An Interesting Narrative Twist Might Be Hiding In Magical FPS Immortals Of Aveum

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Ascendant Studios' debut game sees you play as a battlemage in an endless war for magical resources.

By Jordan Ramée on

Immortals of Aveum was the latest game to immediately spark my interest with a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, but after a cinematic trailer teased its existence, the studio behind it immediately went radio silent. Even though the EA Original is set to launch this year, developer Ascendant Studios has kept details about its upcoming first-person shooter close to the chest these past few months. I finally got a chance to see what the game looks like in action during a preview event, and it appears to be just the game to scratch my itch for a story-driven single-player shooter. Plus, Gina Torres (Destiny 2's Ikora Rey and Transformers: Prime's Airachnid) voices one of the main characters, and my geeky little heart is ecstatic.

In Immortals of Aveum, you play as Jak, a person who discovers he's Unforeseen--which is a fancy way of saying you unexpectedly develop magic powers as an adult way later than most people do. He also discovers he has the special talent of being able to wield all forces of magic, chaining different abilities together in devastating combinations. Jak is quickly trained as a battlemage under General Kirkan and enlisted into a seemingly endless war between two factions who are each vying for total control of Aveum's magic.

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