GameOver and Gaming Chart have posted their reviews of Runaway: A Road Adventure. Here's a clip from Gaming Chart:

If you were at all a fan of the MacGyver television series, you will be thrilled with the character of Brian and the challenges that await him. Basically, the game amounts to an extended series of puzzles in which Brian collects objects and combines or manipulates them for the purposes of solving a puzzle and advancing in the game.

Microids has changed the release date for Syberia 2 from Fall 2003 to Q1 2004. Reason given for this delay is "to give Syberia mastermind Benoit Sokal and his team extra/sufficient time to deliver the best product possible".

Spector Studios has released some screenshots and a trailer from their adventure game Bonzo: Escape from Olympus. The 3D adventure is made by the Ukrainian developer Spector Studio, and has just gone gold in Russia, although there are no publishers for the rest of the world yet. Gamer's Hell offers the screenshots and the trailer.

In Bonzo, you take on the role of "a student who falls into the mysterious world of Ancient Greece. Mistakenly taken for the Greek Hero Hercules, he has to accomplish many tasks and exploits before he returns home."

Gamer's Hell has posted some new details regarding Ubi Soft's upcoming adventure In Memoriam.

Developed by Lexis Numerique, In Memoriam is a mixture of cinema, interactivity, video games and Internet. In this innovating thriller, you must find what happened to two journalists who have mysteriously disappeared. Your investigations will lead you in various places - from Paris to Istanbul - but also the internet, where you'll have to do some searches, as well as contacting some real persons by email. The game will be published by Ubi Soft this Fall.

Game Chronicles Magazine has interviewed Maciej Miasik of Detalion about their upcoming adventure Mysterious Journey II: Chameleon, the sequel to Schizm. Here's a clip:

GCM: Storytelling in Mysterious Journey II seems to be a major focus of the development team. What can you tell us about the story?

 

Maciej Miasik: Good stories are something the good adventures really need and with every game we develop our goal is to offer a better story. The biggest step in achieving this goal was our accidental encounter with Terry Dowling - one of Australia's most respected and internationally acclaimed writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. He is also a dedicated adventure gamer and we quickly discovered that we have a lot in common. We needed someone who could take care of our storytelling needs and Terry was excited to try his chances in game development. Terry’s involvement in the game development is progressing with each game. He adapted our stories at first then created his story to suit our gameplay. We think that in the next game he will have a significant influence. Despite the fact that his experience comes from non-interactive entertainment, he adapts very quickly to new challenges and also understands new limits very well.

The TechTV video game review show X-Play has reviewed Syberia for the X-Box, giving it a very impressive 4 out of 5. For those not familiar with the show, it generally favors console action games, and is also very stingy with giving good reviews, all of which makes this high score a very impressive feat.

The full review can be found here.

Razbor, the developer behind the upcoming Legacy - Dark Shadows told Adventure Gamers today that the game will be completed this November, although they are still looking for a publisher.

In Legacy - Dark Shadows you take on the role as Rene Silver, a private investigator with an elaborate criminal record. The story spans many years, from a prologue set in 1942 to a future world of harsh bureaucracy in 2138. To read more, check out our preview.

Watch Adventure Gamers, as we will bring more information on this title shortly.