GBN has been excited to be in touch with Don Bosco, an award-winning writer and publisher of thrilling fiction for teens and children, and founder of the publishing studio Super Cool Books. In 2019, Don published his latest gamebook: Last Kid Running, Welcome to the Scramble. Here is its synopsis! LAST KID RUNNING is a …
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A narrative survival game from Polish indie studio Baby Bison Games, Survive the Blackout is set in a dark post-apocalyptic world where a mysterious global power outage sends civilisation spiralling into chaos. You become the reluctant leader of a small group of survivors, helping them to reach a safe haven. During the journey, every step …
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New Gaia is the new sci-fi gamebook from Samuel Isaacson – the author of The Altimer (released earlier this year) – which takes place in the same mid-22nd Century setting following the discovery of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. This second interactive adventure in the Entram trilogy picks up from where the storyline of The Altimer concludes: …
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Choice of Games has created a new Heart’s Choice label for interactive adventures that place romance at the center of the story, and you at the center of the romance. Every game is filled with vivid fully-developed characters and complex narratives that respond to your choices, and every path is always open; you’ll never be …
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Backbone: Prologue is a game demo of an upcoming noir-inspired detective adventure from Canadian developer EggNut, where you get to play as a highly relatable raccoon in a trench coat. Step into the shoes of Howard Lotor – anthropomorphic raccoon and private eye – and explore the beautifully rendered 2.5D pixel art environments of dystopian …
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A distinctively different type of gamebook experience, Omniverse: Book 1 – Prologue by Leona Rose is a unique puzzle adventure that combines interactive fiction with the immersive mechanics of RPGs, video games and escape rooms – all wrapped up in a wonderfully gloomy dystopian narrative. Its non-linear emergent gameplay is presented in a format that …
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The third part of Joe Dever’s post-apocalyptic Freeway Warrior series has now been released by Swedish publisher Åskfågeln. As with the two previous books, this updated new edition of The Omega Zone is another beautifully produced hardcover, featuring a wrap-around dust jacket with a full-colour region map printed on the inside, handy book ribbons, and …
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Ian Livingstone’s Freeway Fighter #1 (of 4) Titan ComicsWriter: Andi EwingtonArtist: Simon ColebyColorist: Len O’GradyFC • 32pp • $3.99On Sale: May 17, 2017 Cover A: Simon Coleby & Len O’GradyCover B: Ben OliverCover C: Orlando Arocena
To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of Westward Dystopia on Android, Greek Winter Media’s excellent post-apocalyptic Wasteland adventure is now available as a completely FREE app, featuring no annoying paywalls or advertisements! The entire Westward Dystopia story is freely accessible, however, if you enjoy the app you can then upgrade to the paid version, which contains …
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Jeffrey Dean’s impressively elaborate and skilful world-building has already been on display throughout the preceding volumes of his ‘Road Less Traveled’ series: both Westward Dystopia and Spire Ablaze have delivered detailed story-driven adventures overflowing with an assortment of interesting and complex characters, memorable environments and unique situations. Book 3: The Lords of Benaeron continues his …
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The long-awaited new gamebook from J. Pingo Lindstrom has now been released! This post-apocalyptic adventure is the largest book in the Random Solo Adventure series so far, featuring 224 pages of tense adventuring in The Wasteland. Decades ago the world was crushed in a disaster few of the living remember. You know that the key …
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Ian Livingstone’s 1985 Fighting Fantasy adventure FREEWAY FIGHTER is being adapted into a full throttle comic series by Titan Comics: Critically acclaimed writer Andi Ewington (Just Cause 3, The Six) teams up with original creator Ian Livingstone and artist Simon Coleby for FREEWAY FIGHTER – a furious, three-part road trip like no other, speeding from …
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You just can’t stop the zombie advance as they determinedly shuffle their way into every single corner of modern print and electronic media. I’m not a major fan of these decomposing antagonists, but they’ve certainly found many friends who enthusiastically enjoy their gruesomely destructive ways. Thankfully, Highway to Hell joins this wealth of current material …
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Jeffrey Dean has now released the third book in his fascinating ‘Road Less Traveled’ series of post-apocalyptic gamebooks – The Lords of Benaeron. Lead a rebellion to victory in The Lords of Benaeron, a hybrid gamebook that combines a traditional branching-path narrative with a sweeping cityscape rife with opportunities for open-world exploration! Tackle stealth missions, …
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