Kotaku: Adventure

Law and Order: Legacies Brings Lennie Briscoe Back from the Dead

Mike Fahey — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:20:00 EST

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The best part of the Law and Order franchise died in 2004 with actor Jerry Orbach. In Telltale Games new episodic adventure series Law & Order: Legacies Orbach's detective Lennie Bricoe character makes a slightly creepy return appearance. More »

In Search of a Kid-Friendly First-Person Shooter

Mike Fahey — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:20:00 EDT

In today's child safe episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Truthtellah becomes truthseekah, searching for family-friendly first-person games for a very special little boy. More »

Upcoming Adventure Game To The Moon Will Be One Part Eternal Sunshine, One Part Chrono Trigger, Three Parts Raw Emotion

Kirk Hamilton — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:30:00 EDT

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"When a video game can make us cry," the saying goes, "that is when we will know that games are art." But what if a video game trailer can make us cry? More »

The Beginning And End Of Western Action Role-Playing Games

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 30 May 2011 05:00:00 EDT

Over on Hardcore Gaming, there's a new timeline up for reading called "A Brief History of Western Action RPGs". Brief? Are you kidding me? More »

The Next Big Thing Has A Demo

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:10:00 EDT

The Next Big Thing, a rather colourful adventure game from Focus Home Interactive, has a playable demo out now you can work your way through. It's on PC and Mac, and you can grab it here. More »

Your First Episode Of Back To The Future Is Free

Mike Fahey — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:49:31 EDT

Episodic adventure crafter Telltale Games has dropped all charges for the first installment of its Back to the Future series, making it available for free download to anyone with a PC or Mac capable of playing it. More »

Two Of The Coolest Comic Books Are Going To Be Video Games

Mike Fahey — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:40:00 EST

Not only is Telltale Games working on a title based on the hit television and comic book property The Walking Dead, they've also snagged the rights to create games based on Vertigo's fan-favorite fairy tale series Fables. More »

Is The Walking Dead Creeping Towards A Video Game Tie-In?

Mike Fahey — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:40:00 EST

When an entertainment property becomes as hot as comic book and television series The Walking Dead a video game is sure to follow, but from where? Telltale Games might be readying an adventure series based on the zombie survival epic. More »

Blade Runner Fans, The Past Just Became The Present

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:30:00 EST

Gemini Rue, an upcoming indie title for the PC, looks like something we sadly haven't seen much of lately: a game that combines adventure, science fiction and a little bit of darkness. More »

Go Back To The Future On Wednesday

Mike Fahey — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:20:00 EST

Marty McFly's epic time traveling adventure continues this Wednesday when Telltale Games releases the first episode of Back to the Future: The Game for the PC and Mac, picking up six months after the end of the original trilogy. More »

Turning Old Genres Into New Games

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:30:00 EST

A good adventure game needs two things: tricky puzzles and pretty graphics. Kaptain Brawe certainly has the latter covered. More »

Legless Marathon's Underground Final Fantasy XIV Adventure

Mike Fahey — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:20:00 EDT

During the Final Fantasy XIV beta stress test, a tiny Lalafell named Legless Marathon fell through the world. It was the beginning of a grand adventure. More »

LittleBigPlanet 2 Has A Story Mode Too

Mike Fahey — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:40:00 EDT

Media Molecule and Sony have been focusing on LittleBigPlanet 2's versatile game creation tools, but as this latest trailer shows, it'll also have a deep adventure mode, and that adventure mode has grappling hooks. More »

The Game Without Polygons Or Sprites

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:30:00 EDT

OK, there's a sprite or two in the mouse cursor. But that's about all you'll find in The Dream Machine, an adventure game made entirely out of "clay and cardboard". More »

Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

Mike Fahey — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:30:00 EDT

You're a college student who finds himself trapped on a sinking ferry with eight other passengers, forced to play a twisted game where losing means a watery grave. This is Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors for the Nintendo DS. More »

Monkey Island Success Could Mean More Adventure From LucasArts

Mike Fahey — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:20:00 EDT

Could the success of the Monkey Island Special Editions herald LucasArts' return to straight adventure games? I spoke to Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge project lead Craig Derrick about the new remake and the possibilities it raises. More »

The Whispered World Quietly Slips Onto Steam

Mike Fahey — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:40:00 EDT

Daedalic Entertainment's acclaimed adventure game The Whispered World is finally available for purchase on Steam, letting North American players step into the role of Sadwick, the sad clown who doesn't know that he'll destroy the world in three days. More »

Team Fortress 2 Finally Adds Severed Rabbit Heads

Mike Fahey — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:00:00 EDT

While I believe that torn-off bunny parts are gifts reserved for more romantic occasions, Valve's just handing out these severed rabbit heads as one of three bonuses for players buying the new Sam and Max game on Steam this week. More »

Talesworth Adventure Proves Its Worth

Mike Fahey — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:00:00 EDT

Only one idiotic adventurer has the power to run headlong into traps, pits, and other obstacles on his quest to save the riches of Talesworth from the evil red dragon. He could probably use your help. More »

