Sołtys is Now Free, Open-Source, and in English

The ScummVM downloads page now has a new playable freeware game. That game is LK Avalon's Sołtys, an adventure game where a groom runs away at the alter of his arranged wedding, and the bride's father goes off to find him.

The game was originally available only in Polish, but the freeware release is available in its original Polish language, and, for the first time, an English translation is also available. The game can be played with a ScummVM daily build.

Simon the Sorcerer Enhanced Soundtrack 2.1

James Woodcock's Music Enhancement Project, the project where James Woodcock uses a Yamaha Tyros4 keyboard to create music that is faithful to the original MIDI music in the games, has had an update today.


The Simon the Sorcerer Enhanced Soundtrack has been updated. The second song (track02.ogg) had a single note that was out of place, which has now been fixed in this latest release. As with all of his enhanced soundtracks, this is playable with the original game using ScummVM.

Along with Simon the Sorcerer, he also released ScummVM compatible music for the games Simon the Sorcerer, Discworld and Inherit the Earth.

ScummVM Supports BASS Enhanced Soundtrack

James Woodcock's Music Enhancement Project is a project where James Woodcock uses a Yamaha Tyros4 keyboard to create music that is faithful to the original MIDI music in the games, since modern MIDI output is so variable and rarely sounds like the developers intended.

Beneath a Steel Sky is available for free from the daily builds of the point and click adventure game interpreter, ScummVM.

James Woodcock also released ScummVM compatible music for the games Simon the Sorcerer, Discworld and Inherit the Earth. You'll need to own these games in order to play these enhanced soundtracks, because, unlike Beneath a Steel Sky, they aren't freeware.

All Episodes of Jurassic Park Are Out Now!

All four episodes of the Telltale Games episodic Jurassic Park: The Game are out now for PC, Mac, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. iPad gamers only get episode 1, as the game is being released episodically on that platform.  The remaining three games will come out for iPad in the upcoming months.

People who ordered the deluxe pack from Telltale can also download the soundtrack and commentary from the bottom of their "My Telltale" page.

ScummVM 1.4.0 "10th Anniversary" Released

ScummVM, the program that lets you run many 2D point and click adventure games (most LucasArts, Sierra, Revolution, Adventure Soft, etc.) on modern systems and video game consoles, has been updated.

This release includes support for a new adventure game (Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch), a new children's game (Blue's Birthday Adventure), and a new non-adventure RPG game based on the same engine as the Kyrandia games (Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos). This brings the total amount of games (including non-adventures but not including fan games and demos) supported by ScummVM up to 172!

Tales of Monkey Island Episode 1 for iPhone

Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, the first episode of Tales of Monkey Island, is now available for the iPhone from the iTunes app store.  No announcement has been made, as of yet, about whether the remaining four episodes will also be coming to the iPhone as well.

L.A. Noire Complete Edition for PC is Out Now

The L.A. Noire Complete Edition, a PC release of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 noire detective game L.A. Noire, has been released. The PC version contains the full game, originally developed by defunct Australian Studio Team Bondi and Rockstar North, as well as all console DLC from the game, including the 'Nicholson Electroplating' Arson case, 'Reefer Madness' Vice case, 'The Consul's Car' Traffic case, 'The Naked City' Vice case, 'A Slip of the Tongue' Traffic case, The Badge Pursuit Challenge, and all weapons and outfits released to date.