Coming Soon: Avernum 3, A New Fantasy RPG

For Immediate Release

Avernum 3
An Upcoming Fantasy Role-Playing Epic for Windows and Macintosh

Spiderweb Software, a maker of fantasy
role-playing games for Windows and Macintosh, announces the upcoming release of
Avernum 3, the final game in the Avernum trilogy. Avernum 3 features an enormous
scenario, with well over 100 towns, villages and dungeons. There is a
fascinating story and a dynamic world which changes according to the actions of
the player. Refugees move from town to town. People die. If nothing is done,
cities will crumble into dust.

Avernum was a prison, an enormous warren of
tunnels and caverns, far below the surface world. The surface is ruled by the
Empire, the all-powerful masters of the known world. Misfits, petty criminals,
and those with the wrong opinions were sent into Avernum for the rest of their
lives. At least, that’s what used to happen.

Then the Avernites assassinated the leader of
the Empire and spent years fighting off the brutal invasion of the surface
tyrants. The Avernite rebels won. Now, at last, they are beginning their
campaign to leave their caves and return to the surface.

You are the scouts. You will be the first
envoys to the surface. However, instead of the sunlit paradise you dreamed of,
you will find a world ravaged by mysterious plagues and hordes of bizarre
monsters. Soon, the Empire will ask you to help solve the problem. Your enemies
will become your allies as you race to find the source of the destruction.

Fail, and your people will never return to
the surface. There will be nothing left to return to.

Avernum 3 is a massive and open-ended game.
You can save the world or work as a merchant. You can buy a house or go on one
of many side adventures. You can hurry to save the cities, or sit back and watch
them crumble. Whatever you choose, Avernum 3 promises a massive and engaging
adventure which will gladly absorb all the hours you can spare.

Experience with Avernum or Avernum 2 is
completely unnecessary to enjoy Avernum 3. Minimum system requirements: 120 MhZ
Windows 95 or later or PowerPC Macintosh, 12 MB free RAM, 20 MB hard drive
space, 800×600 screen resolution, 16 bit color. Avernum 3 is $25, or $32 with
the hint book. Avernum 3 will be released in Spring, 2002 for Macintosh and
Summer 2002 for Windows.