Gods & Heroes Placed on Hold

via IGN


Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising was announced back at the 2005 Game Developers Conference and since then we've received fairly regular updates on the game's progress. It looks like developer Perpetual may have bitten off more than it can chew with the online role-playing game, as the project has been placed on indefinite hold.

An announcement on the game's official Website thanks the community for its support, but says the team lacks the resources to fully realize its vision for Gods & Heroes.

"The development team established some very lofty and ambitious goals when the initial work was started on Gods & Heroes," the announcement reads. "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."

A recent screenshot of Gods & Heroes, from the end of August 2007.All this time, Perpetual has also been working on Star Trek Online, another ambitious massively-multiplayer online game.

"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.

"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."