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Immortals of Aveum is like Call of Duty in a fantasy game | hands-on preview

May 31, 2023

Yes, that’s right. It’s like Call of Duty, where you shoot a variety of magic weapons that make you feel like you’re playing an FPS set in a fantasy world.

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Immortals of Aveum: The Final Preview

May 31, 2023

Fast-paced, magic-fueled combat plus Unreal Engine 5 might make this a must-see FPS this Summer.

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Immortals of Aveum is a sophisticated and spellbinding FPS that’s more than “Call of Duty with magic”

May 31, 2023

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IMMORTALS OF AVEUM FEELS LIKE EA’S NEXT BIG SINGLE-PLAYER FRANCHISE

May 31, 2023

It’s not quite magic Call of Duty, but the stellar production and exciting action isn’t far off.

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GETTING STARTED WITH IMMORTALS OF AVEUM’S COMBAT

May 31, 2023

Taking the role of a Magnus, you’ll need to use all of the tools and every spell at Jak’s disposal in order to survive the Everwar.

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Making a single-player magic shooter in a multiplayer military world

May 17, 2023

Ascendant’s Bret Robbins says he “didn’t really have a choice” but to make Immortals of Aveum after leaving Call of Duty development

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THE BLEEDING-EDGE TECH POWERING IMMORTALS OF AVEUM™

April 20, 2023

The developers at Ascendant Studios reveal what Unreal Engine 5.1 brings to the world of Aveum.

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Welcome to Aveum

April 14, 2023

Welcome, Magnus. It’s time for you to begin your path to join the Immortals, champion protectors of Aveum.

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Here’s what ‘Call of Duty, but with magic’ looks like in action

April 13, 2023

Sometimes the simplest description is the awesomest

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Celebrating 4 Years as Ascendant Studios

December 9, 2022

At Ascendant, we recently celebrated our fourth anniversary as a studio and have big things we’re looking forward to in our fifth year.

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The Call to Create a New IP

After 26 years in the games industry, Bret Robbins (Founder & CEO at Ascendant Studios) felt it was time to begin something new. He had spent his career working on world-famous franchises like Lord of the Rings, 007 James Bond, and directing multiple Call of Duty campaigns, but there was something about his experience creating an original IP from scratch, like Dead Space, that kept calling to him.

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Dreaming up a new game and the studio to create it

"I remember working on one of the Call of Duty levels and thinking, what if instead of a helicopter, that was a dragon. And instead of RPG explosions, those were fireballs. And instead of soldiers, we were all battle mages, firing off spells and wrecking the place.

And I stopped and thought ‘Where is that game? I want to play that game!'"

Investing in the Vision

"I had an opportunity to just sit and write for about four months. I would park myself at a small cafe and work on the game design document and the story outline. It was a time of allowing myself to think that anything was possible and I could design whatever I wanted. Since then, a lot of the ideas have changed and gotten better, but the heart of what I wrote back then is still the vision for the game today."

When a surprising opportunity strikes

"We had been going for about a month when we heard that Telltale Games was shutting down and that the entire staff had just been laid off. Someone heard that they were commiserating over at a nearby bar, so we drove over and started meeting with people.

I hired about a half dozen people that day, including my Art Director."

Building a sustainable culture

"One thing I learned over years of working at different studios is that the culture starts at the top. I don't want people to crunch and burnout, because I personally don't want to do that either. I want people to feel that they are being treated fairly and honestly. I put a high premium on being open and transparent with the team, and I think that's surprisingly rare in our industry."

A partnership to launch Immortals of Aveum

"Just when we were getting into full game production, we started to attract attention from publishers. It was a very validating moment. We chose to partner with EA because we knew they could reach the biggest audience, and their Originals label had a great track. We also kept creative control and ownership of the game, which was key for us."

Game News

Immortals of Aveum is like Call of Duty in a fantasy game | hands-on preview

Immortals of Aveum: The Final Preview

Immortals of Aveum is a sophisticated and spellbinding FPS that’s more than “Call of Duty with magic”

IMMORTALS OF AVEUM FEELS LIKE EA’S NEXT BIG SINGLE-PLAYER FRANCHISE

GETTING STARTED WITH IMMORTALS OF AVEUM’S COMBAT

Making a single-player magic shooter in a multiplayer military world

THE BLEEDING-EDGE TECH POWERING IMMORTALS OF AVEUM™

Welcome to Aveum

Here’s what ‘Call of Duty, but with magic’ looks like in action

Celebrating 4 Years as Ascendant Studios

Let’s build the next big thing together.