Shadow Realms

Shadow Realms was designed as an episodic four-versus-one action role-playing game. Players would choose from six classes: Warrior, Assassin, Wizard, Cleric, Ranger, Warlock, or play against the Heroes as the Shadowlord. Each class featured special attacks, abilities, and strengths.

The game featured co-operative, third-person missions in an evolving world. Episodes would release frequently, adding new elements to the game. Players would also decide their paths through the story. Character and combat customization options progressed a Hero or Shadowlord to a player's style.

Set in both modern day Earth and the parallel world of Embra, Heroes possessing magical powers wake up and are pulled into a dark realm and centuries old battle. They take part in adventures, facing off against an array of creatures in a war against the Shadow Legions, to save all of humanity.

The backstory for the game states that hidden pathways that exist between Earth and Embra have been crossed by only a few in all history. Arcane energy flows through the magical world of Embra from its molten core. Those born with the talent to harness this power can perform feats that reshape reality. Long before humans ever walked the Earth, cultures fueled by magic rose to greatness and fell to ruin on Embra over its millennia of history, destroying once grand civilizations and their achievements. Towering monuments and mystic relics that are preserved forever by arcane energies serve as legacies for these vanished people.

Shadow Realms was first announced at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. At the event, BioWare released a live-action trailer entitled You've Been Chosen, and more trailers have followed since then.

Further information was revealed at Gamescom 2014, with the first gameplay video also being shown.

Shadow Realms received positive pre-release reception, with reviewers praising the game's customization options, tactics, and mix of magic and weapons in combat.

The game inspired a spiritual successor called Breach created by former developers of the studio, but that game was also cancelled shortly after its early access release on Steam.