Jack Allin
As a games journalist for over twenty years, first as editor in chief of Adventure Gamers and now as co-founder/editor/podcaster at the Adventure Game Hotspot, Jack has written literally thousands of articles that both celebrate the genre's rich history and champion its future by supporting modern developers. He has also edited scripts for dozens of game localizations, and is currently co-writing and designing the upcoming adventure Fogtown.
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First details unearthed from The Mine
Psychological "journey through seventeenth-century Sweden" coming to Windows PC in January... Read more
Carol Reed series lives on in upcoming Dead Drop
Nineteenth installment in popular Swedish detective series coming digitally to PC on January 1st... Read more
Back to the Dawn busts out on Steam Early Access
Complete version of animal prison break adventure-RPG hybrid coming to include second playable character... Read more
The Silent Swan takes flight on PC and PlayStation 5
Minimalist open-world narrative adventure available now both digitally and in physical format on PS5... Read more
True Virus spreads to Xbox, with PC and PlayStation to follow
Port of dark hand-drawn mystery originally released on Switch now available on the Xbox store... Read more
Substitute Priest now presiding on Steam
Hand-painted point-and-click adventure with horror elements available for download on Windows and Mac... Read more
The Endless Dream becomes real on Early Access
Demo also available for first-person 3D psychological puzzle-adventure on Steam for Windows PC... Read more
Spirit of the North to be revived in sequel
New open-world 3D fox adventure unveiled and coming soon to PC and consoles... Read more
Kickstarter to help make October Nightmares a reality
Cosmic horror game from the creator of The Whispering Valley set during the 1970s October Crisis in Canada... Read more
Art Heist – Escape Room Adventure perpetrated by M9 Games
New first-person mystery from M9 Games available on PC, Switch and mobile devices... Read more
FINIS gets started on PC and PlayStation platforms
Choice-driven 3D "psychological evaluation through colors" coming November 2nd to Xbox devices... Read more
Slay the Princess springs to life on Steam and GOG
Demo available on itch.io for subversive choice-driven dark fantasy visual novel... Read more
Demo, Indiegogo campaign detected for Alex Hill
Nancy Drew-styled slideshow mystery series to debut with Whispers at White Oak Inn... Read more
Makoto Wakaido’s Case Files Trilogy Deluxe detected on PC and Switch
Anthology of bite-sized pixel art mysteries available in English for the first time with all-new bonus case... Read more
One Night: Burlesque to open November 3rd
Visual novel-styled murder prevention mystery coming to PC and Nintendo Switch... Read more