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Aeterna: Curse of the First King

An isometric soulslike RPG set in the last years of the Roman Republic

Rome, 16 October 2026. From Gamera Interactive, the team behind Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms, comes Aeterna: Curse of the First King, a story-driven isometric soulslike RPG set in 58 BC, in the last turbulent years of the Roman Republic. Aeterna blends challenging real-time combat, free exploration, deep progression and local coop in a world where recorded history hides an ancient, supernatural war.

Caesar marches on Gaul. Pompey and Crassus pull the strings in Rome. Cicero is driven into exile, and the gangs of Clodius rule the streets. Conspiracies, unrest and forgotten cults spread across the Republic, and beneath the surface of recorded events a war older than Rome itself has never truly ended.
 
Founded by Romulus at the command of Mars, the Custodes Umbrae have protected Rome in secret for nearly seven centuries, first the kings and then the Republic, from what mankind must never see. Their bloodlines have faded, and many of their branches have died out or fallen to corruption. Now their oldest enemy is stirring.

Amulius, the usurper king of Albalonga, was never truly destroyed. Condemned by Mars to a limbo between worlds, the First King has waited in the dark, and a secret sect, the Veritas Obscura, is working to bring him back. His return threatens not only the Republic, but the world of the living itself.

Twenty years after your father, General Lucius Aurelius Varro, vanished at the height of his glory, an ambush on the road to Rome drags you into a war you never knew existed. The fate of Rome now rests in your hands.
 
FEATURES

  • A handcrafted campaign across the ancient world: hunt for the lost Artifacts of Shadow exploring the Republic
  • Isometric soulslike combat: precise real-time action, stamina management, tactical positioning and rewarding mastery.
  • The Divine Path: your choices move you between Jupiter and Pluto, not good and evil but two ways of serving Rome. 
  • Ten Patron Deities: choose Mars, Minerva, Apollo, Vulcan and more at character creation, each with their own blessings. Change your patron later, if the god accepts your offering.
  • Deep, freeform progression: 30 levels, active skills from any of fourteen disciplines, equipment sets, crafting and herbal remedies drawn from ancient medicine.
  • Six companions from across the known world: from Rome, Greece, Egypt, Gaul, Germany and Parthia, each with a story of their own and a view of the gods that is not Rome's.
  • Local coop: a second player can join in, take a place in your party and fight at your side.
  • The House of the Pact: rebuild the hidden headquarters of the Custodes, recruit specialists, send agents on dispatches and face the hardest decisions at the Consilium.
  • History and myth intertwined: real places and real figures of 58 BC, where recorded events hide a supernatural conflict and the beasts of legend walk again.

Combat
Aeterna delivers challenging real-time combat that rewards skill as much as your build. Every encounter demands careful positioning, timing, stamina management and mastery of your chosen weapons and abilities. Whether facing the hired blades of the Veritas Obscura, the creatures awakened by Amulius or towering mythological bosses, victory belongs to those who learn, adapt and overcome.

Walk the Republic in the year Caesar marches on Gaul
From the Senate and the night markets of the Suburra to the oracle of Delphi, the Library of Pergamon and the slopes of Etna, explore bustling cities, sacred temples, hidden crypts, noble villas, military camps and untamed wilderness drawn from real history. Every location hides stories, secrets, treasures and dangers waiting to be uncovered.

Become a Legend
History will remember Caesar. Rome will crown its emperors. But only the Custodes Umbrae know the truth. Become the unseen guardian who fought in the shadows so that Rome would endure.
 
TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO9gXjRjdWI

ABOUT GAMERA INTERACTIVE  www.gamerainteractive.it 
Founded in 2017, Gamera Interactive is an award-winning Italian boutique game label. Its catalogue counts nearly 20 games on PC and consoles, played by more than one million users, including Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms (2022). Through its publishing label ReLaunch it supports independent developers, and through Gamera Gameslab it trains the next generation of game developers with studios and universities. Gamera Interactive® is a registered trademark. Used under license by E23 SRL www.e23.biz
 
MEDIA CONTACT
Alberto Belli – Studio Director [email protected]

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