the gladiator box art you posted looks just like the boxart for this game

Oh, ok. I guess I missed that. That sounds great though. Holiday release probably would've been nice but theres no point in rushing it.

so this is the secret game Matt had on his blog a couple weeks ago...

i wonder why not people make a game around old gladiator games, i mean with online and all , and with new tech and a little RPG twist it would be awesome.
i think this one got a chance of doing it.

oooo interesting

Graphics look great, the brighter environments really help show the Quantum3 engine off better than The Conduit.

Nice to have a MotionPlus fighting game, and looks like it's going to have great online, too.

By the way, this was the blurred out screenshot game. Found it here http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14350710/gladiator-ad/images/pre-e3-2009-gladiator-ad-revealed-20090525022238637.html .

This game needs more blood:

^ yes they should just make the screen red with a very tiny bit of visibility of the game.

I want this game. This is my kind of game. I hope it does well. I also hope it will have online support.

However this game is very historicly wrong. The Roman Gladiators were not a very bloody and gory time. Most of the Roman Gladiator history was more tame. There was a lot of time and investment to train a good fighter. Having them die after one fight was a waste.

The specific time of the bloody roman gladiator lasted for only one Ceaser. It might have been Caligula, i'm not that sure which it was though. I believe it was during the period when Roman empire was being invaded by foreign countries. The blood sport was used to be a diversion for the roman citizens. This worst case blood sport however had painted an almost art of Roman gladiatorial culture to be believed into just a blood bath of gore. Yes Romans loved the fighting and enjoyed a good death, but most fights were not to the death. This however didn't mean the prisoners and other criminals weren't thrown in to die.

This game looks great and has an awesome gameplay concept. HVS knows what they are doing.

I'm guessing they start a game every October. 7 months ago was roughly late-October 2008. HVS began work on The Conduit in October of 2007. So since this game is smaller in area than The Conduit, we can see release by March 2010, but they can take their sweet time.