Ninja Theory: Heavenly Sword 2 was never in the works
- Posted June 17th, 2008 at 15:55 EDT by
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Earlier today a rumor was posted stating that after a meeting with Sony Cambridge Studios and Ninja Theory, Heavenly Sword 2 development had been halted. Well, according Ninja Theory's Tameem Antoniades, the title was never in development to begin with.
"We (Ninja Theory) never started work on HS2 as we wanted to focus on new multiplatform IP. Sony owns the IP for HS and we have never been privy to what they would do with it," he explained.
"As for moving, we have been planning to move to larger premises for future expansion for the best part of a year. There is nothing bitter about the move," he continued. "And the rumour that the team has been disbanded is ridiculous. We have had an unbelievably loyal team especially as we went through some difficult times securing a new publishing deal. We have a new publisher and are busy on our new project which is going very well so far."
He ended on a rather depressing note for Heavenly Sword fans.
"HS is far from our thoughts at the moment."
Even though we're excited to hear that Ninja Theory is well underway on their new IP, the lingering fear that we'll never see Kai again festers in our hardened hearts. For more overdramatic soliloquies on all things PlayStation, stay right here on PSU.
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Solid_Squirrel |
ZeroTheSquirrel- 3:57pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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...No Twing Twang?
Fail
well I guess we can look forward to what they are making
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funkybudda |
funkybudda- 4:03pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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give the HS2 to the developement team of GoW3 = win. HS was good, but didnt live up to alot of hype. GoW team should able to make a better sequel after completing GoW3.
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Alti |
Alti- 4:23pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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well if they knew how to make a game longer than 6 friggin hours, they wou;da banked and have been all over the sequel. but no. they ruin a perfectly good IP.
I'm glad they aren't working on any exclusives. Sony fans have come to expect a certain calibur of work from their exclusives, but sorry ninja theory, all the motion capture in the world won't set a game to our saasfied expectations.
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Girugamesh |
Shidousha- 4:36pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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@Clover09
WTF? At least use spoiler tags or something. Some people are late to the party.
@Alti
Heavenly Sword was up to many of our expectations. For me, it was just a rental and not yet worth a buy, but some of those cutscenes were unforgettable. I'm speaking AFTER playing MGS4, and I can say that Ninja Theory was truly successful with their motion capture. Just by reading expressions, I could take more from those cutscenes than most other next gen titles.
I do understand what you're saying, though, and if Ninja Theory couldn't get it right with an exlusive, I don't know HOW they think they're going to be able to pull it off with multi platform.
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evilmonkey501 |
evilmonkey501- 5:37pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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bye bye ninja theory..... thanks for the game. hope you fare well on the other sysytem. note to sony: start taking care of your developers!
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rexdeath |
rexdeath- 6:08pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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Oh well, It'll get here eventually, and at the people who are saying it wouldn't be as good as God of War you're probably right but let's be fair they said the star of HS2 was going to be Kai and I think Kai's move set would be completely different to Nariko's.
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edward_moffet |
edd- 7:17pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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ninja theory this right here makes me bitter you accrued all these HS fans me being one of them and then abandon us WTH this absurd and its obvious that you put no stock or value into your fans
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Traveler1990 |
NightHawk17- 7:22pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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this made no sense to me as ninja theory had already confirmed that the next project they were working on was not HS2 but a multiplat project
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The_Wanderer
- 7:52pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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HS was a pretty decent game, maybe one day they will come up with a sequel or something.
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djrussell |
djrussell89- 8:48pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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Hmmm.. well it sounds like they're a bit bitter towards Sony, and that they actually hate HS from what ive been reading ever since it was released. It got great reviews though - and i loved it, it was just too short thats all. I really do hope they make another HS - i'd buy it in a heartbeat. I even kept my copy cause it really is a fun game.
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Denali2 |
NEJI64- 11:42pm BST - June 17th, 2008
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SONY would be dumb not to make a HS2 mainly since it have a fan base. me personal would play heavenly sword before ninja gaiden and a hand full of sword used games. in my opinion HS is in the top three with assassin creed and zelda being better then it. to bad for ninja theory HS wouldve been a greater game if it had came out on PS2. to bad for SONY they lose another development so long to kai.........fair well to nariko..............
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Kaddas
- 1:41am BST - June 18th, 2008
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With out exaggerating, HS still one of my best game, I still play it from time to time, you know why it just challenging to learn/unlock all he moves. I still enjoy the cutsenses , and I even memorize some of HS dialogue and repeat it a long with them:My favorite is when Kai says peek a boo (.....) right before she shoots General Fox in the forehead with her arrowNariko while facing Whiptail: Oh it’s so much better when you're ANGRY!!"Twing Twang!"Nariko while facing Whiptail: "Oh, Its so much more fun when your angry...Sister"Now!!! do you think I'm freak to love this game?So Long Kai, I will miss this game so much -
BlueDragoon0 |
Lionheart0- 1:42am BST - June 18th, 2008
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They'll bring it out from someone else I can gather.
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ShortFuse
- 9:50am BST - June 18th, 2008
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I TRIED to bring this information up to Joystiq.com I posted the same neoGAF links and information, but you know what Joystiq did? They erased all the comments that debunked the rumor and any comments that mentioned erasing the rumors. It had to be about 50 comments or so. They went as far as BANNING my account for debunking the rumor. They want to keep this information hidden, probably just for flamebait and to get people to visit their site. They erased so many comments that I took pictures as proof.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8570736@N02/2588159639/in/set-72157605669524074/
I put up a Digg article up too.
http://digg.com/gaming_news/Joystiq_DELETES_COMMENTS_for_just_controversy_and_hits -
grayfox1471 |
SaintGeorge14- 10:27am BST - June 18th, 2008
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I'm tired of people ripping on a game because it's too short. HS really is a great experience. The graphics are beautiful. The action is fun, it's very GoWesque, but how many games these days are COMPLETELY original? And frankly, I like that it's short. Keeps you wanting more, and doesn't have you wandering around on pointless errands just to extend gameplay hours.
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hvnlyswrd08
- 12:44am BST - June 19th, 2008
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THATS SUKS!! i was looking forward to it... i love this game.. but u cant really make a good secound one wen the first one had a big ending.. and god of war suks i hate it wen people compare the two games together kuz heavenly sword is 10 times better in both storyline and visuals
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SamTheSkater
- 11:36am BST - October 13th, 2008
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this text includes spoilers. sony should definitely get some other studio to make heavenly sword 2. it sounds so good = heavenly sword 2. it would make a great exclusive franchise for sony. and there are a lot of ways for the story to continue. nariko should just be resurrected again, she's already been resurrected once, and take kratos for example, he dies all the time. i actually prefer heavenly sword over god of war. it could even be my favourite game of all time. sony should take this great opportunity and i'd really love a sequel. PLEASE SONY!!! MAKE HEAVELY SWORD 2!!!
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