Hold on to your hats, because we’ve got not one piece of gamebook news for you today, but three new announcements from Choice of Games and their Hosted Games label.
First up, we have a new release from Choice of Games, Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road. Plus their whopping new addition to Exile of the Gods, which has been updated with 40,000 words of extra content!
In the great war between the gods, will you wield the chains of destiny, or shatter them forever?
Exile of the Gods is a 500,000 word interactive epic fantasy novel by Jonathan Valuckas, where your choices control the story.
Our story begins twenty years after the action of the first game, 2015’s Champion of the Gods. Which ending did you get? Start this game as the Champion, a warrior born to serve the gods, and follow the holy destiny the Weavers have crafted for you. Or start this game as the Exile, enemy of the gods, and forge a new life for yourself in the faraway land of Khovros —where mortals are free to choose their own fates.
Champion and Exile alike must unravel a deadly conspiracy, and confront the brewing war upon their gods. Will you vanquish this invading force, or use its power to free your realm from its ruthless creators forever? Take revenge on the gods who exiled you, or steal this chance to prove your worth to the pantheon and seize your destiny of glory?
The gods made you what you are. Now, you will show them what you are made of — check out Exile of Gods at the official website.
In partnership with World of Darkness and Paradox Interactive, Choice of Games has released Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road. It is now available on Steam, iOS, and Android.
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road is a 650,000-word interactive horror novel by Kyle Marquis, based on Vampire: The Masquerade and set in the World of Darkness shared story universe.
It’s a new Dark Age for the dead. When the Second Inquisition’s vampire hunters hacked phone lines and computer networks to expose and destroy vampires all over the world, the elders turned to undead couriers like you. For ten years, you’ve raced across the desert between cities, delivering vital information and supplies. But when an old friend reappears with a plan to disrupt the blood trade across the American Southwest, everything you’ve built starts crashing down.
Outrun the competition. Drive, hide, or fight back! Unleash the powers of your blood in ancient disciplines to change form, vanish from sight, or dominate the minds of your enemies. Employ blood magic, inhuman strength, and the creatures of the night to escape destruction — or just run your enemies off the road and keep driving.
Deliver or die. All secrets have an expiration date — and so do you. Race across the desert to deliver secrets, promises, and threats. Do whatever it takes to drop off your parcel. But when the job is done, will you stick around to exploit the situation?
Run down your prey. Only blood can sate the hunger. Charm, seduce, or seize what you need, but don’t let anyone know what you are. If you break the masquerade, your fellow vampires will destroy you for your indiscretions, assuming the Second Inquisition doesn’t find you first.
Check it out at the official site.
Last up is Choice of Games’ Hosted Games label, with their release of Hero or Villain: Battle Royale, a 253,000 word interactive novel by Adrao.
Battle other heroes and villains in a gladiatorial contest to become the galaxy’s champion. Hero or Villain: Battle Royale is the second book of this epic saga, picking up from the epilogue of Hero or Villain: Genesis.
Kidnapped from planet Earth by the mysterious Lanista and forced to fight in the Battle of Champions, you will have to balance your training with fighting injustice in an alien world… or becoming a criminal yourself!
Will you follow the tournament to its conclusion, and claim victory over colleagues and foes? Or will you start your own criminal empire, and accomplish the biggest heist in the history of the planet? Are you a loyal subject, or will you join the ranks of the rebels attempting to overthrow the rule of the Elders over the galaxy?
Check it out at the Hosted Games website.