Heatwave 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.

• Mystics receive the Staff of Hecate, a staff with magical properties enhancing your mystical abilities.
• Priests receive the Staff of Asclepius, Rome's greatest physician, greatly enhancing your magical prowess.
• Gladiators receive a pair of swords, the Sword of Bellona, Goddess of war, and the Sword of Luna, Goddess of the Moon, as well as the Shield known as the Ancile, Mars own buckler, to defend yourself from the threats brought forth against you.
• Soldiers receive the Sword of Bellona and the Shield of Ajax, one of the greatest heroes in the Roman world, as well as the two-handed sword of Summanus, God of nocturnal thunder, a powerful implement of battle.

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