After previewing the new release from Spiderweb Software, a turn-based tactical RPG named Avernum: Escape from the Pit, I was thrilled to ask some questions of Jeff Vogel, the lead developer. Avernum: Escape from the Pit is a remake of a game made in 1999 named simply Avernum. It’s a long-standing series with more than six incarnations. [...]

Unless you’re part of the legion of long-time fans or have been keeping up with our coverage here at theBitFix, you probably haven’t heard of the Avernum series. Brought to you by the indie game studio Spiderweb Software, the original party-based role-playing game was released all the way back in1995, when I was seven years old and still [...]

1995 was a good year for games, what with the release of classics such as Star Wars: Dark Forces, Hexen, Command and Conquer, and the original Twisted Metal. So good, in fact, that Spiderweb Software, the game studio behind 1995′s Avernum: Escape from the Pit, has decided to bring 1995 into 2012 and release a remake of the [...]