Fresh off their release of Avadon last year, Spiderweb Software is pleased to announce Avernum: Escape from the Pit is now available on iTunes. Avernum is the remastering of the award-winning Exile series, which tells the story of the struggle for survival in the underground prison known as Avernum. As a new prisoner of the pit, your struggle to survive will be aided by those that have come before you, who have built an empire of their own and struggle to maintain it against the onslaught of many hostile creatures that live in the underworld.
You have been banished to this underworld, never to see the light of day. While the surface continues to suffer under the iron fist of Emperor Hawthorne, you will enter into a battle for survival in Avernum, a hungry and fragile nation deep in the underworld. The people of this world have not given up, however, and they are forging a new nation of their own with steel, magic, and dreams of returning to the sun. Join them, explore a huge game world, hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts, choose from hundreds of quests, and become the hero of the underworld!

Originally known as Exile: Escape From the Pit and released in 1995, this remastered version of Avernum: Escape from the Pit will contain immense overhauls to the system, graphics, compatibility, and interface of the indie classic. The entire award winning series will be redone from the ground up and will be available on iOS, Mac, and PC. You can download Avernum: Escape from the Pit HD for the iPad right here.

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