In the event of a nuclear war, the best place to live is in a strategically important area that's likely to be targeted. Being vaporised right under the warhead will be as painless a death as ...

All is not well in the land of Ancaria. Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is chronologically a prequel to the events of the first Sacred game and concerns the consequences of the angelic warriors of the Seraphim ...

The darkness is nothing to be afraid of. Unless you're talking about the sounds of the hideous pop-rock band, in which case you should run to the hills screaming, tearing at your ears until their drums ...

The moon is a fascinating thing. It controls the tides, occasionally blocks out the sun, and once a month causes some people to sprout lots of body hair and run around the nearest moor on all ...

In these days when big budget games like Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and World of Warcraft grab the headlines, the role of indie games producers can often become overshadowed. Yet it's the independents that ...

It was perhaps bad timing that a role-play game based on perpetual combat between humans, elves, trolls and goblins was released when World of Warcraft fever was at its height. Yet despite that - and some ...

Remember the good old days of adventuring, when we monkeyed around on islands and tried to prevent the purple tentacle from having his day? Those LucasArts adventures stood out for their production values and humour. Ben ...

The Massively Multiplayer Online market has never appeared as crowded as the present, with a seemingly unending flood of new titles arriving on the shelves (or more likely, waiting to be downloaded) every month. Yet for ...

It isn't just the precipice that's slick in this combat oriented point-and-click adventure; it's the production values too. The game's comic book art style is beautifully realised, with smartly rendered 3D graphics blending seamlessly with 2D ...

The name Perry Rhodan is not likely to strike a chord in the minds of British audiences, apart from hardened sci-fi fans, but this intergalactic hero is big in Germany and has been the subject of ...

It's perhaps surprising that the adventure gaming industry hasn't made more use of the world's most famous fictional sleuth, bearing in mind his entire appeal is based around the solving of fiendishly difficult puzzles. Perhaps now ...

In 2004, German games developers House of Tales released a futuristic espionage thriller called The Moment of Silence that gave a much needed jolt in the arm to the adventure genre. Now they're back with their ...

If Bram Stoker were still alive he'd surely be astounded by the continuing impact his charming, elegant and deadly Count has on our imaginations, with countless spin-off books, games and movies still being churned out at ...

Murder most foul. Is there any other kind? If someone says "Sorry, old bean" while they stick a knife in your chest and twist it, does that make it murder most polite? And is that okay? ...

Animated adventure games used to be the height of cool, thanks to LucasArts in particular, with great storylines like The Dig and more than a dash of humour in games like Full Throttle and the still ...

Games based on movies have rarely scored highly amongst gamers, not least because of the strong (and usually justified) suspicion that they've been rush-released as a quick cash cow on the back of a successful film, ...

Unless you're a total sci-fi buff, you're unlikely to be aware that this game is based on the Russian novel of the same name by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The central premise is that there were ...

“Is she hiding something from me”, questions Elliott, the mysterious addition to the cast of Lost created for this game. He's asking the question of Kate, but truthfully, it'd be just as rhetorical whoever he asked ...

It was only a year ago that a relatively unobtrusive Swedish company (Frictional Games) came out with a low-key adventure game called Penumbra: Overture that caused a ripple of game fan excitement. Capitalising on the highly ...

With the prospect of exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new civilisations and boldly going where no man has gone before, it's a fair bet Bioware's latest was designed with Trekkies in mind. Throw in the ...