High Voltage Software strikes a deal with Sega to bring Tournament of Legends to Wii this year...

Sega today announced that its partnership with developer High Voltage Software is set to continue, as the publisher plans to release the team's next game in May.

Tournament of Legends appears to be the current form of what was originally unveiled last year as Gladiator A.D..

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Tournament of Legends is a one-on-one, 3D beat 'em up with a heavy emphasis on weapons and magic. Whereas Gladiator A.D. was revealed as a simple human-on-human fighter, the game now lets players brawl as a host of mythical icons, including the Minotaur, Stone Golems and Valkyries.

Oddly enough, Sega's press statement fails to mention any support for Wii MotionPlus, suggesting High Voltage has dropped the support of the peripheral it announced for Gladiator last year. Rather, the game has been confirmed to support the Classic Controller as well as the Wii Remote and Nunchuck set-up.

Tournament of Legends will indeed utilise High Voltage Software's proprietary Quantum3 engine used for The Conduit. With this being High Voltage's second major retail Wii title published by Sega, hopefully the online co-op FPS The Grinder is a little more secure for release.

Tournament of Legends is set to release in North America on May 18th.