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An MMO game that was canceled before it was even released will finally be launching to the public very soon. Developer Heatwave Interactive has announced that the Greek mythology-themed game Gods and Heroes will open to the public on June 21. Pre-orders for the game are being taken at its official web site. Those who pre-order will get access to the game a week earlier and get a couple of exclusive in-game items.

Gods and Heroes was first announced way back in 2005 by Perpetual Entertainment. After being development for a couple of years the game was put on "indefinite hold" in October 2007. A few months later Perpetual shut its doors. Heatwave Interactive announced its plans to revive the game in February 2010.

An MMO that got shut down before its release by a developer that went out of business a few months later is now being revived over two years later. Heatwave Interactive announced today they have bought the rights to Gods and Heroes, the Greek-Roman mythology themed MMO that was previously in development by the now defunct Perpetual Entertainment.

First announced in 2005 by Perpetual, the game got its release date pushed back several times before Perpetual put the game on "indefinite hold" in October 2007 (even though the game was being advertised in PC gaming magazines at the time). Perpetual itself, which was also the first developer of Star Trek Online, shut down in January 2008.

It now appear that some of the co-founders of Perpetual got together again to form a new company called PlayGrid, a technology company for making MMO games. Heatwave Interactive has bought a source code license from PlayGrid, two game engines and all the rights to Gods and Heroes. There's no word on when the revived Gods and Heroes will launched. Our sister site Massively has posted up a brief Q&A with Heatwave on the acquisition.