Electronic Arts (EA) and BioWare have announced the arrival of Shadow Realms, an online 4v1 role-playing game (RPG) exclusive to PC.

"This game brings us back to our roots in the realm of classic Pen and Paper RPG, but also delivers something that's completely new and innovative for our fans," said Jeff Hickman, General Manager and Vice President at BioWare Austin.

He continued, "Shadow Realms is a new BioWare RPG that has the hallmarks of all BioWare games with a rich story, a unique world setting and deep combat progression, but built as an interactive experience that evolves the genre and broadens the appeal to online gamers all over the world."

BioWare's games have been evolving and Shadow Realms is a testament of its growing interest in creating stories that fuse modern reality with fantasy.

Producer Dallas Dickinson has also posted a welcome message to players on the official website of the multiplayer video game.

"You're going to learn a lot of details about our game in the coming weeks. Studio Creative Director James Ohlen has written a great piece about how we tell stories at BioWare, and how we are pushing that tradition into the future with our Episodic Story."

In this game, "Modern Heroes" who possess magical powers they never knew about are being tapped and recruited to combat the demonic Shadow Legions and Shadowlords, who have gained incredible strength and revolted against Radiant Empires.

The conflict here is that these creatures have found their way to leave their homeland, Embra, and start invading the Earth.

Embra is a mystical ancient world that cradled those born with talent and nurture them to perform miraculous feats.

Shadow Realms is a 4v1 story-driven online game that will only be released for PCs.

Four players will represent four Modern Heroes and there is one playing the Shadowlord, the ultimate nemesis of them all.

Players can already sign-up and get the chance to participate in the closed alpha this coming fall.