Gamezebo: Previews | Hidden Object & Adventure

Masters of Mystery: Blood of Betrayal Preview

erin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:42:53 -0600

The folks at Big Blue Bubble, the developers who brought us Home Sweet Home and Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion, are working on a follow-up to Crime of Fashion called Masters of Mystery: Blood of Betrayal. Keep reading for a sneak peek at this upcoming hidden object adventure.

Three Cards to Dead Time Preview

erin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:51:08 -0600

Big Finish Games has released a demo of Three Cards to Dead Time, the follow-up to its debut hidden object game Three Cards to Midnight. We played through the entire demo, which covers the Prologue and Chapter 1 of the 7-chapter (plus Finale) game, so that we could bring you this preview.

REO Speedwagon: Find Your Own Way Home Preview

erin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:30:58 -0600

"Classic rock" and "casual game" aren't two phrases you often hear together, but REO Speedwagon: Find Your Own Way Home is combining the two. This upcoming hidden object game from Merscom and Curious Sense is based on Illinois-based band REO Speedwagon, classic rockers best known for hits like "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling" and "Time For Me To Fly."

The game stars Ruby Easton, an entertainment television reporter who's covering REO Speedwagon on their latest tour and in the studio as they record their new album. Ruby has to save the day after the band's leader, Kevin Cronin, goes missing right before the band's star-studded album release party.

The Otherside: Realm of Eons Preview

erin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:50:42 -0500

After receiving an anonymous package containing a strange book, Miranda finds herself drawn into the fantastic world of The Otherside. With the guidance of the mischevious Jovie, a possessed teddy bear, she must travel back and forth between worlds and help to unravel the mystery of a brother and sister torn apart in Namco's upcoming hidden object game The Otherside: Realm of Eons.

All is not as it seems in this realm of secrets and enigmas, and you must help Miranda to solve the many riddles that lay within. As you journey through more than 25 locations, you'll have to find randomly selected items from a list of objects hidden into a scene. Once Miranda has determined what she needs to find in a scene, the Item List will appear in the display.

Mishap: An Accidental Haunting Preview

erin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:07:07 -0500

The Burtons have just moved into their beautiful new dream home, which, unfortunately for them, happens to be haunted. The family needs your help to clear their house of a group of particularly unfortunate ghosts in the upcoming hidden object game Mishap: An Accidental Haunting.

With the help of the peculiar Milton Hobblepop, a self-described paranormal investigator, you'll enter the domains of the eccentric spectres and search for objects hidden throughout more than 30 rooms in order to assemble custom ghost-catchers.

Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera Preview

erin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:34:49 -0500

Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera is an upcoming hidden object adventure game where you take on the role of a lowly stagehand in an opera company tasked with solving a deadly mystery in an isolated village somewhere in Europe.

The game takes place over the course of a single terrifying night. The Opera troupe is invited by the reclusive Count Vladd Vansig III to his small hamlet to perform a special Opera for him. Strangely, there are no villagers to speak of except for the Count and his caretaker. Over the course of the night, characters start to go missing or are killed one by one, and it's up to the player to find out the identity of the killer and escape the village alive.

The Mirror Mysteries Preview

erin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:29:05 -0500

The Mirror Mysteries is a fantastical upcoming hidden object game from Gogii Games where a mother is whisked off to seven mysterious lands in search of her lost children after the youngsters disappear into a strange old abandoned house. The Mirror Mysteries is launching in November. Check out some screenshots of the game, or chat about it in our forum.

Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly Preview

erin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:49:51 -0500

Following the success of Death on the Nile and Peril at End House, I-play and Floodlight Games have teamed up again for Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly, a hidden object mystery that brings another of Agatha Christie's classic mystery tales to life.

As a guest at the beautiful Nasse House in the English countryside, you are invited to take part in a thrilling mock-murder game. While visitors follow clues to figure out "whodunit," those in charge find themselves with a rising sense of uncertainty. Could an insider be using this charade as the perfect disguise for some despicable scheme?

Avenue Flo Preview

erin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:23:43 -0500

Poor Flo, she always seems stuck picking up everyone else's slack and single-handedly saving the day, yet she still manages this with a skip in her step and a cheerful smile. The greasy apron-adorned, hard working star of the Diner Dash series is about to embark on a whole new challenge-filled journey in her first adventure game. Gamezebo recently sat down for some hands-on time with Avenue Flo, and we're pleased to report this new twist on the series is going to be a blast.

In Avenue Flo, the daughter of corporate mogul Mr. Big is set to marry Tony the local pizzeria owner when everything goes horribly wrong. Quinn has been hired to put on the wedding, but an uncanny plethora of problems arise at every turn.

Wisegal Preview

erin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:26:51 -0500

Merscom, Lifetime TV and Elephant Games (developers of Lost in the City) are teaming up to release a game based on Wisegal, the TV movie about the life of Patty Montanari, a struggling single mom who becomes involved in organized crime.

In the game, the player takes the role of Patty Montanari in a story that acts as a sequel to the film. Patty Montanari becomes mixed-up with the mafia after the death of her husband to support her sons. Fearing the influence of the "family" on her children, Patty flees to Florida to start over. When her son Nino returns to Brooklyn under mysterious circumstances, Patty must confront a life she thought she had escaped.