Two months after it was leaked by South Korea’s recreation score board (opens in new tab) and three weeks after it was formally introduced (opens in new tab), The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story has an imminent launch date and a vibrant new trailer to go along with it. The sport, which tells a narrative primarily based round acquainted LoL hero Sylas, is about to come back out on April 18.
I am not a lot of a LoL man, however Mageseeker seems fairly intriguing primarily based on what we have seen to this point. It is being made by Digital Solar—the identical devs who made the reasonably good shop-sim roguelite Moonlighter (opens in new tab)—and guarantees a “2D pixel motion RPG” the place you lead a magical revolt towards the tyrannical Mageseekers who rule the dominion of Demacia. There are a number of correct nouns in there that do not imply a lot to me in any respect, however I am up for steering a revolution in a 2D RPG from the Moonlighter devs.
Mageseeker is not the one undertaking that Riot Forge—Riot’s LoL-focused publishing arm—has cooking away. Again when the sport was formally introduced, we additionally received information that Convergence: A League of Legends Story and Music of Nunu: A League of Legends Story would each be launched in summer season this yr, a while after the discharge of Mageseeker. These video games have had a far slower turnaround than Mageseeker, although: They have been introduced in 2019 and deliberate for final yr.
I assume Riot Forge wished to keep away from making that mistake once more, therefore the fast turnaround between Mageseeker’s announcement and its fast-approaching launch date. The Korean rankings board might have stolen its thunder a bit when it leaked the sport, on the identical time revealing it might characteristic “steady battle scenes towards people/non-humans,” which I feel is an outline you may slap on nearly any recreation ever made, however it’s nonetheless refreshing to see such a small hole between a recreation’s announcement and launch.
You’ll be able to try Mageseeker over on Steam (opens in new tab), GOG (opens in new tab), and the Epic Video games Retailer (opens in new tab). You’ll be able to, should you’re so inclined, preorder it for entry to some bonus cosmetic-sounding knick-knacks.