This game is rated ESRB: Teen for Use of Alcohol, Violence, Crude Humor and Blood and Gore.
Released in 2006 for PC, Battle of the Gods is an expansion pack for Lionhead Studios' Black & White 2, a real-time strategy and god-game simulator. The expansion introduces a new central conflict: for the first time in the series, the player faces a direct confrontation against an enemy deity. Building on the base game's blend of creature management, city building, and moral decision-making, the expansion channels these systems toward this divine rivalry. As a standalone addition rather than a full sequel, it extends the original game's content while focusing its narrative and strategic challenges around the clash between opposing godlike forces. The expansion was developed by Lionhead Studios and released for Microsoft Windows, continuing the studio's exploration of the god-game genre that defined the Black & White series.
At the climax of Black & White 2, the player defeats the Aztec nation but leaves a number of them alive. Driven by a desire for revenge, they sacrifice their dead in a series of grisly rituals; hence, a god of death is born to rally the Aztecs, now aided with divine power and undead armies, against the player once more.
