You are here: Home » News » GamesCom: Namco Bandai teams up ...

GamesCom: Namco Bandai teams up with Ninja Theory for new IP

Posted August 20th, 2009 at 02:26 EDT by Adam Dolge
17 Comments

Today at GamesCom, Namco Bandai announced it is teaming up with U.K.-based developer Ninja Theory to publish a new game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. We know very little about the game, other than it’s an original new IP, and that it will be released in 2010.

You are probably familiar with Ninja Theory as the company brought us the PS3 exclusive Heavenly Sword.

“This new project pushes our core strengths of rich story-telling, cutting-edge technology and exciting gameplay beyond anything we have created before,” said Nina Kristensen, co-founder and chief development ‘ninja’ at Ninja Theory. “The support of Namco Bandai combined with the skills and talent we have nurtured over the years means that players are going to be in for a truly deep and memorable experience.”

With the news of this new IP, it looks like we have even more games to look forward to in 2010.

Comments

Blaze7071
- 9:29pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 1
1st :)
Tribunal
- 9:31pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 2
Heavenly... Gundam?
DudeManGuy
- 9:34pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 3
Prequal to Heavenly Sword, or HS 2!!!! Give us another Heavenly Sword!! and patch Trophies.
Eltimas
- 9:35pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 4
What's an IP?

ps. someone ban Blaze7071
SilverPig
- 9:36pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 5
I've only played the demo for Heavenly Sword, and frankly, it wasn't that great. But, I might check this out.
hvnlyswrd08
- 9:39pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 6
Heavenly Sword, Best game ever!!!! I Wonder what Ninja Theory is gunna create after such A Beautiful Game..
Ghostm
- 9:46pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 7
Before they work on that new IP they need to add Trophy support to Heavenly Sword!
lordAlucard | sympozium_666
- 10:27pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 8
@1 *sighs* please make a proper comment or d¡e seriously its damaging PSU / Dragonball heavenly Raging Blast its gonna be GOTY I CALLED IT
mauro125
- 10:32pm EDT - August 19th, 2009
- 9
@4 just google man

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
b3mike
- 12:05am EDT - August 20th, 2009
- 10
360 timed exclusive. I can gurantee it, this is Namco afterall. Sony were stupid to let these guys go. From what I saw in Heavenly Sword they are really talented.
Oatmeal
- 2:18am EDT - August 20th, 2009
- 11
@3 Heavenly Sword belongs to Sony they say on there site if you wat trophies go to Sony. i seen it in the forms. Heavenly Sword best hack&slash game this gen to me.
Strudel
- 4:48am EDT - August 20th, 2009
- 12
Its new a IP, so it's not going to be a sequel, judging by Ninja Theorys past record this game is going to be pretty good.
Blaze7071
- 8:22am EDT - August 20th, 2009
- 13
ban 4 wat? it was my 1st EVER post on psu & i dd it 4 the lolz & damaging psu? omg shut up no its nt u froob cake
Fenix
- 12:12pm EDT - August 20th, 2009
- 14
Dammit. I was hoping for a heavenly sword 2. >_<
LFDN
- 5:29pm EDT - August 20th, 2009
- 15
@DudeManGuy

I agree with this guy
bigCman123
- 8:27pm EDT - August 20th, 2009
- 16
A Soul Caliber type game set in the Heavenly Sword universe would be a dream come true for me... Even better would be another Heavenly Sword game, but this time lets hope it's longer with more replayability... Nariko would be amazing in a fighting game... They would be able to make her hair more detail, and imagine the awesome moves :D.
BloodReign
- 8:59pm EDT - August 20th, 2009
- 17
there's not going to be heavenly sword 2 any time soon becuase NT wants to create multi-console games now, and HS is exclusively for ps3

that's the reason they stated regarding HS2, therefore is most probably they focus on the new IP from now on and HS will remain like a single game without sequel

business is what makes you earn more money, and going multi-console generates more profits for them; sad but true...