The Adrenaline Vault, often shortened to AVault, was an American video game website based in Irving, Texas, founded in 1995 and active until 2013.

"[5] Notable staff members included publisher Brian Clair, who would go on to work as a producer on Sins of a Solar Empire[6] and director of publishing at Stardock,[7] editor Emil Pagliarulo, future video game designer at Bethesda,[8] and staff writer Pete Hines, future Senior Vice President at Bethesda.

The Federal Trade Commission determined that the attacks were perpetrated by a Portuguese hacker and an Australian pornographic website, and obtained an injunction to stop the scam.

[15] In 1996, the Detroit Free Press selected the Adrenaline Vault as the "top-of-the-line" webzine on PC gaming, praising the site's succinct, straightforward, informative writing.

[21] The Sydney Morning Herald considered the Adrenaline Vault "one of the most respected sources of independent and unbiased opinion", primarily on PC gaming but with "always insightful" views on console coverage.