http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/avencast-rise-of-the-mage/g-2007072614111482002 en http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-176344.aspx <img src="http://m2.n4g.com/8/News/176000/176344_1_hs.jpg" /><br />GamingShogun reports on the recent announcement by Lighthouse Interactive that they were releasing a developer's kit for Avencast: Rise of the Mage (PC). This kit would allow for ambitious gamers to completely edit the game, paving the way for total conversions and the like...<br/> news Jul 28, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/avencast-rise-of-the-mage/review/avencast-rise-of-the-mage/a-20071129114849882063/g-2007072614111482002 Nov 29, 2007 Similar to the cold horror of waking up next to a corpse, sometimes a game reminds us all effortlessly that there are still uncreative, dull-edged developers who will gladly rip off anything to make a quick buck. Avencast, like an excrement-driven Delorian, takes us back to the heady days of Diablo, mixing in various pillaged elements from the rest of the fantasy genre, with every clich&eacute; imaginable. While Fate at least tried to be original, Avencast manages to be about as ...<br/> review Nov 29, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/avencast-rise-of-the-mage/screenshots/g-2007072614111482002 screenshot Nov 29, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/avencast-rise-of-the-mage/preview/avencast-rise-of-the-mage/a-20070920161441204031/g-2007072614111482002 Sept 20, 2007 Point. Click. Kill. Loot. Repeat. That's the pattern that entranced us in the days of Diablo, and that's the blueprint that developers of dungeons crawlers have remained faithful to - almost to a fault - since then. But while Avencast: Rise of the Mage looks like another "me too" Diablo clone, it's trying something different with controls, combat, and cutscenes, and we like what we see. Movement will be controlled FPS-style with the WASD keys, while your mouse controls targeting ...<br/> preview Sep 20, 2007 http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/avencast-rise-of-the-mage/videos/g-2007072614111482002/v-2007072614554037022 Save your money and buy Diablo 2 - that way you get a game that they actually put work into instead of bad graphics and lousy dialogue. video Jul 26, 2007