Ascendant Studios has partnered with Electronic Arts’s EA Originals Label to release the studio’s debut title, Immortals of Aveum. Ascendant Studios is an team of veteran developers with BAFTA and Game of the Year award-winning experience. Immortals of Aveum is billed as a “groundbreaking new single-player, first-person magic shooter that delivers a visceral, cinematic campaign experience.” The game is set in an original fantasy universe engulfed in magic, rife with conflict, and on the verge of oblivion. You can check out the teaser trailer below.
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Based out of San Rafael, California, the team at Ascendant is made up of industry-leading talent who have led award-winning and best-selling projects, including Dead Space, Call of Duty, Halo, BioShock and more. Together, they are boldly re-imagining the future of big-budget, AAA video game development and defying what we’ve come to expect from first-person shooters. Studio founder Bret Robbin had this to say about the studio, “I founded Ascendant Studios to make original and epic games, and here we are, four years later, about to finish our first one. What started as a crazy, exciting idea has grown into a crazy, exciting triple-A game. I chose EA as our publishing partner because we know they’ll help Immortals of Aveum reach the biggest audience possible. I’m thrilled to have the expertise and resources of EA backing us and I can’t wait for everyone to play!”
“The roster of talent Bret and his team at Ascendant Studios have gathered under one roof is incredible; they are exactly the right team to bring an ambitious project like this to life,” said Jeff Gamon, General Manager of EA Partners. “Every team member has a wealth of experience developing many of gaming’s biggest cinematic action and first-person shooter games over the past decade. Immortals of Aveum is the result of Ascendant’s vast collective experience and great ambition, fused with their bold and creative vision. EA Partners is proud and excited to collaborate with Ascendant in launching this epic, action-packed brand new IP; a game players will never forget.”
It will release on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2023.
