Dungeons and Dragons Real Time Strategy at IGN

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(Originally posted by chevalier)

IGN have posted an article on the new Dungeons and Dragons real time strategy game set in Eberron setting that is going to be presented at E3. They write about the concepts of the game, the factions, the heroes and game world details. Here's a snip:

So we'll start with Eberron. That's the new gaming universe Wizards of the Coast is launching this summer, still set in the D&D franchise, but having nothing to do with Forgotten Realms (which has become the de facto D&D environment these days). Eberron isn't just a new territory, but a significant step away from standard swords n' sorcery. Instead of the usual medieval setting, with magic restricted to mages and warlocks and whatnot, the world of Eberron is something like Atlantis filtered through Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun--a place where magic fuels technology; elevators, teleporters, flying vehicles, all powered by magic. Eberron takes Arthur C. Clarke's notion, that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, and makes it literal. There are still knights in shining armor, elves, and other fantasy tropes, but we're now far removed from Camelot, and Ten Towns, for that matter. The cities of Eberron are metropolises, full of skyscrapers, but with a flowing, organic style that suggests non-technological origins.

Read the whole thing at IGN.