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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 Tameem Antoniades has told DS that the secret project from the Enslaved and Heavenly Sword studio will be something that’s “story-based” once again.

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Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has said he feels story is more important than gameplay, and “if you get it right, both story and gameplay can be elevated”.

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When Namco announced Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West in September 2009, folks were surprised to learn the tactical action-adventure game with its post-apocalyptic setting was based upon the ancient Chinese novel Journey to the West, and the subsequent 80s television series.

Centered on the complex relationship between main characters Monkey and Trip, players use a mix of combat, strategy and environmental mechanics in order to get back to Trip’s home village. Along the way, the duo must fight robots hell-bent on eradicating humans, the pair relying each on another and their strained relationship to survive.

The game features actor and director Andy “Gollum” Serkis as Monkey, along with music composed by Nitin Sawhney. Novelist Alex Garland (28 Days Later) having penned the script.

Lucky for us, Ninja Theory boss Tameem Antoniades was willing to speak with us again regarding the game at Develop yesterday, and gave more information on the planned demo, DLC, and tell us exactly what he thinks of 3D and motion controls.

Join us for more after the break.

Interview by Joe Anderson.

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Ninja Theory boss Tameem Antoniades has told VG247 the DLC planned for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West will take place outside of the game’s main story.

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In a recent interview with Strategy Informer, Ninja Theory boss Tameem Antoniades has been dishing out the praise to Uncharted creator Naughty Dog.

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Ninja Theory boss Tameem Antoniades has told VG247 the studio is working on “story-based” downloadable content for new title Enslaved.

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Ninja Theory boss Tameem Antoniades has told VG247 the studio isn’t saying anything about its secret project that was revealed a couple of months ago.

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Ninja Theory’s on the up and up. Despite failing to break even on Heavenly Sword two-and-a-half years ago, the British developer’s working on two new projects in Enslaved: Journey to the West and a secret game, which may or may not be a collaboration with Capcom on Devil May Cry 5.

The former is a futuristic version of the classic Chinese Monkey legend, Journey to the West, “the West” being something ravaged by World War III, as we were shown in Spain at a Namco press event earlier this month.

We were in Barcelona to talk to Ninja Theory boss Tameem Antoniades at the European pre-E3 bash to talk about Enslaved, a little bit about the secret project and more.

Get it after the break. New shots here.

[Interview by Johnny Cullen]

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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 co-founder Tameem Antoniades has told CVG that 3D effects in current-gen consoles are limited.

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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.

Siren and Silent Hill developer Keiichiro Toyama is to speak at Nordic Game 2008, the conference confirmed this morning, as will Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory.

The programme’s starting to look pretty good, in truth. Jet Set Radio Future guy Ryuuta Ueda, EVE Online boss Hilmar Pétursson and Age of Conan’s Jørgen Tharaldsen will also be making an appearance.

Nordic Game runs from May 14-15 this year, again at the Malmö Convention Center in Malmö, Sweden.

Press release after the link.

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