Independent developer Spiderweb Software emailed us this morning to let us know that their upcoming RPG: Avernum: Escape from the Pit finally has a solid release date, or, rather, a more solid release date. According to the press release the guys plan on launching the game on Windows and iOS in April of 2012, which should give them some time to boast during next year’s GDC. A Mac version is expected this month, but there is not solid release date that I can find.

In any case, for those of you who have been anxiously awaiting the release you can now relax. At least until April…

For those of you who have no idea what I’m talking about, well, allow me to share with you a bit about the game:

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!

The game will come with three unique paths and endings as well as some of that classic, retro goodness RPG gameplay we all know and love from our days in the 90s.

Check out the trailer below and then proceed to wait impatiently like the rest of us.

[Avernum]

Trailer

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