HEAVENLY SWORD DEMO COMING IN THE “VERY NEAR FUTURE”

While surfing the net earlier today, I discovered (by way of Kotaku) that IGN is now hosting a blog for the folks from Ninja Theory – the development house behind Heavenly Sword. In the most recent post, Heavenly’s producer, Mat Hart, not only talks a bit about what gamers can expect to see and experience when Heavenly Sword hits retail, but also took the time to answer a few questions from readers.

While much of the information Hart dished out was quite interesting (such as the fact that there will be no jump button in the game) the biggest bit of news didn’t come until page four of the Q&A session… according to Hart, a playable demo of Heavenly Sword will be coming to the PlayStation Network in the “very near future”;

“I can confirm that we are, of course, going to be releasing a demo for Heavenly Sword…and soon! This will be downloadable via the Playstation Network…so keep an eye out for this in the very near future…and i mean very near future!” - Mat Hart

That above emphasis on “very near” has led many to believe that Sony will counter Microsoft’s “Bringing it Home” promotion by releasing the aforementioned demo during E3. I’ll be one of the many people keeping my fingers crossed for just such an occurrence.

One last thing to note is that Hart confirmed that there will be no collector’s edition of Heavenly Sword, though he did mention that the game will be loaded with bonus content usually reserved for special editions. Heavenly Sword is slated to release later this year exclusively for the PlayStation 3.

• Heavenly Sword – Official Website
• Ninja Theory – Company website
• Heavenly Sword blog at IGN – IGN
• Heavenly Sword Demo Due “Soon” – Kotaku