Ninja Theory hasn’t completely ruled out the idea of developing a sequel to its 2007 PlayStation 3 exclusive adventure, Heavenly Sword.
Quizzed by GI.biz whether or not the developer would consider making a sequel if Sony expressed interest in such a project, studio boss Tameem Antoniades replied, “I’d never say never,” though was keen to point out that the firm has since “moved on” from the idea.
“But we’ve kind of moved on now. Our focus is on Enslaved, and making that successful. If we build a franchise out of it there’s a lot of potential in the action-adventure space that surprisingly isn’t that common.”
Antoniades went on to say that Ninja Theory did originally want to pursue a sequel to the hack ‘n slash outing, though decided to put a lid on things due to the relatively lacklustre reception of Heavenly Sword at retail – it failed to break even, after all.
“We did actually want to do a sequel, and we did pursue that – but we’re not a first party studio, we’re a third party studio, and we knew that over the next few years we’ve got to be releasing multi-platform games,” he said.
“The game Heavenly Sword didn’t sell enough to have a confident sequel, so it would have put ourselves as a development studio in a very precarious situation.”