Ascendant Studios has announced a new single-player, first-person shooter calledImmortals of Aveum, which will release on next-gen consoles and PC sometime in 2023. The indie studio is focused on creating AAA titles and was founded in 2018 by Bret Robbins, who served as creative director of 2008’sDead Space.
The company is the new home of a number of industry veterans who have worked on other highly successful andaward-winning titles likeBioShock,Call of Duty,andHalo.So far, Ascendant Studios has been busy assembling a team to work on its debut title, which was announced with an official teaser trailer at The Game Awards 2022 on December 8.
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According to Ascendant,Immortals of Aveumwill “deliver a visceral, cinematic campaign experience.” More precisely, the single-player, first-person shooter will take place in a fantasy universe “rife with conflict and on the verge of oblivion.” From the brief trailer shown at The Game Awards, not much can be discerned about the story, other than that there is some sort of war going on and the combatants use powerful magic in addition to more standard weaponry like war hammers.
The game is being developed with the support of EA Originals, an initiative created by industry giant Electronic Arts to help smaller studios bring their games to the public. The company provides marketing, publishing, and the security of funding so that indie developers can focus on making games. Some of the titles that have come out of the collaboration are thetwoUnravelgames,It Takes Two, Fe,andLost in Random.
SoImmortals of Aveumwill be joining a solid lineup of award-winningindie titles by teaming up with EA Originals. The game is slated for a 2023 launch, though a precise release date has not yet been announced, and will be available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series consoles. Robbins has expressed his enthusiasm about the partnership, stating that EA’s “expertise and resources” will allow the team at Ascendant to make a AAA-caliber game.
A number of other exciting titles were announced at this year’s Game Awards. Fans got afirst look at gameplay forStar Wars Jedi: Survivorand Hideo Kojima finally announcedDeath Stranding 2with a four-minute trailer. But there were also some indie games at the awards show, including the reveals ofHades 2by Supergiant Games andJudasbyBioShockcreator Ken Levine’s Ghost Story Games. Fans of the spooky and creepy also got another brief glimpse ofPost Trauma,which will be published by Raw Fury.
Immortals of Aveumis currently in development for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