Fat Princess Travels To Candy Mountain

Mike Fahey — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:40:07 EDT

Patch 1.05 for Titan Studios' hit PlayStation Network game Fat Princess goes live today, bringing with it two new maps - Frost Bite and Candy Mountain - the latter of which is a land of sweets, and joy, and joyness. More »

The Whispered World Is Coming To America

Mike Fahey — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:20:00 EST

Daedalic Entertainment is pleased to announce that its award-winning, hand-painted adventure game The Whispered World is finally coming to North America, with Viva Entertainment publishing the German game in the states this April. More »

LOVE Blooms In March

Mike Fahey — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:20:00 EST

One-man development army Eskil Steenberg announced a March 25 release date for Love, his procedural online adventure game and perhaps the most ambitious video game ever made by a single person. More »

Sherlock Holmes Tracks Jack The Ripper To U.S. Xbox 360

Mike Fahey — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST

JoWooD Entertainment and Dreamcatcher pit the greatest fictional detective of all time against one of the most notorious real-life serial killers in Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper, coming in March to the North American Xbox 360. More »

Guybrush Threepwood's Execution Scheduled For Friday

Mike Fahey — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:40:00 EDT

Guybrush Threepwood faces trial and execution in the fourth chapter of the Tales of Monkey Island saga, due out on PC this Friday, October 30th. More »

Dexter Stalks The iPhone

Mike Fahey — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:20:00 EDT

Just in time to tide fans over until the launch of season four of the show later this month, today Marc Ecko Entertainment unleashes Dexter the Game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. More »

Enter Drawn: The Painted Tower

Mike Fahey — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:20:00 EDT

Big Fish Games presents Drawn: The Painted Tower, a simply gorgeous PC puzzle adventure game available for digital download this Friday. More »

More Monkey Island Hits WiiWare Monday

Mike Fahey — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:00:00 EDT

After a relatively successful launch on the PC, Telltale Games is ready to release Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: The Siege of Spinner Cay with Monday's Nintendo Download. More »

Tales Of Monkey Island Continues August 20th

Mike Fahey — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:20:00 EDT

Telltale continues the tale of Guybrush Threepwood that began in Launch of the Screaming Narwhal on August 20th, when they release Tales of Monkey Island Chapter 2: Siege of Spinner Cay. More »

The Secret Of Monkey Island SE Micro-Review: Still Fights Like A Cow

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EDT

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition is a tough one to review. It's not really fair to review the game, is it? That's not fair. The game's 19 years old, and is one of the best ever made. More »

Blue Toad Murders On The PlayStation Network

Mike Fahey — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:40:00 EDT

PlayStation 3 owners are getting a bit of episodic adventure in their lives later this year, as Relentless Software announces Blue Toad Murder Files exclusively for the PlayStation Network. More »

LucasArts Announcing News On Old Game On Monday

Brian Crecente — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:36:37 EDT

LucasArts Games promises to unveil exciting news based on an existing franchise on Monday. More »

Secret Of Monkey Island Special Edition Sails To 360?

Mike Fahey — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:20:00 EDT

Both a mysteriously disappearing German rating and sources close to Adventure Gamers seem to indicate that a special edition of The Secret of Monkey Island is on its way to the Xbox 360. More »

Syberia 3 Links PC And PS3

Mike Fahey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:20:00 EDT

Benoît Sokal's award-winning adventure game series Syberia continues next year with Syberia 3, with PlayStation 3 and PC versions encouraging players to pool resources between them. More »

Sam & Max Hit The Xbox Live Arcade

Mike Fahey — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:20:00 EST

Telltale brings their dog and rabbity-thing adventures to a whole new audience, announcing both seasons of the award-winning Sam & Max series for Xbox Live Arcade. More »

Telltalle Debuts On XBLA With Wallace And Gromit

Mike Fahey — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:20:00 EST

The episodic adventure specialists at Telltale Games are making the jump to Xbox Live Arcade this spring, with the help of a bumbling inventor and his hyper-intelligent canine companion. More »

Good Old Games Run Through With Broken Swords

Mike Fahey — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST

Classic gaming website Good Old Games takes the last few moments of 2008 to bolster their adventure game line up with two more titles from Revolution Software's Broken Sword series. More »

First Wallace and Gromit Screens Impressively Clay-like

Mike Fahey — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:40:00 EST

The plasticine engineering duo come to life again as Telltale releases the first in-game screenshots of their latest episodic adventure series, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventure. More »

Ubisoft Brings Broken Sword: Shadow Of The Templars To The Wii

Mike Fahey — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:20:00 EST

The classic adventure game Broken Sword: Shadow Of The Templars gets new life as Ubisoft announces a special Director's Cut edition of the game coming next year to the Nintendo DS and Wii. More »

Happy Holidays From The Whispered World

Mike Fahey — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:40:00 EST

Daedelic Entertainment wishes the gaming world a happy holidays with this lovely new wallpaper featuring characters from their upcoming PC adventure game The Whispered World. More »

Simon the Sorcerer Joins GoG Lineup

Mike Fahey — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:20:00 EST

CD Projekt's Good Old Games website gets a healthy dose of point and click today, announcing a deal with Adventure Soft to bring classic adventure titles to the service, beginning with Simon the Sorcerer. More »