Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades was interviewed about the upcoming PS3-exclusive action game Heavenly Sword. The developer said that when the game launches in September 2007 it will be a singleplayer experience, but that a multiplayer mode for Heavenly Sword could pop up sooner than you’d think. To quote him:
“There’s no multiplayer mode in Heavenly Sword as our focus was always to create an intense personal experience; it would have been too damn complex to deal with that as well. We did, however, develop the combat system using multiplayer test levels, as it’s a great way of soak testing and balancing it. So who knows? Maybe we will decide to go down that route sometime soon. And when we do, it won’t just be slapped-on to please marketing tick-boxes. You can be assured that we have our sights on multiplayer.”
Heavenly Sword is currently about 90% complete. Take a look at how Sony is using state of the art motion-capture to make Heavenly Sword a truly cinematic experience.