Today marks the launch of Heatwave Interactive's Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising in North America. The launch for Europe and other nations around the world is scheduled for June 24th. Player characters take on the aspect of a demigod as they travel throughout ancient Roman lands, encountering mythical beasts.
Reported on Jun 21, 2011MMORPG.com's Richard Cox recently had the opportunity for a studio visit to schmooze with the development team behind Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising. His day started off with the weekly "Show and Tell" session and continued from there. See how the rest of the day went in our exclusive Heatwave Interactive studio visit.
Reported on Jun 19, 2011Today marks the culmination of a development cycle that's gone through more twists and turns than a Monte Carlo racetrack. Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising officially launches today and we have an exclusive interview write up between Heatwave's CEO Anthony Castoro and MMORPG.com Industry Relations Manager Garrett Fuller. It's a must read on this most-important of days. Leave us your thoughts in the comments below.
Reported on Jun 20, 2011The Heatwave Interactive team has released patch notes for their latest patch, Headstart. Changes include mostly tweaks and reworks, and you can see the entire list at the official Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising Website. Check it out!
Reported on Jun 18, 2011Heatwave Interactive has released seven terrific new screenshots from Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising. Check them all out in our Gods & Heroes gallery.
Reported on Jun 17, 2011Heatwave Interactive has inked a deal with THQ to bring Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising to retail outlets in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. According to the deal, THQ will release Gods & Heroes on June 24th.
Reported on Jun 16, 2011The Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising team, in anticipation of the fast approaching June 21st release of the game, have dropped a new, live-action trailer for the forthcoming MMO and they've called it Nerd Rising, which is enough to get a chuckle out of anyone! Check it out!
Reported on Jun 11, 2011Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is poised to be unleashed on the world in the very near future and the open beta has already commenced. On a recent trip to Heatwave Interactive, MMORPG.com writer Richard Cox participated in a round table discussion with CEO Anthony Castoro, Lead Designer Tim Schubert, Producer Phil Tittle, Community Manager Donna Prior and Product Manager Shannon Drake. Today we wrap up the series with Part 3 of the developer roundtable discussion
Reported on Jun 07, 2011Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is poised to be unleashed on the world in the very near future and the open beta has already commenced. On a recent trip to Heatwave Interactive, MMORPG.com writer Richard Cox participated in a round table discussion with CEO Anthony Castoro, Lead Designer Tim Schubert, Producer Phil Tittle, Community Manager Donna Prior and Product Manager Shannon Drake. We're presenting this terrific interview in three parts to keep the channel tuned right here through Wednesday.
Reported on Jun 06, 2011Heatwave Interactive and the Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising team have released an updated gameplay trailer to celebrate the game's entry into open beta. Check it out!
Reported on Jun 06, 2011Heatwave Interactive has announced that Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising has officially entered its open beta stage of development. The open beta will run from June 6th through June 12th.
Reported on Jun 06, 2011Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is poised to be unleashed on the world in the very near future. On a recent trip to Heatwave Interactive, MMORPG.com writer Richard Cox participated in a round table discussion with CEO Anthony Castoro, Lead Designer Tim Schubert, Producer Phil Tittle, Community Manager Donna Prior and Product Manager Shannon Drake. We're presenting this terrific interview in three parts to keep the channel tuned right here through Wednesday.
Reported on Jun 06, 2011Executive Producer, Anthony Castoro, released the latest State of the Republic over at the Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising website. With the closed beta having come to an end at the end of May, find out what Anthony has to say to the players who participated, what he has to say about the state of the game, and the upcoming open beta. Check it out!
Reported on Jun 04, 2011The folks behind Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising announced on Friday that the Closed Beta period for the game would come to an end on Tuesday, May 31st at 10:00AM CST. In the news release, they've given us a consolidated list of links to show us all of the changes that the CBT Period gave us. Check it out.
Reported on May 29, 2011Heatwave Interactive has announced the latest in a series of Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising developer chats hosted on USteam. This week's chat will be held on Tuesday, May 24th and will feature a live discussion of closed beta news and other topics leading up to next month's game launch.
Reported on May 23, 2011Heatwave Interactive have released the newest batch of patch notes for their beta on Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising. The Priest and the Soldier seem to be given particular attention in the patch, judging from the notes. Take a look!
Reported on May 20, 2011Heatwave Interactive has announced the subscription plans for its upcoming MMO, Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising. Monthly rates will run players $9.99 with slight discounts offered for multiple-month subscriptions. Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is set to be released on June 21st and players purchasing the title will receive the first month free.
Reported on May 17, 2011Heatwave Interactive has announced a distribution deal with Southpeak Interactive to distribute Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising in North America and the United Kingdom. Players purchasing the game through Southpeak will receive an exclusive minion and the Armaments of the Gods, a special class-specific weapon pack that features blades, axes and magic staves. Players will also score three buddy keys to hand out to friends.
Reported on May 12, 2011Earlier today Heatwave Interactive and the Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising dev team hosted a live video chat via UStream. For those unable to attend, the taped version is now available to check out.
Reported on May 10, 2011The Gods & Heroes team announced yesterday that their live dev chat, taking place on Tuesday, May 10th, will be supported not just in English, but they will be receiving support from their European Community Team in a bid to receive and answer questions in German and French, as well!
Reported on May 07, 2011