San Francisco-based MMO developer Perpetual Entertainment has announced on the official Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising site that the ancient Rome-themed massively multiplayer game has been put on “indefinite hold” –likely it’s a cancellation– in order to dedicate the company’s resources more fully to its other MMO game Star Trek Online.
Gods & Heroes had already entered a closed beta testing phase, and was slated to be released in early 2008.
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears…
Loyal and faithful community members and Beta testers, thank you for your support, help, and understanding during the Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising development process.
The development team established some very lofty and ambitious goals when the initial work was started on Gods & Heroes. Recently, we took a step back to evaluate the competitive landscape, the game’s current state, and the overall goals for our organization. And while we are truly proud of and pleased with what we have created in Gods & Heroes, we also realize that achieving the level of quality and polish that we are committed to will take a significant investment.
The Perpetual team is faced with a unique challenge of simultaneously developing both Gods & Heroes and Star Trek Online in addition to growing our Online Game Platform business. After assessing all of Perpetual’s opportunities, we have made the decision to put the development of Gods & Heroes on indefinite hold.
I want to express my overwhelming gratitude to the community, engineers, designers, artists, animators, and the game services team for the support and effort that has gone into Gods & Heroes.
Moving forward, we’re shifting our collective focus, resources and development efforts to Perpetual’s Platform Services division and Star Trek Online, thereby ensuring that the game lives up to the high level of expectation set by the dedicated Star Trek fan base.
Again, I would personally like to thank all of the Gods & Heroes supporters who have been with us from the beginning. Hopefully, your continued support will be as valuable to our future endeavors as it was with Gods & Heroes..
Vade in pace,
Chris McKibbin
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Filed under PC News on October 5th, 2007 Release: ‘Shipping’ worldwide on January 22nd
Genre: MMORPG
Platform: PC
Rating: RP (Rating Pending)
Developer: Flying Lab Software
Publisher: Sony Online Entertainment
Price: TBD at retail and digital download/Monthly Subscription fee TBD
 URL: www.burningsea.com
Game Description:
Pirates of the Burning Sea is an MMORPG featuring high seas action and adventure in a bold world of pirates and plunder. Set against the backdrop of the New World of the 18th Century, players can choose one of three nations – England, France or Spain – or choose the role of a Pirate and battle it out for glory and power.
Virtual buccaneers can engage in fierce ship to ship combat in real time, complete with the roar of cannon fire and the crunch of timber as masts and hulls are shattered, sending enemies to the bottom of the briny deep or helpless and ripe for looting. Pirates of the Burning Sea also allows players to choose one of three fighting styles – classic Fencing, the flashy dual-wielding Florentine or treacherous Dirty Fighting – and engage in intense one melee combat in one on one duels, as well as boarding and taking control of enemy vessels.
 The game’s Conquest system turns any of the more than 80 ports into a battleground, as rival players accrue points in both PvE and combat, culminating in a period of PvP warfare that determines who controls the port, and all of its valuable economic resources. Burning Sea also features an economy completely run by players, forging their own empires across the Caribbean; players can build their own quarries, distilleries and timber mills, managing large-scale production and distribution in a cutthroat world of commerce where profits are the dream and desperate measures the reality.
Features:
- Join one of the four loyalties (Pirate, English, French, or Spanish)
- Live the life of a sea captain commanding a crew and fleet with up to 30 ships
- Battle other players to control more than 80 conquerable ports
- in the Caribbean
- Explore the world and make a name for yourself in more than
- 1,000 missions
- Economy driven by the players, who manufacture and sell all
- the goods found in the game
- Build, capture, and customize more than 65 historical ships
- Design your own personal flags and customize sail decals
- Choose from 3 different styles of melee combat – deadly and
- formal Fencing, flashy, dual wielding Florentine or rowdy and
- treacherous Dirty Fighting
Filed under PC News on August 16th, 2007 Legends of Norrath Oathbound
Legends of Norrath is the first online card game playable within the EverQuest(EQ) and EverQuest II(EQII) live MMO games. Launching from an in-game menu, or using a free SOE Station ID, players can challenge opponents on their game server, or across other EQ and EQII servers in both casual games and high-level tournaments.
In addition to player vs. player combat, Legends of Norrath is the complete online card gaming experience, featuring a sophisticated, re-playable AI system for single player campaigns, easy to use management tools and numerous Casual and Tournament game lobbies. Victory can be achieved by completing quests or reducing your opponent’s health, enabling players to employ their own unique strategies for victory. The game also features a robust loot system; more than 30 loot items each for EQ and EQII will be available, including player mounts, potions, clothing and spells.
On August 28, 2007, EverQuest and EverQuest II players will receive a complimentary random Oathbound digital starter deck and given access to the game prior to its general release scheduled for September 4, 2007. The digital starter decks (55 cards) will be available for $9.99 (plus any applicable taxes), with digital booster packs (15 cards) selling for $2.99 (plus any applicable taxes). For more information on Legends of Norrath, visit the website at www.legendsofnorrath.com.
Filed under PC News on August 16th, 2007 Pirates of the Burning Sea
Key features
- Join one of the four loyalties (Pirate, English, French, or Spanish)
- Live the life of a sea captain commanding a crew and fleet with up to 30 ships
- Battle other players to control more than 80 conquerable ports in the Caribbean
- Explore the world and make a name for yourself in more than1,000 missions
- Economy driven by the players, who manufacture and sell all the goods found in the game
- Build, capture, and customize more than 65 historical ships
- Design your own personal flags and customize sail decals
- Choose from 3 different styles of melee combat – deadly and formal Fencing, flashy, dual wielding Florentine or rowdy and treacherous Dirty Fighting
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