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Classic Games from non-Sierra/LucasArts Studios

Classic Games from non-Sierra/LucasArts Studios

We've all got our LucasArts and/or Sierra faves, but this week Matt Aukamp and Adventure Game Geek join us for a fond look at some of the great games from other studios. Bonus lists: top five female protagonists... Read more

Dreams of Pain becomes reality on Steam

Dreams of Pain becomes reality on Steam

Indie developer announces next game after experimental first-person thriller released on Windows PC... Read more

Titan Station launched on Windows PC

Titan Station launched on Windows PC

First-person 3D sci-fi mystery available now to download on Steam... Read more

NecroBoy: Path To Evilship ends up on Steam

NecroBoy: Path To Evilship ends up on Steam

Cartoony underworld environmental puzzler available now for download on Windows PC... Read more

Azazel's Christmas Fable ready for wishlisting

Azazel's Christmas Fable ready for wishlisting

Point-and-click pixel art adventure starring a devilish imp coming later this month on Steam... Read more

Karolina Twardosz and Łukasz Mikołajczyk interview – Zid Journey

Karolina Twardosz and Łukasz Mikołajczyk interview – Zid Journey

With the sequel to their charming cartoon dinosaur debut title Zniw Adventure now on Kickstarter, we chat with Azure Mountain Karolina "Twarda" Twardosz and Łukasz "Crash" Mikołajczyk to find out what’s new in Zid Journey... Read more

Orten Was the Case to open in 2023

Orten Was the Case to open in 2023

Hand-painted time-looping mystery by It Takes Two’s lead animator unveiled for PC and consoles... Read more

Uproot unearthed on Windows PC

Uproot unearthed on Windows PC

Hand-painted point-and-click adventure starring an anthropomorphic mandrake available now on Steam... Read more

What Makes a Good Adventure Game?

What Makes a Good Adventure Game?

What Makes a Good Adventure Game? Jack and Joshua analyze the elements needed to make a successful adventure, then dig deeper into their inventory for their top five lists of the week... Read more

The Adventures of the Black Hawk lands on Kickstarter

The Adventures of the Black Hawk lands on Kickstarter

Upcoming Robin Hood-styled retro point-and-click adventure set during the French Revolution... Read more

Shores of Loci lands on Steam and the Meta Quest Store

Shores of Loci lands on Steam and the Meta Quest Store

Out of early access, VR-exclusive puzzle-adventure available for HTC Vive, Valve Index, Rift and Quest 2... Read more

Deep Sleep franchise to reawaken with Labyrinth of the Forsaken in 2023

Deep Sleep franchise to reawaken with Labyrinth of the Forsaken in 2023

Full-length commercial follow-up to scriptwelder's Flash trilogy coming to PC and other platforms... Read more

Demo located for Signal & Echo: Iris Is Missing

Demo located for Signal & Echo: Iris Is Missing

Classic EGA-styled point-and-click mystery adventure with text parser unveiled for Windows PC... Read more

Indiegogo campaign formed for The Graveyard Union

Indiegogo campaign formed for The Graveyard Union

Hand-animated mockumentary-style point-and-click mystery in the world of monsters announced for PC... Read more

Hidden Gems or Overrated Classics?

Hidden Gems or Overrated Classics?

Hotspot staff writer Beau joins Joshua and Jack to debate which unheralded games deserve more attention, and which beloved classics don't deserve the hype. Not for the faint of heart! (Some sacred cows may have been harmed in the making of this episode.)... Read more