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Heavenly Sword 2 Axed, Ninja Theory Moving

Chalk this up as pure rumor for now.

An inside UK source tells us that Heavenly Sword 2 has been canned by Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe. The game was axed after months in development because it is no longer seen as commercially viable, our source tells us.

The news came during an emergency meeting set up for the Sony Cambridge team which was working on the game.

On a side note, Ninja Theory, who have already said they weren't working on the sequel to their Playstation 3 exclusive, have grown increasingly bitter about their treatment at Sony's hands, our source tells us. I'm told that the development studio, which once had offices in the same building as Sony Cambridge, have started packing up to move to a new location.

I guess when they said they wanted to move away from Sony and get into multi-platform development they weren't kidding.

If true, this marks the third major project, counting Eight Days and Getaway 3, that has been canned by SCEE. Is the Europe arm of Sony in trouble? No clue, but we've asked for comment.

http://kotaku.com/5017126/heavenly-sword-2-axed-ninja-theory-leaving-scee



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Well Ninja theory aren't owned by Sony anyway. I did not think that they were making HS anyway. The article seems to say that SCE cambridge was working on it without them, which is a little confusing



sad news



Another kick in the nuts for ps3 owners.



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Wow, how many times can Heavenly Sword 2 be axed.



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Heavenly Sword sold below expectations so I am not really suprised that HS2 was canned



I'm very confused too, how is NT, who has already stated they won't be making the next HS game... moving to a new location has anything to do with the rumour of HS2 being canned?

Kinda hard to believe HS is not commerically viable. Considering it's one of the few new IPs that sold well on PS3



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how can hs2 be axed, when it wasn't even announced? ninja theory weren't making the sequel anyway, and sony own the ip to heavenly sword. no offence tot the OP, but is it dumbass news day today? so much stupidness flying around the forums today.




Since when did they start working on HS2? I call this news bulshit.



misteromar mk4 said:
Another kick in the nuts for ps3 owners.

The whole article is speculation on news that's already pretty well known, I'm not sure this is like a kick in the nuts :P Maybe more like a kick to the eyelid, were just confused and in a state of wtf just happened? :D

 



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