War Gods (video game)

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This article is for the Midway Games video game. For mythological gods of war, see List of war deities

War Gods

Developer(s)	Midway Games
Publisher(s)	Midway Games
Release date(s)	1996, 1997
Genre(s)	Versus Fighting
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players simultaneously
Rating(s)	ESRB: M (Mature) 17+
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Windows
Input	8-way Joystick, 6 Buttons
Arcade system(s)	Midway Games V-Unit
Arcade display	Raster, 512 x 400 pixels (Horizontal), 32768 colors

Screenshot of the Playstation version of War Gods.

War Gods is a 1996 fighting arcade game. It was created by Midway Games and was eventually ported to the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Windows in 1997. The game was developed by a team led by George Petro (Lead Programmer) and Jack Haeger (Lead Artist).

War Gods is very similar to Midway's more famous Mortal Kombat series in featuring a great deal of gore and horrific fatalities. The array of playable characters feature gods (or, more accurately, immortals). The most famous featured character in the game is Anubis, the Ancient Egyptian ruler of the underworld. Other characters are more reminiscent of Roman gladiators such as "Maximus", the houngoun "Voodoo", the questionable Kabuki Jo and the obviously fictional cybernetic "CY-5".

Released by Midway as a sort of litmus test of its new 3D software prior to the release of Mortal Kombat 4, War Gods was not a big financial success. The game was frowned upon by critics for the clumsy use of human models in its character design.