Rumour has it that a sequel to aging PlayStation 3 title ‘Heavenly Sword’ is in production and will be officially unveiled at E3. The sequel will allegedly be set ten years after the first title and will be an open world sand box game.
Bit of a curveball this one, everyone has assumed Heavenly Sword was dead and buried although Nariko regularly appears in ‘top ten PS3 babes’ lists. Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has said in the past that the game was intended to be the first of a trilogy and the story for the sequels has been written.
Ninja Theory are busy working on the Devil May Cry reboot for Capcom so it’s unlikely they are involved in any sequel, Sony own the IP so may have given the task to a different developer.
Will Nariko burst from an Ice Cream van and yell ‘Suprise!’ at E3? Not long till we find out.
Source: PlayGamer via GamesThirst
baggyg
I hope Anna Torv is back – love her
tom_lord
In other news, Phil Harrison is re-instated at MD of SCEE…..
tom_lord
*as
Jim H [Teabags]
Really enjoyed the original, especially the sixthaxis sequences. When I read the title, I was already imagining a sandbox setting. The Heavenly Sword fiction has hardly been elaborated on, so it’s ripe for development.
gideon1451
I always though those bits felt like they were shoved in to make use of SixAxis to prove that is was of some worth, early in the PS3’s cycle.
Or maybe that’s just because I was rubbish at them & got annoyed, aha.
Pedromr
Pleeeeeeeeeeeease, be true!!! I loved the first one and a (well written) trilogy would be awesome!
Sad Panda
First game only had one draw back, it was too short! I’ve been waiting to play more of this game now for more than 3 years.
gideon1451
I actually loved the first one [though that was mainly because of Andy Serkis playing Bohan], so I’m quite interested in this possibility.
BrainDiver
I never played the first, I think I’ll see if I can get it cheap, there seems to be a fair bit of love around for it.
Foxhound_Solid
Hope so, first game is excellent :-)