Heavenly Sword devs target 360 for next project

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Heavenly Sword devs target 360 for next project

Posted Mar 19th 2008 7:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News

If you read this site religiously to the point of excluding all other media (and you should), the name Heavenly Sword may be unfamiliar to you. Perhaps there is a tiny voice in the back of your mind that tells you it's related to the Playstation 3. The voice in your head is right (for once), as Heavenly Sword is one of the Playstation 3's more well-known exclusive titles and received decent reviews last year. It comes as good news then that Ninja Theory -- developers of Heavenly Sword -- are developing a new title for both the 360 and PS3. Gamesindustry.biz has the scoop, in which Ninja Theory's Nina Kristensen notes, "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." Kristensen also says that Ninja Theory is considering creating a CG movie using the game's engine that would be released as a compliment to the game.

No further details, such as a projected release date, have been revealed.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: heavenly-sword, ninja-theory

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3-19-2008 @ 7:48PM

Da said...

No.. Heavenly Sword devs target MULTIPLATFORM for next project.
Big difference bub.

3-19-2008 @ 7:54PM

Deck said...

Exciting! Hopefully we get some more information regarding it at some point!

Played some Heavenly Sword at a friends house (yea, the guy bought a PS3! Psh I dunno! :-p) and I never thought it was that bad as some people seem to make it out to be. Maybe it was the hype *shrug*. Not sure, since I never followed it. But it was pretty good from what I could tell. I have no objections of a new game by the same people for the 360! That's good news!

3-19-2008 @ 8:00PM

ZEBRA NINER said...

You make a product, you should try to sell that to the largest group of consumers.

3-19-2008 @ 8:04PM

Richard Mitchell said...

Nowhere in that headline does it say the 360 is exclusively targeted, and furthermore the article makes it clear that the game is multiplatform.

3-19-2008 @ 8:09PM

ZEBRA NINER said...

BURN! Get some cold water over here, we have a bad burn!!!! Richard just served you! DAMN! ;P

3-19-2008 @ 8:30PM

Van Faulk said...

And perhaps due to revolutionary dvd technology, they can manage a game that is longer than 5 hours.

3-19-2008 @ 8:45PM

john paul said...

hopefully the game will be longer than that movie they're making *joke*
Played the demo on psn and loved it but guess what?
The demo was TOO SHORT though. Lol well isn't that uncanny?
off topic: you guys have a mad nice webclip for the iphone. Looks mad hot. If yu don't know what that is , its the the icon that appears on the main menu for the iphone when you add it as a bookmark.

3-19-2008 @ 9:00PM

THE RPG NERD said...

Have you seen Heavenly Sword's in-engine cutscenes? I would definitely watch a CG movie if it were as high quality or better than Heavenly Sword's.

3-19-2008 @ 9:01PM

THE RPG NERD said...

Have you seen Heavenly Sword's in-engine cutscenes? I would definitely watch a CG movie if it were as high quality or better than Heavenly Sword's.

3-19-2008 @ 9:06PM

Potato Farmer J. said...

"You make a product, you should try to sell that to the largest group of consumers."

Then, by that logic, it should be a PS2 game.

3-19-2008 @ 10:22PM

Sacredleader said...

Heavenly Sword? Whatever do you speak of? ;)

3-20-2008 @ 4:15AM

mattclarkie said...

I loved that game, and have been awaiting the confirmed sequel, in fact I heard it is a trilogy. If this title is in fact Heavenly Sword 2 I probably will get the 360 version, the contoller just didn't feel as good as I wanted, and I had to turn-off the motion controls.

3-20-2008 @ 4:23AM

Zeus.:God said...

Nowhere in the title does it say they exclusively target the 360; by target, they mean they have it in their sights as a platform for future games. You're all noobs.

3-20-2008 @ 8:03AM

thisguyrighthere said...

Heavenly Sword? Oh, God of War with a chick as the main character.

So we can expect another GOW ripoff to head to the 360?

Woo-hoo! I love mashing buttons so much I didn't buy DMC4!!

I shouldn't be so cynical this early. Maybe this company has more than one pony in the stable.

3-20-2008 @ 8:43AM

b33eazy said...

Will you fools please stop the "it isn't targeted on 360"
it is targeted for 360,but it's also on the ps3.He said this because the dev. former game was exclusive and this one is going on 360 thus also concentrating on 360.

3-20-2008 @ 9:09AM

xenocidic said...

I hope it features a buxom redhead with flowing extremely long hair

Long hair is teh hawtness!

3-21-2008 @ 10:38AM

baby sea tuna said...

Will it be better than the gameplay-mediocre/cutscene-heavy Heavenly? If so, maybe I'll play it more than 3/4 of the way through without giving it up.

3-22-2008 @ 7:29PM

Paul Jones said...

It's funny how much exclusive stuff PS3 loses to the 360, and part of that is due to the Cell. O well. More stuff for me to play :D

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