Vultures

Vultures is a cancelled Xbox game from GRIN. It was to be a hack and slash gladiator game.

Plot
Europe had failed its colonization of North America. A plague has wiped out almost all of Europe. The Europeans that fled to America have been enslaved by the Native Americans. Now the European slaves are forced to compete in gladiator combat.

Gameplay
You can choose sixteen characters to play as. Each has their own strengths, weaknesses, speed, stamina, and other attributes.

There are plenty of weapons to weild, such as swords, axes, maces, and pistols. Kill your foes and pick up their weapons to grow your arsenal.

Vultures would have you battle your way through 25 different gladiator events. There are various environmental traps, like bridges, to take advantage of.

Multiplayer consisted of co-op both local and multiplayer.

Development
Vultures was to be promising, with its use of polygon compression technology. The game was built on the Havok 2 engine, the same engine that Half Life 2 used.

Cancellation
Vultures was cancelled around June 2004 by the publisher CDV Software for unknown reasons.

Video
Trailer from E3 2003.