Immortals Fenyx Rising

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity gameEAG (due to its DLC; the base game is a CAG)
ReleaseDec 3, 2020
PublisherUbisoft
DeveloperUbisoft Quebec
Platform(s)Amazon Luna, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
ModeSingle-player
GenreAction-adventure; role-playing game; hero-based
SettingThe Golden Isle, a mythological storyworld inspired by Greek mythology; as well as a Chinese mythological storyworldDLC
Notable charactersBZeus, Prometheus, Typhon, Ares, Aphrodite, Athena, Hephaistos, Hermes, Cyclops, Odysseus, Briareos, Cerberus, Minotaur, Medusa, Achilles, Atalanta, Herakles, Aello, Kelaino, Ozomene, Alektryon, Nemean Lion, Kallisto the Bear, Hydra, Stheno, Brontes, Steropes, Pyrakmon, Polyphemos, Talos, Kottos, Gyes, Echidna, Euryale, Okypete, Ophinikos, HestiaDLC, PoseidonDLC, HadesDLC, DemeterDLC, BoreasDLC, AbasDLC, TelkhinesDLC, HyperboreansDLC, KronosDLC
DLCA New God (2021), Myths of the Eastern Realm (2021), The Lost Gods (2021)

Bibliography

Jones, K.; Paprocki, M.; Vandewalle, A. (2021). Classics and Video Games 3: Fenyx Rising. [Twitch stream].

Rassalle, T.; Vandewalle, A. (2021). SASA Archaeogaming: “Immortals Fenyx Rising” Hosted by Tine Rassalle and Alexander Vandewalle. [Twitch stream].

Vandewalle, A. (2021). (De)Contextualizing Lyson of Hermione: A Cyberepigraphy of Latin and Greek Inscriptions in Recent Ubisoft Games. Paper presented at ArchaeoGaming Con 2021 (Online, 6-7 Aug 2021).

The Twitter hashtag #AcademyxRising by dr. Hamish Cameron is also very much worth the visit.

Additional keywords

myth, puzzle

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