Lichdom is a Breathtakingly Gorgeous, CryEngine-Powered Single-Player RPG

Xaviant, an Atlanta-based independent game developer, has today announced its first-person RPG, Lichdom. Designed as a PC-based single-player game set for launch in summer 2014, Lichdom was shown at AMD's GPU '14 Tech Day event and saw the release of its first ever trailer.

“We’ve been working on this title for a few years now, and have shown portions of the gameplay to different parties along the way,” said Michael McMain, CEO of Xaviant. “We really appreciate both AMD and Crytek working with us to showcase it, and can’t wait to finally unleash it on the world next year. We believe RPG and Adventure game fans everywhere will really lose themselves in the action, the incredible story and the world we’ve created.”

Lichdom is set in a violent world, where "cruel tyrants terrorize the people, and where dark magic corrupts the very land itself."

The press release goes on to describe the player as a figure known only as "the Dragon", a wielder of the most powerful magic in the world and one who's capable of crafting an arsenal of magic with hundreds of different spells to combat the darkness that's engulfed the land. 

Developed on the latest version of Crytek's powerful CryEngine, Lichdom "brings a vast, loot-based approach to spell casting. Players get to craft their own spells, rather than finding books or trainers that teach spells others have constructed. By manipulating a diverse set of properties, players can decide how they want their spells to behave and interact with other spells.  Players choose between ultimate diversity in spell selection, or powerful, but complex, synergies to create new, dynamic effects with a smaller selection of spells."

It's out next summer.