powers…
September 21, 2016 | 01:44 EDT
Virginia is a first person thriller told entirely in pantomime. From the website of the game's developer, Variable State: "Virginia is a first person interactive drama. It is the story of a…
September 20, 2016 | 06:56 EDT
From Team Ico, The Last Guardian is the story of a young boy who must guide his companion through a beautiful landscape. According to Wikipedia: "The Last Guardian is an action-adventure game…
September 18, 2016 | 08:01 EDT
Batman - The Telltale Series is a point-and-click adventure game that will have players enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne while discovering the far-reaching consequences of his actions as the…
September 18, 2016 | 07:36 EDT
Dead Rising 4 is the fourth installment in the zombie-slaying Dead Rising series, and it sees original Dead Rising protagonist Frank West returning as its main character. That's not all Dead Rising…
September 18, 2016 | 05:08 EDT
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice is the last Nintendo 3DS entry in the long-running Phoenix Wright series and takes place a year after Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies.…
September 18, 2016 | 01:52 EDT
The 7th generation of Pokémon is here, with Pokémon Sun and Moon for the Nintendo 3DS. Travel to the Alola region, meet new Pokémon, and use all new Z-moves to beat your opponents in battle.
September 18, 2016 | 01:16 EDT
There are few games that have been delayed as much as Team Ico's The Last Guardian. Originally announced in 2009 for the PlayStation 3 for a 2011 release, The Last Guardian has seen a series of…
September 12, 2016 | 01:17 EDT
Have you ever wanted to explore the woods, create a deep connection with a stranger you’ve never meet face to face, and solve a mystery all at the same time? Are you an Xbox One owner who never…
September 4, 2016 | 06:54 EDT
The first episode of Batman - The Telltale Series recently made its debut and already has fans clamoring for the second. Episode 1, Realm of Shadows, focused on Bruce Wayne and the relationships…
September 2, 2016 | 07:09 EDT
Welcome to the Censored Gaming Recap! In these articles, we take a look back at all of the latest happenings in the world of censorship and then round them up in a special weekly feature. Last…
August 18, 2016 | 09:20 EDT
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice is the next title in the famed court room drama series, and it will be coming September 8th on Nintendo 3DS for all users. The series features a…
August 13, 2016 | 06:15 EDT
Batman has been written and used many different ways over the years, and he has been in many video games in that time as well. Telltale has always been big with their story games, and now they're…
August 7, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
During Anime Expo 2016 in Los Angeles, Capcom had a booth set up with playable demos of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice. They even had a witness stand set up to add some proper…
August 5, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Recently Telltale Games released the first of their newest episodic series, Batman - The Telltale Series with episode 1, Realm of Shadows, on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. While the game has…
August 4, 2016 | 01:03 EDT
As we near the release of Telltale's next project, Batman - The Telltale Series, we're finding out some more about the game and news is trickling out on it. While we recently learned about the new…
July 31, 2016 | 10:44 EDT
Update: Capcom has confirmed to Eurogamer that they are currently working on bringing Dead Rising to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Further more, they will also be bringing Dead Rising 2 and…
July 17, 2016 | 08:00 EDT
Batman is the next major IP getting the Telltale treatment, following up recent episodic titles from the developer like Tales from the Borderlands and Game of Thrones. Batman: The Telltale Series was…
July 16, 2016 | 04:10 EDT
While at E3 I had the opportunity to play a guided demo of Obsidian's upcoming game, Tyranny. They're taking the basis of Pillars of Eternity and have created a whole new game that takes place after…
June 22, 2016 | 10:00 EDT
Following the E3 announcement of Insomniac's Spiderman, this week we've found more details into what to possibly expect from the upcoming title. In accordance to an interview from the PlayStation…
June 20, 2016 | 10:42 EDT
