Russell Fourie-Kidson wouldn't call himself a gamer in the traditional sense—not at first. While other serious gamers fired headshots in CoD, He dove headfirst into The Sims. For him, gaming has ...

First launching in 1977, Zork was a series of text-based adventures games that influenced the creation of MMORPGs.

Microsoft acquired the licence to Zork when it purchased Activision, which in turn nabbed the IP when it bought Infocom back ...

Fond of weirdly obscure titles since childhood, Ivanir has been captivated by many Japanese games over the years. Some of his most passionate topics are the Dept. Heaven series, Summon Night ...

Microsoft announced today that it has open sourced the code for the first three Zork text adventure games along with their ...

Back in the very early days of home computers, onscreen imagery was a bit rubbish so text-based adventure games ruled the gaming roost. The Ink Console is aiming to rekindle this retro vibe by ...

Publisher Flyhigh Works and developer Team9 have released a Switch version of text adventure game Word Game via Nintendo eShop in Japan (Japanese) and Hong Kong (Traditional Chinese) for 3,600 yen, ...

It can sometimes feel like the term “adventure game” doesn’t actually refer to anything when shopping for games online. It’s a gargantuan umbrella term that can encompass most styles and subgenres in ...

The adventure game niche is broad, including everything from visual novels to rich, open-world RPGs. They all have something in common, though — exceptional stories that reward curiosity and ...