Dreamfall gets a North American publisher

Written by Jack Allin — January 4, 2006 at 13:13

Funcom made a somewhat surprising announcement today in revealing that Aspyr Media will be the North American publisher for Dreamfall, the highly-anticipated sequel to The Longest Journey.

Aspyr, a publisher more renowned for producing Mac titles, is making its first PC foray into the adventure genre with Dreamfall. Saying there's "nothing like it in the market place," Aspyr president Michael Rogers enthusiastically describes Dreamfall as "the next generation of adventure games." According to Rogers, Aspyr's interest in the game began the first time they saw it, as they were "captivated by the art direction, pulled in by the gripping storyline, and impressed by its sophisticated gameplay variety."

As most Adventure Gamers readers will know, Dreamfall returns players to the world(s) first explored with April Ryan in TLJ. Taking place a decade later, the sequel promises that "not only will those who enjoyed the first game find out what really happened to April, new players can start afresh by following the new protagonist, Zoe Castillo, as she becomes involved in a conspiracy threatening the very future of mankind."

Dreamfall is scheduled for release on PC and Xbox in spring 2006.