Gods and Heroes Likely Canceled

Bad news, MMORPG fans. Looks like the upcoming game, Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising, has been delayed indefinitely (i.e canceled). Following some downsizing and a move by studio, Perpetual Entertainment, the majority of the development team working on the game has been let go. The company is continuing its normal operations under the same management — including developing their Perpetual Platform and Star Trek Online — but Gods and Heroes has essentially bit the big one.

This is kind of a downer for those who have been following the game’s progress, especially since it seemed to be coming together rather well. It was meant to be a creative fusion of ancient Roman times and mythology, where you could set out as a warrior and fight mythical beast. But guess it’s headed for that big video game dust bin in the sky. Alas, poor Gods and Heroes, we hardly knew ye.

Via WarCry

UPDATE: There’s confirmation of this over at the official Gods & Heroes website. We’ve included the text of a letter to the community from Executive Producer Chris McKibbin below:

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