It's been quite a while since we've seen a GODS review but Blue's is pointing one out at Gaming Excellence.  The score is a low 5.8/10, although the text indicates the game is merely "mediocre", not "bad":

As you travel through various areas in the game, you’ll be treated to the first-person view (reminiscent of the Might and Magic series), as Vivien, while the party members acquired through travel are displayed across the bottom. From this interface, you can manage your inventory, check your stats (and raise them, if you’ve levelled up), and use alchemical recipes, a simple but innovative system that can be used with a variety of ingredients, fuel, and mana to create a variety of potions and other results. Travelling is easy enough, and looks decent, if not a little bland. There is also very limited interactivity to the game, as you can not actually enter buildings, so shopkeepers just stand outside, waiting for you to speak to them.

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The world of Bellarion has been ravaged by war -- not war between mortals, but between gods! After 1000 years, the stalemate was broken by the god of Darkness, Mortagorn, whose priests now wield a power against which no magic, mortal or divine, can protect. You take the role of Vivien, avatar of the god of fire Arswaargh, as you search for a countermeasure against Mortagorn’s dark power.

You have to be a paying member to play this, but given the amazing amount of stuff coming to the service it is getting more compelling every week! 

The latest review of the 'Special Edition' of Gods: Lands of Infinity is from Out of Eight, giving it 5/8 which equates to "Buy it if you really like the genre".  This is much more positive than the GameSpot review but still calls the game "decidedly average".

The battles in the game are turn-based, much like the Final Fantasy series. Each turn, you can choose an attack, spell, item from your inventory, a formation change, or defend an attack. Complicating the process is the use of action points that prevents you from attacking every turn and requires you to defend (usually resulting in just as much damage) every couple of turns. The AI doesn’t seem to play by the same rules, as I rarely noticed them defending on any turn. The enemies you will encounter have a very basic AI that usually consists of attacking and the occasional spell. The combat is not very exciting and it lasts a really long time; the enemies are very powerful when you start a new game and you’ll need a constant supply of health potions just to survive against even the most basic foe.

Slamming the story as "ridiculous", GameSpot has reviewed Gods: Lands of Infinity and awarded a score of 4/10:

Role-playing games don't come much cheaper or generic than Gods: Lands of Infinity. This by-the-numbers RPG isn't so much awful as it is afflicted by a total lack of innovation by the developers at Cypron Studios and bargain basement production values. With that said, this is still a relatively competent take on the genre that you might enjoy, depending on your tolerance for tedium, as well as some of the goofiest voice acting and dialogue ever committed to an RPG.

Cypron Studios has released a demo of the new Gods: LoI Special Edition that allows you to "play with Kyla Cole".  If you are interested in a look, head to the site or use this direct link to the 412Mb file.

Strategy First has released the Special Edition of Cypron's Gods: Lands of Infinity, which offers improved graphics, skills and alchemy.  Both a boxed version and a digital download are on offer. 

Thanks, coaster! 

GODS has been available online through TGN for quite a while but Cypron today revealed they have a publisher for North American retail:

Ladies and gentlemen, Cypron Studios is honored to announce that we have found US publisher for our long expected title GODS:Lands of Infinity SE. Our partner in this exciting venture is no one else but renown worldwide developer and publisher Strategy First - the first among strategy based game distributors and developers founded "by fans for fans" in 1990 with headquarters in Montreal, Canada and London, England. Share with us undying passion for strategy gaming as well as lasting partnership against the odds so unique in today’s business world.

I'm not sure SF is really renowned for the right things but good luck to them.

From the Gods: Lands of Inifinity site -

Gods: LoI Special Edition is now available to pre-order through Stardock’s TotalGamingNet. We will inform you about retail distribution soon. All existing owners who purchased original gods from Stardock, will be emailed with a special link where they can purchase Special Edition for the discounted price.

We don't normally cover stuff like price changes but the long weekend has left things pretty quiet and we like to support indie projects.  With the upcoming release of the Gods: Lands of Infinity Special Edition, Cypron has dropped the price of the current TotalGaming.net digital download version to $19.99.

Cypron Studios has released an mp3 of the new Gods SE soundtrack called Song for Vivien.

Cypron Studios has an announcement on their site that the Special Edition of Gods: Lands of Infinity has been completed:

GODS LoI SE has finally been completed. Many players have been curious about the changes between the original version and the special edition. We spent quite a time in attempt to add as many new features as possible. The outcome was a game dressed in a completely new, more attractive fashion boosted with various bonus stuff. We bet you wouldn't tell it's the same game by the look at some of the new screenshots!

