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Lichdom: Battlemage trailer, E3 2014

By Samit Sarkar on Jun 20, 2014 06.20.14

Here's a cinematic trailer for Lichdom: Battlemage, the first-person mage simulator from Xaviant. The game is currently available on Steam Early Access. To see the rest of the E3 trailers, check...

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While big companies bleat about resources, an indie commits to women characters

By Colin Campbell on Jun 12, 2014 06.12.14

While big companies like Ubisoft plead lack-of-resources as a defense against the omission of woman avatars, smaller outfits like Xaviant view inclusion as a matter of principle. In Lichdom:...

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Lichdom: Battlemage gave the male and female heroes a life, a writer and a voice

By Ben Kuchera on Mar 28, 2014 03.28.14

Lichdom: Battlemage wants to introduce the idea of a mage as the ultimate magical badass, and the game’s combat works well based on our time with the game. The game’s story, and the team’s approach...

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Never run, always fight: One developer is trying to redeem gaming's mage

By Ben Kuchera on Mar 25, 2014 03.25.14

Mages are limited, narrow characters in most video games. They can’t go head-to-head with fighters, and you give up the ability to soak damage in order to get the use of all those nifty spells....

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Lichdom brings first-person spellcasting to PC summer 2014

By Michael McWhertor on Sep 25, 2013 09.25.13

First-person spellcasting action game Lichdom will be release during summer 2014, according to a new "announcement" trailer for the CryEngine 3-powered game that was released alongside AMD's GPU...