Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising Features

Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising Features

Game Info

Developer:

Heatwave Interactive

Genre:

Fantasy

Release Date:

July 21st, 2011

Monthly Fee:

P2P

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Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is an MMORPG set in the world of ancient Rome where gods are as commonplace as monsters and other creatures of myth. In the game, you take the role of a demi-god, the son or daughter of one of the great gods. In playing you choose which god of the pantheon you will ally yourself with and gain the powers and abilities associated with that god.

Although the only race available at launch will be human, each character can pick from these six classes: Soldier, Gladiator, Mystic, Priest, Scout and Nomad. Players will also choose from two gods associated with each class: Soldiers can serve Minerva or Mars; Gladiators serve Fortuna or Jupiter; Scouts serve Diana or Apollo; Nomads serve Nemesis or Mercury; Priests serve Juno or Pluto; and Mystics serve Trevia or Bacchus.

Gods & Heroes was initially under development by the now defunct Perpetual Entertainment. The game was thought lost until Heatwave Interactive acquired the rights in February, 2010. Gods & Heroes launched on July 21st, 2011.

Blood and Sand – An Updated Preview of Gods & Heroes at GDC 2011

I’ll be the first to admit that when Heatwave Interactive announced they had bought the rights and assets to the Roman Mythological themed Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising MMOG, I was cautiously optimistic. I enjoyed the game years ago for the brief amount of time I had spent in beta when it was being developed by Perpetual Entertainment. However, with all of the events surrounding its closure back then I had to wonder how Heatwave could bring the game back to life and have it stand on its own two feet—particularly given that the client was already a little dated before Heatwave even got a chance to start working on it.

Shortly after the acquisition announcement the game entered into a playable beta stage. At this point some of our Ten Ton Hammer Premium members were on our Elite Testers list and began their job of providing feedback and bug reports for the game. I have been a part of countless beta tests for a myriad of games, but Heatwave presented Gods & Heroes in its new and evolving state at GDC this year and I couldn’t help but be thoroughly impressed.

Features, Previews

Tue, Mar 15, 2011

B. de la Durantaye
For the Emperor! Gods and Heroes - An Interview with Heatwave Interactive

Gamers everywhere were excited when they heard that Gods and Heroes was not dead, but had been given an imperial reprieve The Roman-mythology based MMOG, initially developed by Perpetual Ente

Features, Interviews

Tue, Sep 28, 2010

jeffprime
What Happened To...

Curious about a game that never made it to the retail shelves, or shut down before it had its chance to shine?

Features, Opinions

Mon, Sep 27, 2010

borticus
Gods and Heroes CEO Talks Development Plans and Thoughts on the Industry

Few games get a second chance once they fall into the abyss, but Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising is one of the lucky few.

Features, Interviews

Sat, Apr 10, 2010

Martuk
A New Dawn with Gods & Heroes

Yesterday's announcement that Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising would indeed be seeing completion brought much excitement to the MMOG community.

Features, Interviews

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

B. de la Durantaye
Foes of Rome: Gods and Heroes and the Competition

Tough choices for Roman fans.

Coming up this next winter there are lot of new MMORPGs
bringing competition for Gods and Heroes. Darkgolem tells us his views
on the matter with this new editorial, Foes of Rome!

There are several new games, asides from Gods and Heroes, which
are going to be filling (or are filling now) the online role playing
game “niche” over the next year or so.

Read on at Ten Ton Hammer's G&H site.

Features

Tue, Oct 09, 2007

Aelryn
G&H God Focus: Mars, Father of Rome

Sure, but what about their mother? They always forget their poor mother! No respect!

Mars was considered father of the Roman people, progenitor of Romulus.
Read all about this complex deity of the Roman people with Darkgolem's
newest guide!

On Palatine Hill the temple of Mars stood, originally it was
the residence of the pre-republic kings of Rome. His tokens of the
shield and spear were kept here, and were considered sacred.

Features

Mon, Oct 08, 2007

Aelryn
G&H: Beta Journal Roundup, Part 2

If you didn't ask for it, you can have it anyway. You're that lucky!

You asked for it, and here it is! The second part of our Gods and Heroes beta journal roundup, covering volume four through volume eight, the last one published.

The tester was so impressed, they had a hard time fighting back, but did admit it was worth dying to see.

Read the summaries at Ten Ton Hammer's G&H site.

Features

Thu, Oct 04, 2007

Aelryn
G&H: Beta Journal Roundup, Part 1

I wouldn't say lazy... more like work-averse.

Ever wonder just what was in all those Gods and Heroes beta journals Perpetual released, but were too lazy to look for yourself? Well there's no need to fear! Here at Ten Ton Hammer, we've made it easy by rounding up the best the journals have to offer, and bringing it to you!

In this journal, the tester let us know how much they hated
playing caster classes. Fortunately for us, they did decide to try one,
and seemed to love it, all thanks to the minions. As they put it "...The

Features

Wed, Oct 03, 2007

Aelryn
G&H: Juno, Queen of the Gods

Juno, Hera, potato, potato. Hm. That's more effective when spoken.

Darkgolem brings another in-depth look at one of the Gods and Goddesses of Perpetual Entertainment's Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising. Find out about the aspects, symbols and mythology of Juno, Queen of the Gods!

"When Hercules was birthed, Hera sent snakes to kill the Hercules in his crib, though Hercules strangled his attackers. "

Click here to read all about it!

Features, Previews

Tue, Sep 25, 2007

Aelryn