Avernum 4 due next year

Spiderweb Software today announced the upcoming release of , an update to its epic fantasy-role-playing adventure designed to return games "to the enormous underworld nation of Avernum, whose shadowy lands are once again facing horrible peril. Avernum is a nation underground. Its pale people live in endless miles of tunnels, pits, and gigantic caverns. Some come to Avernum to work the mines. Others come to hunt monsters for their treasure. And some risk life in the underworld because it is the only place where a person can be free from the total rule of the Empire." Avernum 4 is a fantasy role-playing adventure that includes multitudes of characters, hundreds of side quests, and traps, tricks, and treasures. Avernum 4 will be $25, or $32 with a hint book; it will ship in early 2006.

by MacNN Staff