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Release thread for Immortals of Aveum!

Description

BE THE BATTLEMAGE
Join the Order of the Immortals, the champion protectors of Lucium, and become Jak, an elite Triarch Magnus. Unleash magic spells with deadly skill, and decimate legions of enemies in a game that defies FPS conventions.

MASTER YOUR MAGIC
Experience fast, fluid, first-person, spell-based combat that’s easy to learn and satisfying to master. In Immortals of Aveum, magic is at the core of both offense and defense. Creatively leverage all three forces of magic and be rewarded for chained attacks and well-timed counters.

UNLEASH YOUR ARSENAL OF SPELLS
Unlock and upgrade more than 25 Spells and 80 Talents. Discover, upgrade, and craft hundreds of pieces of magical gear. Then synergize your playstyle across all three forces of magic and become Aveum’s most powerful Triarch Magnus.

SAVE A WORLD ON THE EDGE OF ABYSS
An Unforeseen, Jak, is thrust into the Everwar – an endless struggle between Lucium and Rasharn over the control of magic. Jak and Lucium’s elite Immortals must race to uncover the mysteries of Aveum’s past, if there’s any hope of saving its future.

(From the official webpage)

Details

Developer: Ascendant Studios
Publisher: EA
Price:

• Standard: 59.99 USD
• Deluxe: 69.99 USD

Links

• Website | Official YouTube | Launch Trailer

Stores

Steam | Epic | EA Store

Reviews

• IGN - 8

• Game Informer - 8

• Wccftech - 6.5

• Gamespot - 5

• VG247 - 3/5

• Eurogamer - 2/5

• Rock Paper Shotgun

• Polygon

Requirements

Minimum - (1080p/60fps)

**OS: 64 bit Windows 10
Processor(AMD): AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Processor(Intel): Intel Core i7-9700
Memory: 16GB (Dual-channel)
Graphics Card(AMD): Radeon RX 5700XT (8GB)
Graphics Card(Nvidia): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super (VRAM 8 GB)
Direct X: 12
Online Connection Requirements: Yes
Hard Drive Space: 110 GB SSD

Recommended (1440p/60fps)

OS: 64 bit Windows 10
Processor(AMD): AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Processor(Intel): Intel Core i7-12700
Memory: 16GB (Dual-channel)
Graphics Card(AMD): AMD Radeon RX 6800XT (VRAM 16 GB)
Graphics Card(Nvidia): NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti (VRAM 12 GB)
Direct X: 12
Online Connection Requirements: Yes
Hard Drive Space: 110 GB SSD

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This guide will provide everything you need to know to watch gamescom and IGN’s biggest events within, including when each event starts, a list of places you can stream them live with us, and what you can expect to see at gamescom 2023.

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Tuesday, August 22

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Welcome to Aveum, a world shaped by millennia of conflict and bloodshed. Its five kingdoms have been reduced to only two superpowers: Lucium and Rasharn. Between them lies the Wound, an infinitely deep chasm in the center of the world, its cracks dividing the kingdoms.

You'll play as Jak, an unexpected Triarch Magnus - an Unforeseen - who is thrust into the midst of mankind’s endless war for the control of magic, known as the Everwar.

With powerful magic-wielders and legions of soldiers on both sides of the Everwar, Jak and the elite Order of Immortals must uncover the mysteries of Aveum's troubled past, if there's any hope for saving its future.
Immortals of Aveum™ is a single-player first-person magic shooter releasing on August 22, 2023! There's still time to pre-order Immortals of Aveum and receive the Purified Arclight Sigil* – a unique blue Arclight sigil that increases Shred on Jak’s blue Strike spells, while also boosting the damage of his Shatter Fury spell.

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