Rumor: Heavenly Sword 2 Cancelled
Wow the past few days have been great for rumor lovers. On top of the recent Microsoft and Activision leaks, now we have an inside UK source telling us that development for Heavenly Sword 2 has been cancelled. The source stated that the game is just no longer commercially viable for Sony, so development, which had been going on for a few months now, was axed.
Even though the first Heavenly Sword sold abysmally (although that was probably due to the tiny PS3 user base when the game first came out), I’m still surprised that Sony would decide to can development for the second. In my opinion, they should have kept developing so they could make the second game better and turn Heavenly Sword into a real franchise. But since when do major corporations do what I think they should do?
On a side note, Ninja Theory, makers of the first Heavenly Sword (but they had stated that they weren’t working on the sequel), seem to be getting more and more bitter with the way Sony is treating them. So bitter, in fact, that they are apparently moving their studio, which had offices in Sony Cambridge, to another location.
It looks like all is not well for the European branch of Sony.
[via Kotaku]
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June 17th, 2008
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Oh, dead God. Please tell me this rumor is false. Nariko is a hot piece of ass that I would love to see in sequels.
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June 17th, 2008
Wikipedia says comferms this rumor as well. IT Manager “Peonic” said that it would be extremely unlikely.
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June 17th, 2008
Wow that was a horrible comment….here is what I meant to say.
Wikipedia also confirms this rumor. IT Manager “Peonic” states that it would be extremely unlikely that this game would actually be developed since they want to explore different avenues (avenues as in games).
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June 17th, 2008
I also heard that Ninja Theory is now moving on to make a CGI movie. And after the visuals of the cutscenes in Heavenly Sword, I can’t wait to see how good it will look.
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June 18th, 2008
awwwww… it would be very disappointing if this game is canceled.. i like the first one and am currently waiting for heavenly sword 2..
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June 19th, 2008
What the frak will I do with all of my Nariko posters in my bathroom?
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