Gods and Heroes Re-Rising

Posted by Stropp on February 22, 2010

Massively is reporting that Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising the previously defunct game being developed by the still defunct Perpertual Entertainment has been rezzed. Well, at least the development has been given the once over by a friendly shaman.

A company called Heatwave Interactive has purchased all the IP rights to the game, and what’s more they’ve also bought all the assets.

At the time Perpertual were pretty darn close to getting the game finished, or so they were saying. (In fact they were in beta testing at the time.) If that’s true, Gods and Heroes may not be all that far off, although there is no mention of a release date. Not that I’d expect one at this stage, Heatwave will have something of a learning curve to get up to speed, at least six months I’d expect.

And since Perpetual dropped the game in 2008, there may be some updating of graphics and other assets to square with current tech.

Good news for everyone who was looking forward to the game originally. I’m sure there will be some happy gamers out there after having heard this news.

It also generates some hope for other games that have been cancelled due to a company closure. CME and the Stargate MMORPG spring to mind. Who knows, perhaps some other company will obtain the IP and assets from the bankruptcy firesale and complete that game too.

We can only hope.

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