Category Archives: Ignition

Deadly Premonition is frequently written off as a weird Japanese game by non-aficionados, but it was developed with major input from international advisors, creator Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro has revealed.

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UTV Ignition is re-releasing El Shaddai in Japan, according to Siliconera, a story likely to set the tone of today’s UK bank holiday by mattering to less than a dozen people on a global level. The reprint is titled El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Encore Edition, and will be out on May 17. Looks like it’s just a 360 thing.

Pandora’s Tower, the only Wii JRPG of the “holy trinity” yet to make it to the US, is the focus of a new, third party-focussed campaign by Operation Rainfall.

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Atlus has picked up Vanillaware’s brawler, Dragon’s Crown, but is delaying it into 2013 with an increased price tag.

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The teaser that appeared a while back that suggested a sequel for cult classic El Shaddai was on its way is, in fact, for a social spin-off game called El Shaddai Social Battle. The game sees you, according to GameSpot, “build a party of up to three angels to partake in quests to climb up to the top of a tower, mostly through turn-based conflict.” Players are encouraged to team with other angels to fight against those guarding the tower.

The game will arrive on Japanese social platform Gree.

NeoGAF users are reporting Amazon has cancelled pre-orders for Vanillaware’s PS Vita-PS3 crossover, action-RPG Dragon’s Crown, which is to be published by Ignition. We had a look over on Amazon, and sure enough, the game is no longer listed as far as we can tell – however, GAF notes it’s a bit hard to find on the site. The game is still listed for sale on Amazon Canada, so hopefully it’s just some sort of burp in the US system. It’s possible, as things like this have happened before, most recently with GameStop’s Last Guardian gaff. We’ll send a mail just in case.

Ignition have opened a teaser website titled ‘El Shaddai New Project 2012′ – hinting at a new development in the series.

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Ignition’s teased what could be a new El Shaddai game, opening a website showing something called El Shaddai New Project 2012.

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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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