Sega To Publish High Voltage's Tournament of Legends, Wii Exclusive

Today Sega signed on as publisher for High Voltage Software's upcoming weapon and magic based 3D-fight game Tournament of Legends, set to launch exclusively for Wii in May 2010.

"Tournament of Legends is a perfect Wii game" said Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing at SEGA of America. "High Voltage are delivering yet another fantastic looking game and their roster of gods, demons and warriors is unlike any other brawler out there. I can imagine that fathers and sons will be using a quick fight on Tournament of Legends as the ultimate tie-breaker in family disputes!"

High Voltage Software also teamed up with Sega to publish The Conduit. Tournament of Legends will utilize the same Quantum 3 engine that powered The Conduit.

Eric Nofsinger, COO of High Voltage, had this to say about their upcoming 3D fighter:

"With Tournament of Legends, we want to take the Wii weapon-based fighting to a bigger place. Along with a wide selection of blade weapons and animated magic attacks we've achieved rich graphical effects and detailed, epic characters with the Quantum 3 engine. The mythological characters are some of the biggest 3D playable characters on Wii."

Tournament of Legends was first announced last year, under the name Gladiator A.D. The game features a variety of mythological creatures, such as a Minotaur, a Gladiator, a Valkyrie and more--all in battle against each other.

With the game's announcement, Nofsinger famously claimed High Voltage would show "the true potential of the Wii" with their upcoming titles.

Look for Tournament of Legends to hit store shelves exclusively for Wii on May 18, 2010.