Clan of Champions (グラディエーターバーサス, Guradiētābāsasu, Gladiator VS) is a single and multiplayer action fighting game set in a fantasy setting. It was released on November 23, 2011 in Japan as a PS3 exclusive. The game was released in North America for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3 in 2012 by NIS America on behalf of developer Acquire.
The game is also known as Gladiator Vs.,[2] and is a part of the Gladiator series which has included Colosseum: Road to Freedom (2005, PS2) and Gladiator Begins (2010, PSP); the game is the first not to be set in ancient Rome.[3]
The game includes single-player, cooperative (up to 3 player) and 3 vs. 3 player game modes, with player avatars including elf, human or orc.[4][5][6]
The game received "unfavorable" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregatorMetacritic.[9][10] In Japan, Famitsu gave the PS3 version a score of two sixes and two fives for a total of 22 out of 40.[7]