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice was one of the demos available at the Capcom booth at this year's E3. Those in attendance got to take on a quick journey through the trials to come. We…
June 19, 2016 | 05:38 EDT
Following our coverage of Dead Rising 4's E3 announcement, it would seem that the Xbox One and Windows 10 release will only be a timed exclusive. In accordance to Gamespot, Microsoft recently…
June 17, 2016 | 09:30 EDT
I will always remember the first time I tried out Dead Rising. The Xbox 360 had an amazing string of unique franchises debut close to its launch, and Dead Rising was among the strongest. The sheer…
June 15, 2016 | 02:25 EDT
Obsidian Entertainment showed off a new gameplay trailer for their upcoming isometric RPG, Tyranny. The trailer gives the players a hint of the combat and conflict found in the game, which has the…
June 14, 2016 | 12:28 EDT
Sony revealed a new Spiderman game developed by Insomniac Games, which will be available for the Playstation 4. The new Spiderman comes with an all new suit. Insomniac says they have worked with…
June 13, 2016 | 11:12 EDT
Detroit: Become Human is the next game in the works for Quantic Dream, the development studio behind PlayStation exclusives like Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls. Detroit was first revealed by…
June 13, 2016 | 10:59 EDT
Today at Sony's E3 Conference, we have now finally been given a release date for the long awaited adventure title, The Last Guardian. Presented in a brand new gameplay trailer (above), The Last…
June 13, 2016 | 10:28 EDT
For those of you who wanted to continue the holiday tradition of going around shopping malls and duct taping together all sorts of things to cut your way through hordes of zombies, then you are in…
June 13, 2016 | 02:50 EDT
A couple of screenshots and some casting info regarding the upcoming Batman: the Telltale Series have been released. The information comes a few hours before Telltale Games is to open its doors…
June 12, 2016 | 02:00 EDT
Capcom has recently announced that they will release a free DLC case for the upcoming Ace Attorney title, Spirits of Justice in Japan. The case has thus far only been announced for Japanese audiences…
May 17, 2016 | 12:49 EDT
This week, Capcom has unveiled new gameplay information for Gyakuten Saiban 6 (otherwise known as Ace Attorney 6). Sourced from Gematsu, the new gameplay system comes part of the investigation…
April 21, 2016 | 11:20 EDT
This morning David D'Angelo, a developer at Yacht Club Games, announced via a Gamasutra blog post that their game Shovel Knight has just passed 1 million in digital sales. The physical release of …
April 14, 2016 | 09:47 EDT
Recently, fans of the psychological thriller/horror game Alan Wake, yours truly included, got their hopes up over a possible return of the troubled writer. Unfortunately, this turned out to be…
April 8, 2016 | 10:15 EDT
Controversial as that ending might be, it is hard to deny that Firewatch stuck with many people due to its mysterious setting and the gorgeous visual style. Now some data regarding the game's…
March 21, 2016 | 01:20 EDT
Yesterday at the Games Developer Conference Paradox Interactive (Europa Universalis) and Obsidian Entertainment (Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: The Stick of Truth) announced their new project …
March 17, 2016 | 11:55 EDT
A new Japanese trailer for Gyakuten Saiban 6, which is known in the west as Ace Attorney 6, was released on Capcom's Youtube channel last night. For those that have been long time fans of the series…
March 6, 2016 | 07:17 EST
So remember last week when I gleefully reported a trademark Remedy Entertainment registered on the fast track for what at the time looked like a potential sequel to the horror/action game Alan…
March 4, 2016 | 05:28 EST
When Ubisoft released Beyond Good and Evil it soon became apparent that the French developer had struck gold. The game, released in 2003 and designed by the now legendary Rayman designer Michel Ancel…
March 4, 2016 | 08:47 EST
A hell of a lot of time has passed since we got to know Alan Wake and his Stephen King-inspired escapades in Bright Falls. With the announcement of the game/TV show hybrid Quantum Break it seemed…
February 25, 2016 | 09:06 EST
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is a unique new Action RPG that's currently slated to release in 2016, in which players will adventure through the colorful world of Mahera with their team of five…
February 18, 2016 | 06:47 EST