Realms of Arkania trilogy invades Good Old Games

Class of Heroes released

Atlus U.S.A. has released Class of Heroes, a first-person, old-school CRPG dungeon crawler for PSP to select retailers across North America. In the game, players don the role of a student enrolled in Particus Academy, whose main curriculum focuses on teaching would-be adventurers the ins and outs of surviving a vast and connected labyrinth underneath the entire world.

Class of Heroes promises over 500 character possibilities derived from 10 races, 2 genders, 3 alignments, and 15 majors. Changing your majors provides for further customization at higher levels. Another promise is over 80 hours of first-person dungeon crawling in an ever-changing 3D labyrinth containing more than 75 maps full of puzzles, traps, and treasure. Naturally you’ll battle hundreds of monsters and uncover over 1300 item types along the way. Finally, there’s an alchemy system offering more than 400 recipes, giving you the ability to synthesize new items from random components found in the labyrinths, as well as customize your weapons’ attributes, range, and strength.

Class of Heroes is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB and is available now.

Geneforge: The Final Chapter

Indie game developer Spiderweb Software announced Geneforge 5: Overthrow for Windows and Macintosh. This new game will serve as the final game in the Geneforge series. Geneforge 5 brings the story of the Shapers (a secretive sect of wizards with the ability to create life) to a climactic finish. Th game opens with a land ravaged by war as two sides fight for control of the world - the Shapers and the Rebels. The balance is so delicate in this tug of war that one hero (you) could tip the scales and end the war. Geneforge 5: Overthrow presents an open storyline that lets the player choose one of five factions - each with their own paths to bring an end to the war. Players can use stealth, diplomacy or sheer force or just wander aimlessly killing anything that moves.

Jeff Vogel’s Spiderweb Software has created some of the best independently developed role-playing games on the planet, so we have high hopes that this latest game will do the same. Learn more by visiting www.spiderwebsoftware.com.