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Rainbird on 03 February 2010

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/high-voltages-gladiator-wii-game-dated

SEGA's stamped a May release date on High Voltage's new gladiator game for Wii.

And it's no longer known as Gladiator AD, but as Tournament of Legends.

Fight using characters from mythology like a Minotaur or a Valkyrie or even a gladiator like Maxmius Crowe. They each have weapons of legend, as well as spells and special abilities like summoning nests of snakes or lions that eat people.

Controls are based on dual-wielding the Wiimote and nunchuk. Last May, High Voltage said Wii MotionPlus would be supported to add variance to attacks. There's no mention of it here. We were also told that the game would be brutal and bloody.

We're promised a pretty picture thanks to High Voltage's Quantum 3 engine, and there will be mini-game variations on the theme to break up the action. Oh and a training mode, too.

High Voltage was the outspoken developer behind The Conduit, a multiplayer FPS exclusive to Wii.Our review of The Conduit can fill you in on the rest.

Head over to our Tournament of Legends gallery for a look.

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I think the new name is better, hopefully we'll see more to the game soon. And lol at Maximus Crowe



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griffinA on 03 February 2010

Interesting changes. Now instead of a "realistic" Punch-Out!! like experience they're going for a more fantasy brawler. I wasn't very impressed with the original vision so I can't say I mind.



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jarrod on 03 February 2010

Wow. So much for Hanzoposhit's "no more mature" Wii games prediction....



woopah on 03 February 2010

wow, i thought that this game had surely been cancelled so that they could focus on grinder



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jarrod on 03 February 2010
woopah said:
wow, i thought that this game had surely been cancelled so that they could focus on grinder

The Grinder was always further off.  And I'm guessing Sega's going to be doing the honors for that game too now...



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jlauro on 03 February 2010

Hmmm... minigames...? Oh no, stores will not carry it now!



TopCat on 03 February 2010

The new direction sucks. It looks like Rage Of The Gladiator now, just prettier. I liked the previous direction, it looked way more exciting. I hope the info's wrong, though.




woopah on 03 February 2010

bu bu... sega jumped off the wii! they're not gunna do any more M rated games cos that guy on 1UP said so!



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DOLBYdigital on 03 February 2010

Wish they would focus more on The Grinder since that is a genre with game play that works very well with the wiimote/nunchuck and is needed on the Wii. Online co-op FPS games are really needed on all platforms since we only have a couple good examples. Hoping the Grinder provides that for Wii gamers and it comes out by 2010 but I guess its looking more like early 2011 :(



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blaydcor on 03 February 2010

Those screens look pretty hideous.
I kind of hate HVS. What have they done to deserve their reputation/earn the hype their games get?



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