jakncoke
06-17-2008, 11:09 AM
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.
Heavenly Sword 2: Heavenly Sword 2 Axed, Ninja Theory Moving (http://kotaku.com/5017126/heavenly-s...-theory-moving)
No more Kai= sad day. Man SCEE is cleaning house.. Eight Days and The Getaway 3 were titles that I looked forward too and now are no longer and with Heavenly Sword 2 possibly getting axed that sucks...perhaps SCEE is sick of funding lots of money to projects that won't return their investment..they put a ton in Heavenly Sword and that didn't exactly light fire amongst the PS3 population..I believe it just recently nudged over a million recently.
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.
Heavenly Sword 2: Heavenly Sword 2 Axed, Ninja Theory Moving (http://kotaku.com/5017126/heavenly-s...-theory-moving)
No more Kai= sad day. Man SCEE is cleaning house.. Eight Days and The Getaway 3 were titles that I looked forward too and now are no longer and with Heavenly Sword 2 possibly getting axed that sucks...perhaps SCEE is sick of funding lots of money to projects that won't return their investment..they put a ton in Heavenly Sword and that didn't exactly light fire amongst the PS3 population..I believe it just recently nudged over a million recently.