The War in Heaven (video game)

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The War in Heaven
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Developer(s) Eternal Warriors
Publisher(s) ValuSoft [1] [2]
Designer(s) Vox Day
Platform(s) Windows [3]
ReleaseOctober 1999 [1] [4]

The War in Heaven is a 1999 Christian-themed action game that was published by Valusoft and distributed by GT Interactive. [1] The game is described as " Doom -meets-the-Bible" and is intended for Christian males 15 and older. [1]

Contents

[5] Development

The game was developed by Eternal Warriors, a company founded in 1996. [6]

Reception

Mike Musgrove from The Washington Post stated in his review of the game that "there's more activity in Sunday school than in this game". [3]

Sales

The game sold 4,000 copies by March 2000 [7] and later 10,000 copies by October 2000. [2]

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