The latest issue ofEdgemagazine reveals a brand new game from the developers ofJust Cause, described as an open world fantasy title. It’s calledAionGuard, and it looksvery promisingindeed.
AionGuardis being described as a giant battlefield full of thousands-strong armies, dragons that can be piloted, and magical monsters the size of houses. It’s been in development for two years already and is currently looking for a publisher. I doubt it will struggle for long in that regard.
TheAionGuardof the title are a race of powerful warriors who have merged with symbiotic armor to gain magical power. A bit like Venom then, although the studio prefers to describe them as more a cocktail of “WWI dogfighter pilots, Samurai and medieval knights.”
These guys want to recapture the world after their civilization was devastated, and are currently invading realms occupied by theNazurbaal, who are “harvesting” the land for presumably nefarious ends. Since it’s open-world, you’re able to explore the battlefield to disrupt supply lines, befriend local tribes or capture “Geo nodes” to make the enemy strongholds easier to attack.
There’s no talk of online yet (boo), but developer Avalanche is promising it will contain things that matchthe “finest set-pieces videogaming has to offer.” A bold claim indeed, but you have to love a studio with ambition.
