Bioware Announces New RPG Shadow Realms

<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">During EA&&num;8217&semi;s briefing at this year&&num;8217&semi;s Gamescom&comma; the publisher announced the latest RPG from Bioware&period; Shadow Realms is a new IP that is being developed by Bioware&&num;8217&semi;s Austin studio&period; Formed in 2006&comma; the studio&&num;8217&semi;s original purpose was to create the Star Wars MMO The Old Republic&period; Shadow Realms will the team&&num;8217&semi;s second game and&comma; just as The Old Republic was&comma; it will be online only&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;64779" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-64779" style&equals;"width&colon; 339px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignleft"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;05083229&sol;shadow-realms-2&period;png"><img class&equals;"wp-image-64779" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;08&sol;05083229&sol;shadow-realms-2&period;png" alt&equals;"shadow realms 2" width&equals;"339" height&equals;"192" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-64779" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Players will have to learn to co-operate and combine their different abilities if they are going to defeat the Shadowlord&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">However this does no mean that it will be an MMO&period; Instead the game is much more influenced by the classic pen and paper RPGs&period; Four players will team up to go on adventures and upgrade their characters&period; The role of the dungeon master will be fulfilled by a fifth person who plays as the Shadowlord&period;  This fifth player has control of almost all aspects of the game and it is their task to  destroy all four of the heroes&period; This 4v1 multiplayer dynamic is certainly interesting although it does sound similar to what is being attempted by the upcoming Microsoft RPG Fable Legends&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The story of the game revolves around a select portion of humanity who are waking up to discover that they are being granted special powers and sent to fight the Shadow Legions of Embra&period; General manager Jeff Hickman has stated that &&num;8220&semi;Shadow Realms is a new BioWare RPG that has the hallmarks of all BioWare games with a rich story&comma; a unique world setting&comma; and deep combat progression&comma; but built as an interactive experience that evolves the genre and broadens the appeal to online gamers all over the world&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">For much more information about Shadow Realms&comma;  check out the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;shadowrealms&period;com&sol;"> official website<&sol;a>&period; The game is expected to launch on PC in late 2015 and may come to consoles as well&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2014&sol;8&sol;13&sol;5997773&sol;shadow-realms-bioware-austin-pc">Polygon<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;