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Shutter Island Preview
Merscom's Shutter Island, which is set to launch later this week on major portals, is a hidden object game based on the Dennis Lehane novel and upcoming film.
U.S. Marshall Teddy Dennis and his partner Chuck Aule arrive at Shutter Island, which is home to the Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, as a hurricane bears down on them. The pair are there to track down an escaped patient, the convincted murderer Rachel Solando. But disappearing patients isn't the only secret that the island hides, and nothing at Ashcliffe Hospital is what it seems.
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Virtual Villagers 4: The Tree of Life Preview
The folks at Last Day of Work are putting the finishing touches on the newest Virtual Villagers game, Virtual Villagers 4: The Tree of Life, and they gave Gamezebo an exclusive sneak peek at what players can look forward to when the game comes out! Read more»
Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera - Just In
Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera, a new hidden object game by Vast Studios and starring the enigmatic Count Vladd Vansig III, has been released on Big Fish Games.
Download and play Nightfall Mysteries Curse of the Opera, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»
Download and play Nightfall Mysteries Curse of the Opera, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»
Epic Adventures: La Jangada - Just In
Epic Adventures: La Jangada, another new hidden object epic adventure has been launched and is ready to play.
Download Epic Adventures: La Jangada, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»
Download Epic Adventures: La Jangada, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»
1 Penguin, 100 Cases: Just In
1 Penguin, 100 Cases is released on Big Fish Games. I think hidden object games have finally jumped the shark. Or, maybe I am just judging a book by its covers, we'll find out (and perchance I'll eat my words) when we do the review.
Download 1 Penguin, 100 Cases, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»
Download 1 Penguin, 100 Cases, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»
Big City Adventure: Vancouver Walkthrough
Check out our walkthrough for Big City Adventure: Vancouver. Read more»
Sarah Maribu and the Lost World - Just In
Sarah Maribu and the Lost World, a new hidden object game, has been released.
Download Sarah Maribu and the Lost World, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»
Download Sarah Maribu and the Lost World, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Read more»
Aqualux Review
3 and half Stars
Fixing a broken leak usually involves a call to a plumber at 4 a.m. But in Aqualux, a new puzzle game from Milkman Games, it's up to you to guide the flow to the drain. While fun and engaging, you've done this home repair before. Read more»
Casual News - Feb. 5, 2010
FarmVille can now be played on MSN Games; a virtual egg sells on Planet Calypso for more than $69,000; and the classic PC strategy game Civilization won't be making it Facebook debut until June. These headlines and more behind the cut. Read more»
Steals & Deals - Feb. 5, 2010
This week we've rounded up deals from Playrix, Reflexive, Boonty, Sandlot Games, Viqua Games, and Clocktower Games. Keep reading for the details! Read more»
iPhone: Guess the News
Do you consider yourself addicted to the news? How well do you think you know the latest current events? If you think you're fairly caught up on what's happening in the world today, Guess the News wants to put your knowledge to the test. Part word game and part news reader, Guess the News plucks the latest headlines from major papers from around the world and wants you to figure them out letter by letter. Read more»
Nick Chase and the Deadly Diamond Review
3 and half Stars
The noir genre of film and literature is packed full of great, famous hard-boiled detective characters, not one of whom I can actually name. My tastes run more toward guys like Tracer Bullet and Flint Paper, private dicks who somehow manage to perfectly skewer the genre by doing nothing but remaining unerringly true to it. For awhile, it looked like Nick Chase would take his place among that esteemed company, but when all was said and done there wasn't quite enough gum on his shoes to put him over the top. Read more»
Nick Chase and the Deadly Diamond Walkthrough
Check out our walkthrough for Nick Chase and the Deadly Diamond. Read more»
FarmVille now available on MSN Games
Zynga has been making an active effort in recent months to grow its FarmVille audience outside of Facebook, starting last fall when Zynga launched FarmVille.com, a Web portal that allowed users to play directly in their browser instead of visiting Facebook. Now Zynga has partnered with MSN Games. Effective today, FarmVille fans can enjoy ploughing their fields and sheering their sheep on Microsoft's popular games domain. Read more»
Machinarium soundtrack vinyl edition available for pre-order
Farm Frenzy 3: Ice Age Walkthrough
Check out our strategy guide for Farm Frenzy 3: Ice Age. Read more»
REO Speedwagon: Find Your Own Way Home Walkthrough
Check out our walkthrough for REO SPeedwagon: Find Your Own Way Home. Read more»
iPhone: Let's TAP: Tap Runner
When did touchscreen controls get old? I might be wrong, but I always thought the big appeal of the iPhone was its control system, its screen giving players a new way to access games that bypassed a fiddly old keypad. If Let's TAP: Tap Runner (an adaptation of Let's Tap for the Nintendo Wii) is anything to go by, developers are already looking for new methods, Sega's sci-fi take on an athletics style assault course coming with a fresh approach to taking control. Read more»
iPhone: StrawNinja - Just Run
A ninja with a straw running after a polka-dot hat-wearing fairy dispensing candies may not be one of the deepest plots we've ever seen in a game. But in StrawNinja: Just Run, the newest game from developer Digital Play, that's all that is needed to make a fun, challenging though slighting frustrating experience. Read more»
Golden Trails: The New Western Rush Preview
Combine a wild west theme, a bank robbery investigation and a splash of romance and you have Golden Trails: The New Western Rush, an upcoming hidden object game from Awem. Read on for a sneak peek. Read more»
Happy Aquarium
iPhone: Bejeweled 2
