Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising News - Closed Beta
Posted by Jon Wood on Oct 04, 2006 | 4 comments in our forums
Perpetual Entertainment announced on Tuesday that their Rome-inspired MMORPG, Gods & Heroes has now reached the Closed Beta Phase of its development. Initial reactions from players, according to the Perpetual press release, are positive:
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First group of core testers provide valuable feedback; More mortals being selected to receive the power of the Gods San Francisco, CA – October 3, 2006 - Perpetual Entertainment announced today that Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, its premiere massively multiplayer RPG of mythic adventure in the ancient world, has entered the Closed Beta phase of development and the first round of Core Testers have submitted early feedback on the game. “The Core Testers currently in the Beta are the very first outside people to play the game, and we are thrilled at what they’ve had to say,” said Richard Zinser, Vice President of Game Services for Perpetual Entertainment. “Their positive feedback on playability and balance has confirmed that we’re on the right path to making Gods & Heroes the best game possible at launch.” Additional Core Testers will be added to this first stage of Closed Beta on October 6th, 2006. Members of the Gods & Heroes community can apply for the Core Tester program by emailing claunius@perpetual.com with one paragraph (250 words or less) explaining their qualifications as a Core Tester. Emails should include the applicant’s real name, account name, persona, and email address. Beta applications must be submitted by October 6th, 2006 at midnight PST to qualify for the first stage. “After the years of development and months of internal testing, we are eagerly anticipating the expansion of the Closed Beta in coming months as we begin to open the game up to the community,” said Chris McKibbin, President of Perpetual Entertainment. For more information on applying for the Closed Beta, please visit http://community.godsandheroes.com. |
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Sounds great. I was quick to submit my beta app. with a pretty good write-up. I didn't brag too much :)
After the disappointment with Roma Victor, I would really like to see Gods & Heroes shine. I know it is a completely different take on the mmorpg genre compared to RV, but it looks like it'll be fun, and in the same ballpark as far as the games setting, which is really what is interesting to me, as well as its cool features.
What really looks interesting is that do you PvP in a colleseum(spelling)? Or maybe have a Pvp contest 2 go at each other and then winner takes on the next person to enter?
I'm not much of a PvPer, and I'm usually not very interested in arena style PvP, but in Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising, this actually makes sense for once! I'll most likely participate in PvP.
What really grabs me about this mmorpg is the setting and the feature that allows you to command NPCs, among other cool features. PvP would be a bonus.
I'm not sure if it'll be instanced. I am not a fan of instancing, but for some mmos it makes sense and works out well.
The key things I look for in a mmorpg are there, and I am anxious for Gods & Hereos.