War Gods is a 3D fighting game with the control scheme of a Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter entry. Gameplay War Gods' character design and graphics were criticized by reviewers. War Gods received mixed reviews, with particular criticism being directed at the game's character design and animations.

The game's graphics were created using a technology by Midway called 'digital skin', which mapped photographs onto 3D models. The orbiting camera smoothly follows the fighters, working to maintain the left/right 'fighting line' needed for coherent two-player joystick control on the arcade cabinet. Unique to War Gods is the '3D' button, allowing players to use the background/foreground for additional attacks and evasive maneuvers in other words it lets the player dive around the ring in a circular arc as part of their attacks and defensive moves. The game was heavily influenced by Midway's Mortal Kombat series, and features controls similar to the Mortal Kombat games, as well as the series' signature fatalities.

The object of the game is to defeat all the other fighters to become the most powerful warrior on the planet. In the game, players control one of ten fighters who have been given great power by a mysterious ore that crashed-landed on Earth from outer space. Ports for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Windows were released in 1997. War Gods is a fighting video game originally released to arcades by Midway Games in 1996.

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