Sega Announces Tournament of Legends. Is That Gladiator A.D.?

Shortly before High Voltage Software released The Conduit last year on the Wii, it announced a few more projects, one of which was a 3D tournament fighter for the Wii titled “Gladiator A.D.”

Since that time there haven’t been too many announcements about the title which was said to run on the company’s patented Quantum 3 physics and reportedly utilize Motion Plus, but today a new post showed up on Sega’s official blog introducing us to a vaguely familiar-looking title, “Tournament of Legends.”

From Sega’s blog post:

“Tournament of Legends features epic battles in fantastic fighting arenas where they will wield mythical blade weapons, launch 40 magic attacks, and dodge giant mythological creatures that protect the battle lairs. In intense one and two-player fights, players master  a range of character and weapon based magic attacks; including unleashing, amongst others, a man-eating lion, Jupiter’s Storm, Thor’s Fury and a nest of venomous snakes.

Tournament of Legends strives to offer even the most sophisticated Wii gamer a rich weapon fighting experience. Players will be able to switch weapons and enchantments with other characters or compete in various Wii Remote™/Nunchuk™ controller challenges which include dodging giant mythological creatures or restoring health and armor during fights.  The game also features an Interactive Training mode and supports the Classic Controller™.”

So it looks like Gladiator A.D. was merely a tentative title until the marketing department at Sega could come up with something a little better, but it’s a bit odd that the company didn’t formally announce a change of title with its blog post.  Also strangely absent is any mention of the previously reported Motion Plus support.

The blog post does seem to clear up one thing though: a continued relationship between Sega and High Voltage Software.  After The Conduit’s mediocre/decent sales (which last we officially heard was around 270,000 units), there was certainly a question as to whether Sega would publish the rest of High Voltage Software’s Wii titles such as The Grinder.  The upcoming release of Tournament of Legends seems to suggest that yes, Sega will.

Tournament of Legends is scheduled to release on May 18, 2010, exclusively for the Wii.