Category Archives: Ignition

The Walt Disney Company, parent company of Disney Interactive, now holds control over Indian firm UTV, the parent company of El Shaddai and Deadly Premonition publisher UTV Ignition.

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El Shaddai’s taking its drop-dead gorgeous show on the road. Or at least, roads paved with Google’s ever-popular mobile OS. Famitsu (via Andriasang) revealed the bite-sized adaptation to be a 2D platformer, which is pretty much par for the course with these things. Leap-based shenanigans are, of course, great and all, but the real question is whether or not the game’s unique sense of style made the jump intact. So far, we’ve only got one screen to go on, but, uh, let’s just say they could have picked a better screen.

Near universal acclaim has greeted Ignition’s biblical action games, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

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Konami has partnered with Ingition to bring the gorgeous El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron to PAL territories, one day earlier than expected.

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A report on Develop suggests Disney is poised to fill-out purchased UTV, the parent company of Ignition, for $454 million.

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Sawaki Takeyasu, lead designer on El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, based charismatic angel Lucifel on himself. Sawaki, my dear, send pics.

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Gama’s carrying confirmation from UTV Ignition’s VP of online Don Choi that a “fraction” of staff working on F2P MMO Faxion Online have been laid off.

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Ignition has confirmed a delay to El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron’s planned July 26 release in the US.

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Game Informer reports both Amazon and Gamestop’s US portals have changed listings for El Shaddai: Ascent of the Metatron to an August 16 release.

The Ignition-published action title was previously scheduled for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on July 26, with a European launch expected in September.

There’s been no official word; we’ll poke Ignition a bit.

Ignition has said the PlayStation 3 is “by far” the lead platform for the Japanese-developed El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

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El Shaddai publisher Ignition has called it quits on development in favour of a publishing partner model, apparently cancelling both Reich and Project Kane.

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Vanillware has revealed the PS Vita’s Dragon’s Crown is a long-delayed project, originally intended for the Dreamcast.

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Briefly featured as a mysterious unannounced title in yesterday’s PS Vita demo reel, Dragon Crown is the latest from Vanillaware.

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Hit up the US PSN or Xbox Live today and you can grab a demo of Ignition’s stunningly beautiful action game, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

The game features badass angels beating things up with a variety of unique weaponry, and has become a sort of cultural force in Japan. Probably worth a look, then.

El Shaddai is due in July in the US, and September in Europe.

Thanks, Kotaku.

We can probably file this one under “unlikely to escape Japan”, but Sega and Ignition have announced a crossover of sorts between Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and angelic beat-’em-up, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron has been out for a while now in Japan, but we’re still waiting for a western version of the action game. To make things a little easier, we’ve got thirteen screenshots to share with you, thanks to Ignition.

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It’s more familiar, but way less hardcore – El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron used to rejoice in the name of Angelic, according to this prototype video.

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Intriguing Japanese action game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron will receive a demo months ahead of release.

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Publisher Ignition Entertainment, which has development studios in the US, UK and Japan, remains firmly committed to development and localisation of Japanese content despite a faltering market.

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They might have closed two studios and decimated another, but nothing’s gonna keep UTV Ignition down. A press release has gleefully announced that yet another of the developer’s AWOL titles is back on track, with Reich plodding along in the snug confines of the firm’s Texas headquarters.

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