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LAZY DAY TRAILERS: HEAVENLY SWORD: LEGEND OF THE SWORD – PART FIVE

The fifth and final installment in Sony’s animated Heavenly Sword series has been released and as predicted last week, Nariko’s clan didn’t take too kindly to their heavenly warrior being born a girl. Still, Nariko undergoes her training with the clan to become the warrior of legend. The story has once again rapidly moved forward and leaves us at the scene of what will most likely be a great battle – and possibly the opening of Heavenly Sword.

The word on Heavenly has been pretty mixed so far, but I’m not about to give up hope on this one yet, though I am tempering my expectations quite a bit.

Those of you looking to play catch-up with the series should check out the below videos in their proper order.

September 5, 2007 Posted by | Heavenly Sword, Lazy Day Trailers, Ninja Theory, PlayStation 3, Sony, Video | Leave a comment

LAZY DAY TRAILERS: HEAVENLY SWORD: LEGEND OF THE SWORD – PART FOUR

The fourth installment in Sony’s animated Heavenly Sword series has been released and it looks like the story is rapidly catching up to present day. Unless there’s a major plot twist about to happen, we now get to see the birth of Nariko – and some early signs of how her arrival was taken by her clan. Here’s a hint – not good.

Those of you looking to play catch-up with the series should check out the below videos in their proper order. We’ll continue posting each episode as they’re made available, so stay tuned.

August 29, 2007 Posted by | Heavenly Sword, Lazy Day Trailers, Ninja Theory, PlayStation 3, Sony, Video | Leave a comment

LAZY DAY TRAILERS: HEAVENLY SWORD: LEGEND OF THE SWORD – PART THREE

If you’ve been following along with the home version of our game, you’re no doubt aware that we’ve been posting each installment of the the Heavenly Sword animated series as they hit the internet. If you haven’t been following along, now is the perfect time to start, as the third installment in the series has been released. It looks like we’re getting closer to the present time as It’s a pretty good bet that the evil brother in today’s video is none other than King Bohan.

Those of you looking to play catch-up with the series should check out the below videos in their proper order. We’ll continue posting each episode as they’re made available, so stay tuned.

August 21, 2007 Posted by | Heavenly Sword, Lazy Day Trailers, Ninja Theory, Sony, Video | Leave a comment

LAZY DAY TRAILERS: HEAVENLY SWORD: LEGEND OF THE SWORD – PART TWO

Last week we told you about a five-part animated series of shorts Sony would be running to give some background on the world of Heavenly Sword. Today, thanks to the folks over at GameTrailers.com, we’ve got part two of the series for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

We’ll continue posting each episode as they’re made available, so stay tuned.

August 14, 2007 Posted by | Heavenly Sword, Lazy Day Trailers, Ninja Theory, PlayStation 3, Sony, Video | Leave a comment

LAZY DAY TRAILERS: HEAVENLY SWORD: LEGEND OF THE SWORD – PART ONE

Sony sent out an e-mail to all PlayStation Underground Gamer Advisory Panel (G.A.P.) members advising them that they were being given exclusive early access to a series of animations and behind the scene looks at Ninja Theory’s highly anticipated title Heavenly Sword.

Quite obviously, while I may be a member of the G.A.P, that doesn’t help you much, does it? Thankfully, the folks over at GameTrailers have posted the first of five animated shorts which will serve to introduce gamers to the world of Heavenly Sword. Let’s take a look;

The remaining episodes should be made available over the next few weeks, so we’ll be sure to update the site as each video finds it’s way to the internet. (Don’t worry if you miss one, these videos are only being made exclusive to G.A.P. members for a limited time, so eventually you should be able to find them everywhere.)

August 8, 2007 Posted by | Heavenly Sword, Lazy Day Trailers, Ninja Theory, PlayStation 3, Sony, Video | Leave a comment

SONY DATES HEAVENLY SWORD

That little taste of Heavenly Sword that Sony gave us a little over a week ago gave us may have been short, but it certainly left us wanting more. Thankfully, it looks like the wait for the full meal is almost over. IGN is reporting that Sony’s most anticipated PlayStation 3 title of 2007 will be hitting retail on September 12th. I’ve got my pre-order in – do you?

August 4, 2007 Posted by | Heavenly Sword, Ninja Theory, PlayStation 3, Release Date, Sony | Leave a comment

LAZY DAY TRAILERS: HEAVENLY SWORD DEMO FOOTAGE

To celebrate yesterday’s release of the Heavenly Sword demo, I broke out my digital camera and recorded video of the demo from start to finish. Now, before you watch it, I feel the need to tell you that my digital camera, for want of a better term, sucks. I do apologize for the graininess of the four videos below, but it was this or nothing – and I figured those of you following the game who haven’t bought a PlayStation 3 yet would really like to see what the rest of us are playing.

So, without further delay or introduction, check out the below four videos which will take you through the complete, short-but-oh-so-good, demo of Heavenly Sword.

You can also check out the full sized version of these videos at the YouTube links below. Enjoy.

July 27, 2007 Posted by | Demo, Heavenly Sword, Lazy Day Trailers, Ninja Theory, Original Content, PlayStation 3, Sony, Video | Leave a comment

PLAYSTATION 3 HEAVENLY SWORD DEMO NOW AVAILABLE

PlayStation 3 owners dreams have finally been realized as a playable demo of Heavenly Sword is now available for download via the PlayStation Store. Approximate download size is 996MB.

"The complete game is still set for September, but I think you’ll find this demo is a great sample of what’s in store and it’ll certainly give you a good idea of the look and feel of the game. To set the stage here, at the beginning of this demo, our heroine, Nariko, gains consciousness after a violent encounter with the evil King Bohan and his army. Nariko learns that Bohan is holding her father, Shen, prisoner inside a massive temple complex so she sets out to fulfill her destiny and embarks on a quest for vengeance against the invading King and his army." – Kyle Shubel, Producer, Heavenly Sword (as quoted in PlayStation.Blog)

This one is something that I’ll stop playing the new Civilization expansion for. Enjoy the demo all!

July 26, 2007 Posted by | Demo, Heavenly Sword, Ninja Theory, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Store, Sony, Woot! | Leave a comment

HEAVENLY SWORD DEMO COMING THURSDAY?

While checking out yesterday’s Penny Arcade comic, I noticed that in his write-up, Tycho mentioned that the long-awaited demo of Heavenly Sword for the PlayStation 3 would be hitting the PlayStation Store on Thursday, July 26th.

Since Ninja Theory has already announced that the demo is complete and a post over at Three Speech (by way of Kotaku) indicates that the European demo will be dropping on Thursday, it’s probably a good bet that this one will turn out to be true. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed!

July 24, 2007 Posted by | Demo, Heavenly Sword, Ninja Theory, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Store | Leave a comment

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.

July 5, 2007 Posted by | Demo, Heavenly Sword, Ninja Theory, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Network, Sony | Leave a comment