The BBC announced today a new series of episodic Doctor Who video games for PC and Mac. They’ll be free, even, isn’t that awesome?

Doctor Who: The Adventure Games will be executive produced by current showrunner Steven Moffat, and developed by Sumo Digital and Charles Cecil, one of the biggest names in adventure gaming.

Those hoping for David Tennant’s version of The Doctor appearing will be disappointed, however, as the games are adaptations of the current season. Matt Smith, the current Doctor, and Karen Gillian, companion Amy Pond, will be digitally recreated in-game and provide the voices for their respective characters. Unfortunately they seem to be occupying the uncanny valley at this point, which you can see from the screens below.

And let the record state, that I. Fucking. Called it! Boo-yah!

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Once upon a time, adventure games were the proverbial kings of PC gaming, entertaining gamers everywhere with a heavy focus on well-written stories and strong, realistic characters. Adventure games had their best run during the late 80′s and early 90′s, before suddenly dying out. So what happened to the adventure games, and where are they now?

In this three part series, we’ll be taking a look at the history of the adventure game and possibly try to predict a future for them as well.

In this second instalment we take a look at the decline and near eradication of adventure games

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Ubisort has aquired the rights to Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars, and is releasing the two for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.

Both games will be a Director’s Cut version with a tighter storyline that ties more neatly into the game’s predescessors and subsequent followers. More puzzles will also be added, as well as a User Interface to match the control schemes of both consoles.

Both games will release March next year.

Full press release and screenshots after the break.

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