El Shaddai

El Shaddai headlines

• El Shaddai 'New Project 2012' teaser site opens

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

• Ignition teases El Shaddai New Project 2012 with website

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

• Wednesday Shorts II: Hitchhiker’s, Wheatley, Splatters, MoH, Mad Catz

  It’s time for your second batch of shorts. Take the plunge after the break.

• Report - Disney offering to purchase UTV Software for $454 million

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

• Latest El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron video focuses on story

  Ignition released a new El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron trailer Comic-Con, which highlights the game’s story and gorgeous graphics. It’s posted below, courtesy of Gematsu. El Shaddai is out in the US on August 16, and September 9 in Europe on PS3 and Xbox 360.

• PSA: El Shaddai demo out now on console networks

  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, […]

• El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron hitting US in July, UK in September

  UTV Ignition Games today announced its action-adventure title El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron will be available in the US on July 26 and in the UK and European territories on September 9.

• Aesthetics were just as important as gameplay when developing El Shaddai, says Ignition

  Ignition Entertainment’s Shane Bettenhausen has told Gamasutra, that the development team has a bit of fun basing El Shaddai on the biblical text of the Book of Enoch.

• Takeyasu Sawaki sticking with "Japanese conventions" on El Shaddai

  Ignition Entertainment’s Takeyasu Sawaki has said he doesn’t want his latest game to be suited to a Western Audience, and is instead choosing to “embrace Japanese conventions” with El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

• El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron hitting Europe and US

  UTV Ignition Entertainment’s Sawaki Takeyasu, co-founder of Clover Studios and Masato Kimura are releasing El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron outside of Japan.