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MMORPG | Genre:Historical | Status:Final  (rel 06/21/11)  | Pub:Heatwave Interactive
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Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising News

Latest Headlines for Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising

  • Live Dev Chat May 10th

    The Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising dev team will be hosting another in a series of live chats between the team and fans. The chat will be held on May 10th at 12:00 p.m. CST and last approximately one hour.

    Reported on May 03, 2011
  • State of the Republic II

    Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising is steadily moving towards its release, due to launch on June 21st this year. That said, the team at Heatwave have released their latest State of the Republic, chronicling the state of the game as it is today. Check out the article and let us know what you think of this forthcoming game.

    Reported on May 01, 2011
  • Retail Release Announced

    Heatwave Interactive has announced that the North American retail release date for Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising is set for June 21, 2011. Players who preorder the game will have early access one week prior to the game's official launch.

    Reported on Apr 28, 2011
  • New Closed Beta Phase - Keys Available!

    MMORPG.com has been given 5,000 closed beta keys for Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising. In the new beta phase, which began April 24th players can test new features such as the fully functional Estate System. Get your key now!

    Reported on Apr 25, 2011
  • Upcoming Beta Week

    The Gods & Heroes team have proclaimed another phase of their punctuated Beta Testing. They begin sending out new keys on Monday and access with a code will be granted the following day, Tuesday the 26th.

    Reported on Apr 23, 2011
  • New Combat Screens

    Heatwave Interactive has released nine new screenshots from Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising. The screens feature a look at combat and show off some terrific effects. Check them out in our Gods & Heroes screenshot gallery.

    Reported on Apr 20, 2011
  • Ustream Live Dev Chat Recording

    The team over at Gods & Heroes have put up a recording of last week's Live Dev Blog for those of us who missed it, taking questions from their forums, social media sites and those who partook in the Ustream chat. Check it out!

    Reported on Apr 17, 2011
  • Gods & Heroes Dev Blog Q&A: Praetorian Guard Program

    The folks over at Gods & Heroes have released another Dev Blog Q&A, this time focusing on the volunteer street team, the Praetorian Guard. Check it out!

    Reported on Apr 10, 2011
  • Next Live Chat Announced

    Gods & Heroes developers will be hosting another live chat with fans on Tuesday, April 12th via the official UStream channel. The chat will start at 1:00 p.m. EST and last for about an hour.

    Reported on Apr 07, 2011
  • Beta Patching Week & Patch Notes

    The team over at Heatwave have announced the latest patch for the Gods & Heroes Beta, but even better, they've also released a detailed list of patch notes for us all to see. Check out what the team is doing to improve the beta experience.

    Reported on Apr 03, 2011
  • Dev Q&A: UI Changes in New Update!

    A new Developer Q&A from Heatwave has been released and details the changes coming to the game's UI once the upcoming Beta event kicks off. Check it out.

    Reported on Mar 27, 2011
  • Next Beta Event Dated

    The Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising team has announced the dates for the next beta test. Beta players will want to log in between March 29th and April 4th to help the team check out changes in the quest tracker, combat improvements, UI improvements and help test out the Estate feature.

    Reported on Mar 25, 2011
  • New Screens

    The Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising team has sent over eleven new environment screenshots featuring a look at a Roman villa and its surrounding lands. The screens are in our Gods & Heroes gallery so be sure to swing by for a look.

    Reported on Mar 09, 2011
  • 5,000 More Beta Keys!

    MMORPG.com has been given a second round of 5,000 beta keys for the mythology based MMORPG - Gods and Heroes! Get your key while supplies last!

    Reported on Mar 01, 2011
  • A Mature Roman Experience

    The Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising blog has been updated with new information about 'mature content' that the dev team will be bringing to the game to provide players with a more realistic 'Roman experience'. Devs write that the content will be context specific and will fit in with the overall picture of Rome.

    Reported on Mar 01, 2011
  • Devs Talk Quests

    The Gods & Heroes Online blog has been updated with an in-house Q&A covering all things quest-related. Devs cover four questions about diety-specific quests, favorite quests and how quests are updated and changed as the game evolves.

    Reported on Feb 28, 2011
  • Dev Blog Q&A: Beta Testing

    The folks over at Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising have posted a DevBlog Q&A with regards to the Beta Testing phase for the upcoming game. Check it out and let us know what you think!

    Reported on Feb 20, 2011
  • Praetorian Guard Q&A

    The Gods & Heroes dev team has posted a new Q&A on the official developer blog. This time, the questions focus on the recently announced "Praetorian Guard". These folks, according to the answers from Heatwave, are those who will help guide folks in the game and will be selected from the Gods & Heroes community.

    Reported on Feb 11, 2011
  • State of the Republic

    The good people at Heatwave Interactive published yesterday an article about their efforts in bringing this game back to life. What did they like about the game when they picked it up, and what needed to go, be changed or addeed. Check out the article and let us know what you think!

    Reported on Feb 05, 2011
  • Dev Q&A Focuses on Combat

    Heatwave Interactive has posted a new in-house developer Q&A with specific regard to combat in Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising. The questions run the gamut of how combat has changed to whether or not players can effectively engage enemies without minions.

    Reported on Jan 31, 2011
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