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Devolver announces online combat RPG Absolver

Former Ubisoft devs are mixing an online-RPG with beat 'em up mechanics.
Jonas Mäki Editor Sweden 27 May 2016

Indie publisher Devolver Digital (Hotline Miami, Serious Sam) has just announced what seems to be a highly original title called Absolver. It is developed by Sloclap, mainly consisting of ex-Ubisoft staff who decided to start their very own studio and create a genre mashup between fighting, action and online RPG.

Sloclap describes their game as "a kick-ass online action game, with visceral martial arts style combat [set] in a fantasy world, in which players meet each other seamlessly during their travels".

On the American Playstation blog we can read that a "new story unfolds at each encounter: what are the other's intentions? Will we fight to the death or become allies, trading weapons and teaching each other new attacks?"

Below is the first trailer and screens, the launch is expected sometime next year for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Absolver will be playable at E3 2016 and gameplay is set to debut on Twitch June 14 at 01:00 (BST) at twitch.tv/twitch.

Editor Sweden Jonas Mäki has written for Gamereactor since 2002, becoming an editor in 2007. He covers the video game industry across news, releases and the business side, with a particular interest in sales figures and where the industry is heading.
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