“I remember in particular, one time I was reviewing a level that we were working on, and it was a very standard Call of Duty level,” Robbins told Polygon.

But it’s the uniqueness of the idea that’s helped it stick with him. According to Robbins, the idea behind Immortals is one he’s had for years, especially during his time as the creative director of three Call of Duty games. The first game ever from Ascendant Studios, and released in partnership with Electronic Arts, Immortals of Aveum is a single-player, first-person magic shooter that combines the kind of fast-paced combat you might expect from Call of Duty with spell casting and an expansive, wholly original fantasy universe. To help get a better sense of Immortals of Aveum, Polygon spoke with the game’s director, Bret Robbins, ahead of The Game Awards to talk about the idea behind the game, how he started Ascendant Studios just to develop this game, how the game will play, its world, and why it’s not quite like any other shooter out there. But none of that necessarily answered what exactly this new game really is. The game’s first trailer appeared during the show on Thursday night and revealed a sprawling fantasy battlefield with enough explosions, effects, and combat to make a Call of Duty game blush. The Game Awards is full of world premieres but it’s rare that one of them looks quite so different as Immortals of Aveum does right off the bat.

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