When Bejeweled 2 launched alongside the iPhone App Store last year, it quickly rose to the top of the sales charts. Despite thousands and thousands of iPhone game releases since, PopCap's classic action-puzzler always seems to perform well in terms of sales. Now, thanks to the addition of Bejeweled Blitz, Bejeweled 2 for the iPhone seems to have cemented itself as one of the most popular iPhone apps around. Read more»
Civilization won't make Facebook appearance until June 2010
Nation-building gamers who were eagerly anticipating the Civilization series arrival on Facebook are going to have to wait a little longer. Variety is reporting that Take Two Interactive has confirmed that the beta for Sid Meier's Civilization Network won't begin until June 2010. This seems to be in contrast with Meier's initial announcement last fall in the Civilization fan forum Civilization Fanatics Center, in which he claimed they would "soon be looking for beta testers." Read more»
Big City Adventure: Vancouver Review
4 Stars
If, like me, the upcoming Winter Olympic Games have you wishing you could visit beautiful Vancouver, Canada, this may be just the game you need. Playing through Big City Adventure: Vancouver is like taking a virtual tour of the city, mixing history and trivia with local landmarks and scenery. Throw in a bit of winter sports flavor, and it's almost like you're there for the games themselves, just with fewer national anthems. Read more»
Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower Review
3 Stars
"Sometimes, you just can't go back." That's the general feeling when starting up Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower. Released way back in November of 2000, it's easy to see how developer Her Interactive learned to hone their Nancy Drew titles to both a science and art. This one is full of missteps, but only because we have over ten years and 17 games as perspective. Read more»
Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower Walkthrough
Check out our walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower. Read more»
Obey the Game
iPhone: TrafficCity
Traffic signals one of the few things almost everyone inherently trusts, yet the pandemonium you could cause if you had them under your control is immense. TrafficCity, though handing you the keys to this asphalt-laden kingdom, expects you to be a little more responsible, however. Read more»
Vaultcracker: The Last Safe Preview
Lucy was once the most sought-after cat burglar in the world, but she gave up her life of crime and assumed a false identity so that she could raise her son Emmett. Things go horribly wrong, however, when Emmett goes missing at the airport. In Gogii Games' upcoming hidden object game Vaultcracker: The Last Safe, Lucy has one last job to do. With a ransom note as her only clue, Lucy must find her son and his kidnapper while avoiding the police radar - and she's going to have to crack a few safes along the way. Read more»
Royal Envoy, Developer Diary
The first thing you need to know about Playrix (in case you don't already) is that we have become successful primarily by creating match-3 games. Nevertheless, we took a look at The Settlers, Blue Byte's long-running series, and felt inspired. We thought: "Why not? Let's create our own version of a fun, casual strategy game." When the idea first struck us, we could not have imagined that it would take us more than 16 months of development and seven revisions of the game mechanics to arrive at what we have today. But not for a single day have we regretted taking on this wonderful project. Read more»
Alice's Tea Cup Madness Review
2 Stars
What seems like an unexpectedly low rating at first glance turns out to be more than appropriate for Alice's Tea Cup Madness. A lackluster presentation, no gameplay innovations, and a difficulty level that seems to be aimed at small children result in a game which is not worth recommending except to the most die-hard of time management game fans. Read more»
The Search for Amelia Earhart Review
2 and half Stars
This flight into the past begins in 1937 in Chicago. Christine Barker, a clairvoyant and Amelia Earhart fan inspired by the pilot's courage, follows Earhart's adventures from the first flight to her disappearance with help from her gift. The Search for Amelia Earhart is the aviation version of shipwreck-focused Nat Geo Adventure: Ghost Fleet. The intriguing story of Earhart's travels covers both the true story and a little creative license in this average hidden object adventure. Read more»
iPhone: Zhu Zhu Pets
If you've got young kids at home, then no doubt you've heard of Zhu Zhu Pets. In fact, it's likely that you fought your way through store after store in December trying to find Mr. Squiggles to wrap as that special gift under the tree. Zhu Zhu Pets was the Tickle Me Elmo product of Christmas 2009. A hot toy in high demand. So, it is only natural to expect that a best-selling toy would find its way to the iPhone. Does a wildly popular toy automatically translate into a great iPhone game? Not necessarily. Read more»
iPhone: Paradise Monkeys
Perhaps naively, I always thought that monkeys were just monkeys. Apparently, I was wrong. Like the bizarre love child of King Kong and The Count from Sesame Street, there's a new "Dracula Monkey" on the beat, and he's dead set on starving the rest of the monkey population of their beloved bananas. In one of the most outlandish plots you'll ever see, Paradise Monkeys charges you with getting these bananas back, all by tapping each monkey on the head in quick time. Read more»
44 PopCap games for $99.95
PopCap has brought back its super sweet Complete Pack deal, where you can get all 44 games on PopCap.com for just $99.95. That works out to roughly $2.25 per game for classics like Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, Zuma's Revenge! Bookworm Adventures and 40 other games! You'll have to hurry, though, because the offer is only good through to Jan. 31. And sorry Mac users, but this one is only for PCs. Read more»
The Clumsys 2: Butterfly Effect Review
4 Stars
"Embedded in the mud, glistening green and gold and black, was a butterfly, very beautiful, and very dead. It fell to the floor, an exquisite thing, a small thing that could upset balances and knock down a line of small dominoes and then big dominoes and then gigantic dominoes, all down the years across Time. Eckels' mind whirled. It couldn't change things. Killing one butterfly couldn't be that important. Could it?"
