Updated: Heavenly Sword 2 axed....

by Sam Fletcher - 2008/06/17 10:07am

In an interview with Kotaku, an inside UK source has claimed Heavenly Sword 2 has been axed.

For similar reasons to both 8 Days and The Getaway 3 the game is not seen as "Commercialy viable."

The original game recieved good reviews and moderate sales worldwide.

On a side note, Ninja Theory, who have already said they weren't working on the sequel to their Playstation 3 exclusive (despite planning a trilogy,) have grown increasingly bitter about their treatment at Sony's hands.

Stay tuned for more information.

UPDATE:

A Ninja Theory staff member has posted on the Neogaf forums regarding the issue:

“We (Ninja Theory) never started work on HS2 as we wanted to focus on new multiplatform IP. Sony owns the IP for HS and we have never been privy to what they would do with it,

As for moving, we have been planning to move to larger premises for future expansion for the best part of a year. There is nothing bitter about the move.

And the rumour that the team has been disbanded is ridiculous. We have had an unbelievably loyal team especially as we went through some difficult times securing a new publishing deal. We have a new publisher and are busy on our new project which is going very well so far."