Guardian Episode One is a text-based interactive game from writer Edwin McRae and the Auckland game studio Metia Interactive. Part one of a trilogy of adventures focussing on a young Māori warrior in a dark fantasy version of Aotearoa (New Zealand), the Guardian series is a hybrid historical/science-fiction story that draws on the mythology of […]
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We’ve got quite a variety of new interactive games to report on this month – there’s surely something for everybody in this interesting and diverse selection! Trap for Winners A sci-fi interactive narrative featuring tabletop elements, Trap for Winners is the forthcoming title currently in development from Prime Games (developer of Hwarang and Kumiho,
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The third and concluding gamebook in the Midnight Legion sci-fi adventure series, Portal of Life is now seeking funding via Kickstarter. The Midnight Legion gamebooks form a highly advanced, strategic, colour illustrated trilogy set in a distant post-apocalyptic future, where you collect information, knowledge and goods from the world around you to advance your character.
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An Illustrated gamebook featuring 777 sections, Interstellar Terra by John Kirk is an epic adventure in which you teleport from your home planet, Terra, which is located in a futuristic parallel universe, to an unknown world discovered in deep space. You are an accomplished scientist, an expert in astronomy and interplanetary teleportation. Originating from a
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Choice of Games have released their latest game, I, Cyborg, a 300,000-word interactive space opera by Tracy Canfield. Outfly, outshoot, and outwit your enemies as an outlaw cyborg on the run! You’re a cyborg copy of Ypsilanti Rowe, the interstellar outlaw, whose enemies (and exes) are gunning for you. Can you upgrade your brain and
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This month’s extensive round-up includes a choice selection of recently released and upcoming titles, covering sci-fi, horror, fantasy and cyberpunk – in print and digital formats. You Are Deadpool All five issues of Marvel’s unique interactive adventure YOU ARE DEADPOOL, have now been released. Written by Al Ewing with art by Salva Espin (issues
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Scholastic have released the next six books in their relaunch of the Fighting Fantasy series, which includes Charlie Higson’s brand-new Allansian adventure The Gates of Death. Are YOU brave enough to face the all-powerful queen of Chaos, growing ever more monstrous behind the Gates of Death? A terrible plague has devastated Allansia, striking its people
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Tunnels & Trolls Adventures Hot Pursuit has been expanded as per Golden Dust, Red Death – it’s now a full-length adventure, with more to discover, battle and outsmart. The price has been raised for the new content, but you get it all for FREE if you’ve already bought it! New dangers and rewards lurk in
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Choice of Games has just released Highway Wars – a 190,000 word interactive post-apocalyptic novel by Adrao (author of Tokyo Wizard, and co-author of Lost In The Pages and Starship Adventures – all published by Choice of Games). Inspired by Ian Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy gamebook Freeway Fighter, and the Mad Max series of feature films,
The first gamebook of a new series from Disney Lucasfilm Press, Choose Your Destiny: A Han & Chewie Adventure, puts you in the middle of all the Star Wars action, making choices for Han and Chewie as they face down Imperial fighters, dangerous criminals and more. Written by author and comic writer Cavan Scott (Doctor
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There’s been quite a bit of activity in the last few weeks regarding games and books that GBN has been following, so here’s a quick round-up of a few that have recently become available: Dust and Salt Prime Games’ text-based tactical adventure game, Dust and Salt, is now available on Steam. A compelling medieval story
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Midnight Arcade: Crypt Quest/Space Battles is the first release in a new CYOA-style adventure series in which you find yourself in a 80s-era haunted video arcade. Written by Gabe Soria and illustrated by Kendall Hale, the Midnight Arcade series consists of play-your-way adventure tales, suitable for ages 9 and above, in which you determine the course
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The CORE, a private research station, 2352. Celebrity scientist Jonathan Campbell awakens to this fallen utopia and must search for his loved ones – with the help of L, a mysterious AI companion. The Mind’s Eclipse is a brooding sci-fi visual novel from developer Mind’s Eclipse Interactive. Featuring hand-drawn graphics and emotional narrative-driven gameplay, The
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Path of Discovery: Europa is an atmospheric, choice-based, sci-fi game from Serbian game development studio Eipix Entertainment. This CYOA-style game is tailored with Alexa Echo Show in mind – Amazon’s voice-controlled smart device with a 7″ touchscreen. What this means is that the player can navigate through the story in classic skill manner using verbal
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