Jeff Hickman from Bioware Austin was among the speakers at this year's EA Gamescom press conference, and he had pleasure of announcing the next new IP from Bioware, Shadow Realms.
We've known that the announcement was coming thanks to a concerted teaser a campaign, whereby the the tagline "you've been chosen" was broadcast alongside a series of trailers. Well, now we have some solid details, and here they are.
The game is to feature gameplay inspired by old tabletop RPG games, with one player taking control of the typical "dungeon master" role. 4vs1 battles (it's an emerging trend, with games like Fable Legends and Evolve using the same numbers) will play out across a backdrop of story-driven encounters. There'll be four teammates facing off against a player-controlled enemy. Gamers can therefore play as or against "The Insidious One".
Narrative is to be released episodically, like a TV series, reveals coming over time and experienced together by the community. The game is heading to PC (and, at this stage, it's PC only) late next year, although if you can't wait that long, you can sign up for alpha here. We'll add in the reveal trailer as soon as we've got it.