Bioware and EA have unveiled "Shadow Realms" a PC game inspired by "Dungeons and Dragons," with a new trailer.

Shadow Realms will still make use of all the usual Bioware RPG elements, where players make choices through conversation, often segwaying into big cinematic pieces. You will loot and level up throughout. The really intersting part is the "modern fantasy world" that Bioware has created, so you can use a sword and a gun at the same time.

The game will be delivered as an episodic experience, meaning the story won't come out all at once. Also the quests as it were, are largely 4v1 multiplayer action against another charcter who acts as a dungeon lord and tries to stop the other 4 characters.

BioWare's horror action title Shadow Realms is in online action RPG due to hit PC "late next year," Electronic Arts has announced during its Gamescom 2014 press conference.

BioWare was keen to stress that the story was at the heart of Shadow Realms. The overarching narrative of the world will be released episodically, played out over time like a TV series.

The game hasn't even got to the Alpha testing phase yet, so it will probably change quite a bit before then. "Shadow Realms" will be released on PC late next year, and possibly consoles after that. Players can sign up to experience the closed alpha next month on the game's official site. More trailers are surely forthcoming as well.

Speaking to GameSpot at Gamescom, Hickman was surprised by some early reports indicating the game was a PC exclusive, saying, "I saw some reports coming out yesterday saying [Shadow Realms] was exclusive to PC, which nobody ever said...there is nothing that says that if the fans want it, and everything goes well on PC, that we don't push it to console. It's a Frostbite game, so it's straightforward, and we can do it if we want to."

Hickman also described how the game's action focus would translate well to console, despite the game's primary development taking place on PC.

"We definitely are PC first," said Hickman. "PC is the tip of the spear for us. We find that this type of game really lends itself to PC. But when you see it, what I think you'll find is...imagine that there could be a controller hooked up to it. You will go, 'Oh, yeah!' because that's how it plays. This an action-RPG, not an MMO, not a pushing-buttons-on-your-keyboard slowly type of thing. This is sword swinging, dodging, blocking, dynamic action."

Visit www.ShadowRealms.com/play to sign up for a chance to get into the closed alpha. Watch the trailer belwo.