Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
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Gladiator: Sword Of Vengeance was a hack and slash
game from Acclaim Entertainment
. At the time many big third person action games like BloodRayne
and Prince of Persia
were enjoying major success. So Acclaim decided to join the genre with their own third person hack and slash
action game Gladiator: Sword Of Vengeance. The game was a mild hit. In 2006 Canadian game publisher Throwback Entertainment
acquired the publishing and development rights for the Gladiator franchise. ThrowBack has talked about making a new Gladiator game for the next-generation of game consoles though a specific system was not announced.
Hack and slash
Hack and slash or hack and slay, abbreviated H&S or HnS, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat. "Hack and slash" was originally used to describe an aspect of pen-and-paper role-playing games , carrying over from there to MUDs, MMORPGs, and video games in general...
game from Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment
Acclaim Entertainment was an American video game developer and publisher. It developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sega's Mega Drive/Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, and Game Gear, Nintendo's NES, SNES, Nintendo...
. At the time many big third person action games like BloodRayne
BloodRayne
BloodRayne has received mostly mixed to positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox version 73.53% and 76/100, the GameCube version 68.88% and 73/100, the PlayStation 2 version 68.87% and 75/100 and the PC version 65.78% and 65/100.-External links:*...
and Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner and released in 1989 for the Apple II, that represented a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in video games....
were enjoying major success. So Acclaim decided to join the genre with their own third person hack and slash
Hack and slash
Hack and slash or hack and slay, abbreviated H&S or HnS, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat. "Hack and slash" was originally used to describe an aspect of pen-and-paper role-playing games , carrying over from there to MUDs, MMORPGs, and video games in general...
action game Gladiator: Sword Of Vengeance. The game was a mild hit. In 2006 Canadian game publisher Throwback Entertainment
Throwback Entertainment
Throwback Entertainment is a Canadian games publisher based in Toronto, Canada.Founded in 2004, the founders of Throwback Entertainment considered purchasing Acclaim Entertainment, but after researching the company decided against doing so...
acquired the publishing and development rights for the Gladiator franchise. ThrowBack has talked about making a new Gladiator game for the next-generation of game consoles though a specific system was not announced.