Embark on a desperate quest to cull a rising threat and become the commander of an ancient samurai clan tasked with defending the Emerald Empire.
Skövde, Sweden - 1 August 2024: Developer Palindrome Interactive, Amplifier Game Invest and Asmodee Entertainment are thrilled to reveal first details of their upcoming video game title Shadowveil: Legend of the Five Rings, based on the globally known fantasy world of Legend of the Five Rings. First revealed at Gen Con, Shadowveil: Legend of the Five Rings is a single-player roguelite adventure.
Venture Beyond the Veil
Shadowveil: Legend of the Five Rings blends deckbuilding, roguelite gameplay mechanics and strategic combat, thrusting players into the command of the Crab Clan, a samurai clan of Rokugan tasked with defending the Wall that protects the empire from the Shadowlands, a twisted wasteland haunted by evil. Players must embark on a dangerous quest beyond the Wall to investigate an emerging threat and fend off monsters of darkness, train up their troops, acquire new abilities and strategize to ensure that the Emerald Empire is not overrun.
Strategize, Plan, Execute
Core gameplay of Shadowveil: Legend of the Five Rings rests in assuming the role of a commander leading an expeditionary force beyond the Wall. Players must recruit both seasoned veterans and newly minted samurai to their cause and guide them through the dangers of the Shadowlands, managing the troops’ deployment and embarking on quests to defeat key threats.
Combat isn’t always the answer either, as some threats are too dangerous to take on head first. Knowing when to fight or retreat will be key, and as the Crab Clan progresses towards its goal, its warriors will get more powerful, offering access to stronger cards which unleash devastating abilities on all foes. Each character the player recruits offers a different set of cards, and combining them will lead to defeating even the strongest monsters of the Shadowlands.
A Vast Universe
The original Legend of the Five Rings collectable card game was designed and published in 1995 by Alderac Entertainment Group. The game takes place in the land of Rokugan where clans of samurai, spellcasters, and courtiers vie for victory on the battlefield and prestige in the Imperial Court. While conflict and political intrigues divide the clans, the true threat awaits in the darkness of the Shadowlands, beyond the vast Carpenter Wall. In the Shadowlands, hordes of monsters, demons, and undead prepare to invade Rokugan in the name of their fallen master.
Since the original card game launched, Legend of the Five Rings has been adapted into a Living Card Game, several roleplaying games, a live action roleplaying game, board games, novels, art books, and a graphic novel. Rokugan also served as an official campaign setting for the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Shadowveil: Legend of the Five Rings marks the first-ever video game adaptation of this popular franchise.
For more information about the game, visit the official Legend of the Five Rings website.
About Palindrome Interactive:
Palindrome Interactive is a strategy game development company based in Skövde, Sweden. The studio consists of close to 20 passionate developers that all share a love of strategy games. The goal is to become a world leader within the strategy games genre and to create some of the most enjoyable tactical and strategic game experiences possible. The studio released its first title “Immortal Realms: Vampire Wars” together with strategy game publisher Kalypso in September 2020. Palindrome Interactive was fully acquired by Amplifier Game Invest & Embracer Group in August 2020.
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About Asmodee Entertainment:
Asmodee Entertainment exists to expand the Asmodee IPs into sectors adjacent to board games, such as video games, movies and TV shows, cultural products, toys and social/live entertainment. This gives our core fans more opportunities to engage with the brands and stories they love, and enables us to reach new customers in new markets with a wide variety of exciting, quality products and experiences based on our IPs. Our global team licenses to established industry partners who distribute products through their own third-party networks.
About Amplifier Game Invest:
Amplifier Game Invest, based in Stockholm, Sweden, seeks and invests internationally in the most talented companies in the gaming industry. The goal is, through the addition of expertise and experience in game development, to strengthen the companies and create more successful games in the long term. Amplifier Game Invest currently has active operations in companies in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Austria, Spain, UK, Canada and the US. Amplifier Game Invest is a wholly owned subsidiary of Embracer Group AB.
Article by: Susan N.