• Starring Kyla Cole as a Lead Heroine
• Powered by the Latest Build (All Patches Included)
• Polished Graphics with More Detailed Enviroment
• Brand New Main Menu and Graphic User Interface
• Smoother Animation
• Expanded Alchemy
• Brand New Game Soundtrack and Gods OST CD
• Boosted Sound Effects
• Bonus Weapons and Armours
• Gods Kyla Cole 2007 Calendar

HookedGamers has a positive review of Gods: LoI. The final score is 8.0,  and here is a snippit:

While replayability rarely scores very high with me I find Gods: Lands of Infinity scores well in this area. After finishing the game I felt compelled to go back and see what choices other than my original ones would cause, as there were quite a few different choices you could make. Gods: Lands of Infinity is a highly enjoyable game that defies the 'tiredness' that we see so often in other Role Playing Games. If you are looking for something different, this game is for you.

The GODS: Lands of Infinity site is pointing out a new Kyla Cole wallpaper as a New Year's gift.

Cypron Studios has released an updated v1.40 demo for GODS: Lands of Infinity:

Due to issues with the "February 2006" demo (as reported by our players), we have now posted up the latest demo version "August 2006". We used the patches from version 1.40, built in August 2006. If you noticed issues with demo from February 2006, please feel free to download the latest version HERE.

You can also grab it from Worthplaying (340Mb).

Cypron Studios answered our question whether the SE will be available an update for the regular version of Gods:

...Special Edition of Gods will be new version of Gods with Kyla Cole as main hero.

The special edition will contain Kyla as main hero and lot of improvements players asked for:

• debbuged version with no bugs (or just a minimum ;)
• new improved animations
• better graphic
• brand new soundtrack
• improved sound effects
• we would like to improve the alchemy too
• the retail version will probably contain Kyla Cole calendar (like wallpapers we have just released) for 2007 and Gods OST (original soundtrack CD)

There are still many countries (US, UK, France...) where Gods:LoI hasn't been released yet so we want to attract publishers/players with new, improved GODS:LOI SPECIAL VERSION. And, this game will not contain any sexual content! We are going to release an official PRESS about GODS LOI SE features soon.

The Gods: Lands of Infinity site has released some wallpapers featuring their new model:

We are proud to reveal you the first desktop wallpapers with GODS: LoI SE theme featuring our new face for Vivien. Now she is more real and more beautiful than any heroine we’ve ever created! Enjoy her and decorate your desktop with one of the three wallpapers which you can find in the gallery.

We just received this press release from Cypron studios announcing a special edition of Gods:

Kyla Cole in GODS !

Cypron Studios signed an exclusive contract with Kyla Cole to become an official face for Gods game. Cypron studios is going to release a special version of the game called GODS:Lands of Infinity SE with Kyla Cole as a main heroine - Vivien. Are you interested in real heroine in RPG fantasy game? Stay tuned, GODS:LOI SE with Kyla is coming soon!

About Kyla Cole

Kyla is a Slovak erotic and glamour supermodel born in Presov, Slovakia. She started career in 1999. She was the first Slovakian Pet of the Month in U.S. Penthouse in March 2000, Countless Cover, pictorial girl of many Man’s magazines. Former host of TV show Laskanie in Slovak TV Markiza. Actress in action movie from Philippines "Rumble boys".

Kyla participated on charity work for orphanage in Sarisske Michalany, Slovakia.

What people say about Kyla?

Hugh Hefner - "Amazing natural beauty" June 2000 FHM - "200 covers in 7 years, number 1 adult entertainer" February 2006 MAXIM - "2006 biggest internet sensation, set to become the biggest cover star you ever known" June 2006

Kyla is working on her official site which is under development and will be launched soon.

The press release including a picture of Kyla can be found here.

When we first decided to create Gods: Lands of Infinity, we wanted to make a brand new kind of a fantasy game - something wondrous, adventurous, entertaining, exciting - something that you would remember. The first and the most important aspect of any game concept is entertainment, and the feel of an adventure. We wanted to avoid knotty game calculations, lots of tables, statistics, and long, boring dialogues as we assumed that if a player wants to play, he doesn't want to read a 600-page book. We allow the player to walk in a fanciful environment, to fight monsters, to wield mighty weapons and amazing spells, to meet interesting fantasy characters and share their destinies. The final effect we got from our "alchemy room" is a smooth, catchy and original game that combines various features from other RPGs and tries to avoid their negative experiences. We wanted to forge an adventure!

Continuing this theme of horses for courses, the game is very linear. There is no wide open world to explore such as you find in Oblivion - rather there are a series of 'maps' which continue to be revealed as you progress through the storyline. Fortunately, these maps are all linked on the 'ingame' world map, so travel between them, once they are opened to you, is quick and simple. Just find a signpost, click on it and the world map opens. Click where you wish to go and basically you're there. The game even autosaves every time you enter a different map. Actually, the demo is the most non-linear part of the game. Some of the early quests are very much of the Fed-ex type, but these are soon replaced by more and more strategic combat and this is where the game really shines for me.

Hi All!

Cypron Studios has just provided Stardock with Gods Master. They need to test it and here is the official release date for English version distributed digitaly by Total Gaming Net:

*** July 5th 2006 ***

Thank you all for your patience!!!

cypron studios