So wrote Ray Bradbury in the classic short story "A Sound of Thunder," the roundabout inspiration for The Clumsys 2: The Butterfly Effect, the second game based on the adventures of the time-traveling Albert Clumsy and his family. Read more»
The Clumsys 2: Butterfly Effect Walkthrough
Check out our strategy guide for The Clumsys 2. Read more»
Shaman Odyssey: Tropic Adventure Review
2 and half Stars
Cateia Games' Shaman Odyssey is the latest tropical island-themed building/sim game where you're tasked with shepherding a tribe of villagers through various challenges and dangers on a quest to reach their "true home." While the game boasts some unique graphical tricks, the wholly unoriginal premise and lacklustre gameplay is a bit of a disappointment. Read more»
Shaman Odyssey: Tropic Adventure Walkthrough
Check out our strategy guide for Shaman's Odyssey. Read more»
Nora Roberts: Vision in White Preview
I-play and Floodlight Games (the folks who brought us the Women's Murder Club series in partnership with novelist James Patterson), are teaming up with another best-selling author for the upcoming hidden object game Nora Roberts: Vision in White. Read more»
Steals & Deals - Jan. 29, 2010
WildTangent is offering Build-a-lot 3, Virtual Villagers 3: The Secret City, and Defense Grid - The Awakening for $5 each [use coupon code WELUVU at checkout]. Over at Steam, Psychonauts is on sale for just $2, Toki Tori is just $3.75. Read more»
Big City Adventure: Vancouver - Just In
Big City Adventure: Vancouver has launched. Download the game, write a review, or chat about it in our forum. Read more»
Casual News - Jan. 29, 2010
Apple launches the iPad; U.S. virtual goods revenue is expected to hit $1.6 billion this year; and GOG.com will distribute classic Activision PC games as digital downloads. These headlines and more behind the cut. Read more»
Rhianna Ford & The Da Vinci Letter Walkthrough
Check out our strategy guide for Rhianna Ford & The Da Vinci Letter. Read more»
Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba Review
3 Stars
Stop me if you've heard any of this before. Some children have gone missing. Their mother rushes off to find them. She happens to be an intrepid explorer-type. Her search takes her into the heart of a South American jungle where she must investigate an ancient temple. Although the premise of Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba is interchangeable with dozens of other hidden object/adventure games, and its gameplay is thoroughly average, it's at least easy on the eye and boasts some clever (if repetitive) puzzles. Read more»
Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba Walkthrough
Check out our walkthrough for Joan Jade and the Gates of Xibalba. Read more»
GOG's Marcin Iwinski on the Activision deal; why DRM still sucks
Since going live in 2008, GOG.com has become the go-to portal for downloading classic PC games that just can't be found in stores any more. The site has dedicated itself to selling these "Good Old Games" at affordable prices in formats tweaked to run on modern machines - and the best part: it's all DRM-free. The latest feather in GOG's cap is a deal with Activision to distribute classic PC games from the publishing giant's back catalog, starting with Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father and Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura.
Gamezebo spoke with Marcin Iwinski, Co-Founder of GOG.com and its parent company CD Project, who gave us an idea of just how big this deal is for GOG.com, as well as some hints about the company's future plans and why DRM-free remains at the heart of GOG.com's philosophy. Read more»
Gamezebo spoke with Marcin Iwinski, Co-Founder of GOG.com and its parent company CD Project, who gave us an idea of just how big this deal is for GOG.com, as well as some hints about the company's future plans and why DRM-free remains at the heart of GOG.com's philosophy. Read more»
GOG.com brings Activision PC classics back to life
In what is being called a landmark deal for the DRM-free digital distribution movement, Activision is opening up its vault and bringing a wide range of classic PC games to GOG.com. Two games are available now: the 2001 role-playing game Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura (developed by Troika Games) and Sierra's 1993 point-and-click adventure Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father. Both games are priced at $5.99, and more classic titles will be unveiled in the coming weeks. Read more»
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