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Throw some prawns on the barbie, time to leave the cable cars of San Francisco behind and head for a hum dinger of a trip with the Big City Adventure family in the new hidden object game Big City Adventure: Sydney, Australia. Discover well-known sites like Hyde Park, Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbor Bridge, and Royal Botanical Gardens. Venture beyond the beautiful and famous buildings to Circular Quay, the Domain, markets, and museums. Count on re-experiencing the fun of traveling by the bay in a new setting with a few new features. Read more»

Games like Cate West - The Vanishing Files continue to raise the bar higher for hidden object games. The latest from Gamenauts and RealArcade offers several variations of seek-and-find gameplay threaded together by an engrossing mystery story and polished presentation. Read more»

Natalie Brooks - Secrets of Treasure House brings to life the story of a young woman who has inherited her grandmother's house. Join Natalie on a journey to unravel the mystery of the house and find the treasure contained therein. Meet a series of characters along the way that can help you discover the secrets, though beware - not everyone has Natalie's best interest at heart. Act fast, because the city has plans to build a road right through the property! Read more»

Vicki Nelson is an ex-cop turned private investigator whose eyesight is failing; Henry Fitzroy is a 450-year-old vampire and the illegitimate son of King Henry VIII. Together they're crime fighting's odd couple, investigating unique cases that involve zombies, ghosts and demons. You'll get to step into Vicki and Henry's shoes In Blood Ties, a hidden object game based on the Blood Ties TV show (which in turn is based on Tanya Huff's Blood Books). Read more»

Everything seems to be retro these days - from afros to disco to Alvin and the Chipmunks. So why shouldn't classic PC adventure games make a return in 2008? You know, those point-and-click stories from the '90s like Sierra's King's Quest or LucasArts' Monkey Island games, where your 2-D hero talks with characters, picks up items to store in their inventory and solves puzzles such as using a found key on a locked door. Well, thanks to talented developers at Wadjet Eye Games and their Blackwell series, what's old is new again - right down to the pixilated graphics and branching dialogue trees. While some might be turned off by this approach, Gamezebo found last year's The Blackwell Legacy a fun, refreshing and kitschy experience. Read more»

"Awwww!" Something about animals compels us to fawn over them. PJ Pride: Pet Detective contains plenty of adorable dogs and cats as well as unusual pets like the iguana, monkey, wallaby, and others that aren't so endearing. This hidden object game is a horse of a different color as its story uses hand-drawn illustrations with photo-like scenes for the hidden object portion. Read more»

Santa Claus is missing and Christmas is doomed! Dooooomed! At least, that's what the Abominable Snowman would have you believe. Unless, in the guise of private detective Arthur Knight, you can solve the mystery. So, don your snow gear, sprinkle some magic dust on your noggin and it's off to Christmasville. With a bit of help from Yeti, Reindeer and Elf, you just may discover the truth about Santa before the holiday's ruined. Read more»

The Blackwell Legacy is a bit of a departure from the kind of games Gamezebo usually reviews, but the mature story - about a psychic medium and her "spirit guide" investigating cases of unhappy ghosts - had us intrigued, as did the retro two-dimensional art style that made us fondly recall classic adventure games like King's Quest and Quest for Glory. Read more»

Renowned for its foggy summers, steep hills, eclectic architecture and famous landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island and cable cars, San Francisco is now the site of thousands of cleverly hidden objects in Big City Adventure: San Francisco. That's right. If you're a fan of the hard-to-find, you're in for a delightful time in the city on the bay. Read more»

Just when it seemed like the Mystery Case Files series was settling into a comfortable formula, the folks at Big Fish Games have shaken things up with the third game, Mystery Case Files: Ravenhearst. Read more»