Tag Archives: Heavenly Sword

PlayStation All Stars: Battle Royale fighters Nariko and Sir Daniel Fortesque were revealed yesterday via a video from Gamespot. Today, Sony has released two videos for each fighter, showing off the various moves both can pull. Have a look below. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is due exclusively on PS3 in October.

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Sony has formally admitted Heavenly Sword’s Nariko and MediEvil’s Daniel Fortesque will be playable fighters in PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, thanks to this new gameplay video from Gamespot. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is due exclusively on PS3 in October.

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Zodiac Assassin was a PS3 title in the concept phase during 2005 and was passed over by Sony for Ninja Theory’s Heavenly Sword instead, according to an online portfolio belonging to a Sony Cambridge art director. The game had a Kill Bill-style vibe to it, and the female lead was a master of disguise who would travel to various locales such as Japan, Mexico, and Turkey. Head on through the link for a look at the concept art. Thanks, Siliconera.

And here’s another rumor for you today: A UK gaming magazine is claiming that Heavenly Sword 2 is in the works.

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You may just get a Ninja Theory-made Heavenly Sword 2 after all. Don’t hold your breath too long, though.

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Ninja Theory’s chief designer has said that because of the team’s first outing on PS3, Heavenly Sword, the developer now has a tighter grasp on how to develop games for the console.

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Ninja Theory has claimed it didn’t break even with the PS3-exclusive Heavenly Sword.

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Ninja Theory, developers of PS3 exclusive Heavenly Sword and the upcoming Enslaved from Namco-Bandai, has confirmed its started work on a “secret project”.

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Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has told Eurogamer that while making Heavenly Sword, the development team felt caught in the middle of the console war.

Antoniades said that the situation was both “draining” and “unfair”.

“When you are exclusive, sometimes the pressure to demonstrate technology can override other aspects of game development,” he said. “Being involved in one side of a format war as if it’s the machines that make great games can also be draining.

“You get a lot of attention as an exclusive developer which is great, but on the flip side there was a lot of anti-Sony feeling going on which I felt was unfairly being directed at our team.”

Currently, the developer is at work on multiplatform title Enslaved, which has a post-apocalyptic setting. Antoniades calls the move to multiplatform “comfortable” as the team can now focus on just “building as compelling a game as we can”.

More through the link.

Loads of LittleBigPlanet content is coming to PlayStation Store over the coming weeks, Sony’s announced.

From Killzone to Papaton to little green-suited men with a penchant for gold and shamrocks, there’s bound to be something for all.

• March 12 : St Patrick’s Day costume — FREE starting today (available for one week only)

• March 19 : Killzone Mini-pack : $2.99/€2.99 — Containing Sev and Helghast costumes along with 32 themed stickers

• March 26 : Buzz! costume : $1.99/€1.99 — Celebrating the European release of the latest Buzz! with the  costume of the main man himself.

• April 2 : Patapon costume : $1.99/€1.99 — Costume includes  a selection of weapon options.

• April 9 : Heavenly Sword Mini-pack : $2.99/€2.99 –Containing costumes for both Kai and Nariko along with 27 Heavenly Sword themed stickers.

• April 16 : Monkey King costume : FREE — The costume competition winning design from Asia – the Monkey King.

The  Cornish Yarg game update  is progressing and news on when you can expect it will be announced soon.

Thanks, Syrok.

UK-based Splash Damage has added more big names to its staff roster, the firm’s announced this morning, taking two of the Heavenly Sword team and another guy from the BioWare’s Mass Effect crew.

The outfit announced in July that it had started a major recruitment drive.

The FNGs:

• Dean Calver (Heavenly Sword, Silent Hill 2) as Lead Programmer
• Fabio Bonvicini (Black, Harry Potter) as Animation Technical Director
• Mattias Engström (World in Conflict) as Senior Technical Designer
• Oliver Jauncey (Mass Effect, Timesplitters 2) as Senior Programmer
• Mark Lack (Heavenly Sword) as Senior Environment Artist

The developer’s currently working on a large-scale Bethesda project.

Press release after the break.

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According to this, Ninja Theory is not developing a Heavenly Sword sequel, and is instead creating a new IP for 360 and PS3. The game is already signed to a publisher.

The UK developer is also considering creating a CGI movie to stand alongside the new title.

“We’re certainly targeting a triple-A blockbuster, with two and a half years in production – a big game that builds on our core strengths of story-telling, cinematics and combat. But we’re actually looking at something in addition to that – we’re considering opportunities in creating a CGI movie using the game engine alongside the game itself,” said studio boss Nina Kristensen.

The Heavenly Sword IP is owned by Sony: there’s no word as yet as to whether or not a sequel will be released.

Ninja Theory has posted some new concept art on its website, hinting at its first title since fighting-adventure, Heavenly Sword.

“Right now we’re working on an exciting new concept that has got everyone we talk to buzzing,” the Ninja Theory team posted. “We can’t say a lot except that it’s going to be great to work on and should be even better to play!”

The art looks green and… arty. More on this soon, probably.

Australian gamers are soon going to be able to pick up a new, AU$800 PS3 bundle, if this is to be believed. The pack includes a 40Gb machine, a Sixaxis and one of the following games: Heavenly Sword, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction or NBA 08. We have Australian readers. We have the stats to prove it. If that’s you, you’ll be pleased to know that you’ll be able to buy one of these on February 14.