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Viking: Battle for Asgard

Game » consists of 6 releases. First released on Mar 25, 2008

Hack hundreds, if not thousands of foes into pieces as you rage against Hel's forces in this third-person action game from Creative Assembly.

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Achievements

Achievements are extra challenges added into video games that sometimes carry a point value or unlock bonus material, and are sometimes solely for bragging rights.
Aggressive Door-Opening

Used by protagonists when opening a door that is locked, or just for looking really cool.
Blood

Necessary to sustain life in organic creatures, the crimson fluid known as blood tends to make appearances when the body's structure is compromised in some way, a very, very common occurrence in videogames.
Button Mashing

Button Mashing is a concept used to describe any game or gameplay wherein skill is an aside to how fast a player can hit the buttons on the controller.
Cheating Death

A different take on the commonplace video game death. Different ways to avoid death can include time travel, as in Prince of Persia, or maybe a minigame where the character can "escape" death, as in Prey.
CriWare

Popular audio/video middleware tools developed by CRI Middleware, INC. Used in over 1,700 games spanning the PS2, PS3, Gamecube, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, PC, Arcade, DS, PSP and more.
Decapitation

Decapitation is the removal of the head of a person or animal.
Difficulty Achievement

An achievement that is unlocked for completing a game on a certain difficulty level, sometimes granting the achievements for all lower difficulties, and sometimes not.
Difficulty Level

Sometimes you want a challenge, sometimes you wanna coast.
Disembodied Voice

Voice actors don't always get an NPC to represent them. Sometimes voices have no visible speaker.
Dolby Digital

Dolby Digital is an audio compression technology codec first used in movie theaters. It's now commonly used in many modern day audio/video media formats, including video games.
Dragons

Dragons were originally messengers from heaven, according to early Buddhist texts. In video games, they are mostly adversaries to be overcome, but there are some exceptions.
Dual Wielding

The concept of using two weapons at once, often for more damage at the cost of accuracy, the use of a shield, grenades, or other similar accessories.
Elements

The Classical Elements are usually considered to be Earth, Water, Air and Fire. In modern science, the Periodic Table has increased the number of elements to 118.
Extreme Violence

Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more. Chainsaws usually produce the best excessive violence, while guns simply provide more blood spray.
Eye Scars

Scarring over the eye. Used by game developers to make a character appear more rugged and badass.
Fatality

Fatalities are a means of ending a fighting game match by gruesomely murdering the loser. It was popularized as a finishing move performed at the end of a match in Mortal Kombat.
Fetch Quests

An industry game design convention that's appeared in many games over the years. The fetch quest involves sending the player out to collect a certain number of items, and return them to complete the quest. A staple of the RPG and Adventure game genre.
Finishing Move

Finishing moves are typically moves that end a fight in a traditional fighting game.
GamersGate

GamersGate is a client-free digital distribution service.
Gift of the Gods

Abilities or objects that can only be obtained by killing a god or if gods themselves offer them to a character.
Gods

This tag is for all games and characters that deal in the concept of gods, demigods, half-gods and the like.
Hack and Slash

A term previously used to refer to RPGs that focus more on the action, today it more often refers to action games which focus on hack & slash gameplay.
High Definition Graphics

A console game is high definition if it operates at a resolution of at least 720p, or 1280x720. A console able to achieve this resolution is HD-capable. For a variety of reasons, the term does not apply to PC games.
Instant Kill

Whether it be a close up shotgun blast, far away sniper rifle, explosive, or backstab, the "one hit kill" is a popular kill strategy. Usually hard to master and even harder to avoid, the instant kill is loved and hated by gamers everywhere.
Lava Stage

A common type of stage based around the fire and/or lava element. Often platforming heavy and inhabited by fire-based enemies.
Magic

The concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods, breaking the fundamental laws of science.
Magic Meter

The meter which is used to tell how much power you have left to use magic abilities.
Mini-Boss

An opponent that typically appears around the halfway point in a level. Mini-Bosses are more formidable than the average opponent, though normally not as tough as the end-level Boss.
Missable Achievements

When an achievement is only attainable at a single point in a game, it is considered a missable achievement. If a player has missed such an achievement, then he must replay the entire game in order to get it.

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Giant Bomb Review

3/5 Stars

Viking's got good ideas, but you'll see most of them in the first third of the story.

By Jeff Gerstmann

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Game details

Name	Viking: Battle for Asgard
First release date	March 25, 2008
Platform	Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 PC
Developer	The Creative Assembly
Publisher	Sega
Genre	Action Adventure
Theme	Fantasy Medieval
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Specific release details

Release Date	March 25, 2008
Rating	BBFC: 18
Supported Resolutions	N/A
Surround Sound	N/A
Widescreen Support	No
Features Camera support Voice control Motion control Driving wheel (native) Flightstick (native) PC gamepad (native) Head tracking (native)
Multiplayer Local co-op LAN co-op Online co-op Local competitive LAN competitive Online competitive Local splitscreen Online splitscreen Pass and play Voice chat Asynchronous multiplayer