Adventure Games to be excited about in 2026

The video is a podcast episode of the Adventure Game Hotspot podcast, hosted by Joshua Cleveland and Jack Allin. They discuss adventure games released in the first two months of 2026 and anticipated games for the rest of the year.

**Adventure Games Discussed:**

* **Inkl games:**

* ***Earth Must Die***:

* ***Perfect Tides***:

* ***Shadows of the Afterland***:

* ***Reanimal***

* ***Life is Strange: Reunion***

* ***Anomalous Use Protocol***

* ***Anttos***

* ***Directive 8020***

* ***Crushed in Time***

* ***The Dark Eye***

**Anticipated Games (Likely not 2026 releases):**

* **Tex Murphy - Under Killing Moon remake:** Started as a fan remake, but the original team, including Chris Jones and Matt Von Rune, are now involved. A Kickstarter was recently announced.

* ***Less Miserables***: The next game from the creators of *Protagonist*. It is a hand-drawn spoof of *Les Misérables*.

* ***Gilt***: Ben Chandler's project, with Dave Gilbert providing support. Chandler is the artist for Wadjet Eye's biggest games. The game has a "really unique premise" and is ambitious.

**Media & Entertainment in 2026**

The hosts also discussed movies and TV shows they are looking forward to in 2026, including:

* ***The Magician's Nephew***: A Narnia movie funded by Netflix and directed by the director of *Barbie*. The host is excited they are starting with this prequel instead of remaking *The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe*.

* ***Spider-Man Noir***: A live-action TV series on Amazon Prime starring Nicholas Cage as a 1930s detective Spider-Man.

* ***Spider-Man: Brand New Day***: A new Tom Holland Spider-Man movie.

* ***Alex Cross*** (new season): One host enjoyed the first season, finding it an easier-to-digest adaptation of the books with an added "tough guy" element to the main character.

* ***Coyote vs. Acme***: A live-action and animated movie about Wile E. Coyote suing the Acme Company for faulty products. It involves James Gunn.

* ***The Bride***: A Frankenstein story starring Christian Bale, Jake Gyllenhaal, Annette Benning, Peter Sarsgard, Jesse Buckley, and Penelope Cruz, and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

* ***The Mandalorian and Grogu***: The movie extension of *The Mandalorian* series.

* ***The Odyssey***: The next Christopher Nolan movie, based on Odysseus after the Trojan War, starring Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Jon Bernthal, and Robert Pattinson.

* ***Blade Runner***: A new TV show set for release in 2026.

* ***He-Man***: A live-action movie.

Video was recorded using Google Meet.

Description was scribed by Google Meet's transcription summary

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