"After yesterday's announcement that Burnout Paradise would be getting motorbikes as a downloadable extra, we realised it's becoming quite a common occurance. GTA, Mario Kart and Project Gotham Racing have all had bikes introduced as a feature in later games. So what about other games? Will we be seeing bikes in every big-name franchise from now on? After some swift Photoshopping, we'd have to say... yes. Check these out..."

"What is art? It’s a fairly straightforward question, yet it encompasses a limitless amount of correct answers. Art is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as the conscious use of skill and creative imagination, especially in the production of aesthetic objects. What happens then, when the physical aspect is removed?

The other day, I asked my friend’s father, one of the most level-headed people I know, if he considered film to be a form of art. I was hit with a rapid response confirming that ye..."

"The Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 have brought HD gaming into the mainstream. After years of High-Def in the living room being a hazy concept that really only affected A/V aficionados, the more technologically inclined, and the affluent, these videogame machines have made HD Gaming as simple and affordable as “plug n’ play.” But as with any consumer device, the hardware, for all its potential, is just that — untapped potential. What really brings out the true worth of the machine is the soft..."

Thats right a real life heavenly sword was made, by no other then your truly. I made it in wood shop in school. Sadly enough our school doesn't have have metal shop so I had to make it out of wood.

Instead of making some stupid cabinet or a DVD shelf like the rest of the class, I decided to make something a little more original. I decided upon making the sword with a lot of people saying I won't be able to make it(proved them wrong ;)).

The sword is about 3 feet long and about 1 and a h...

"Liquid's Hand
From: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Sony Skill: Revolver Blast

Why?: Anyone who played Metal Gear Solid remembers how badass Revolver Ocelot was as he shot it up with Snake and twirled his pistols. However, when Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty showed up, we saw Revolver beaten by the most unexpected of foes -- Liquid Snake's hand. If those five digits have that kind of power, they need to be in this game. You'd select the hand as your fighter and then attach it to..."

It seems that Heavenly Sword has Rumble support. But the size for this patch is 18mb, kinda big for a patch, anyway if you have a rumble controller try out this game with rumble. And there is more things within this patch that has yet to surface.

See if you can find anything within the game.

"Speaking in a recent Three Speech interview (Part 1, Part 2), Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells said Uncharted was developed as the first part of a franchise, and we are likely to see sequels in the future:

"We developed Uncharted as a franchise. The pulp action/adventure genre lends itself perfectly to serialisation and continued episodes, which is one of the reasons we were attracted to it.

[Regarding the team’s next project] …but even if we don't do an Uncharted sequel right away..."

"Cheesemeister

01./01. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 115,680 / 350,000
02./00. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom) - 82,637 / NEW
03./02. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei) - 75,515 / 264,000
04./00. [NDS] Pro Baseball Family Stadium DS (Bandai-Namco) - 49,365 / NEW
05./00. [NDS] Game Center CX: Arino's Challenge (Bandai-Namco) - 46,030 / NEW
06./03. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 39,500 / 365,000
07./00. [PS3] Heavenly Sword (Sony) - 14,587 / NEW
08./04. [NDS..."

"HW Sales
PlayStation 2 215K
PlayStation 3 119.4K
PlayStation Portable 284.5K
Xbox 360 527.8K
Wii 501K
Nintendo DS 495.8K
Game Boy Advance 75K

SW Sales
360 HALO 3* MICROSOFT (CORP) 1 3.3 million
WII PLAY W/ REMOTE NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2 282K
NDS LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 3 224K
PS2 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 4 205K
360 SKATE ELECTRONIC ARTS 5 175K
360 MADDEN NFL 08 ELECTRONIC ARTS 6 173K
WII METROID PRIME 3: CORRUPTION NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7 167K
..."

A member at the Ps3forums has discovered some god of war armor and swords in Heavenly Sword. He found it in one of Kai's missions located in a armory. The armor is what Kratos wore in God of War 2. And the swords look like they are blades of Athena.

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"Earlier today rumors spread that a new 60GB PS3 Starter Pack with Heavenly Sword and F1 Championship would make its way to Europe. Well it turns out the rumor is partially true. Beginning on September 19th, coinciding with the release of Heavenly Sword, France will be getting a new 60GB package.

SCEE provided the following details about the new 60GB Starter Packs:
- There will be an extra controller
- All SCEE regions will start getting a new 60GB starter pack
- Two bonus titles wil..."

"Quick Note: These are the updates for North America. So far, Europe has not received these (wonderful) updates.

Some neat additions were added to the Playstation Store yesterday. Check them out in my extremely well organized list:

Games

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - $9.99
Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Online add-on - $9.99 - (is supposed to be up there, but myself and others have yet to spot it)

or

Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Online bundle (game + add-on) - $29.99

De..."

"Seemingly not satisfied with the plaudits presently being heaped on multiplayer action title Warhawk, Sony is also pushing heavily against the positively angelic offering that is Heavenly Sword. Beauty is apparently in the eye of the beholder, so they say. Well, as the beholders in question, if you don’t find this Heavenly Sword drop dead gorgeous then, frankly, you need a sharp stick poked in that clearly malfunctioning eye of yours.

Regardless of what you think, let’s see how Heavenly Sw..."

Given that the Playstation 3 currently doesn't have as many games available as the other consoles, it still does hold a fair bit of games. But are people making the most of the Playstation 3's capabilities? Well it seems that out of the many games that have been released only around 16 games so far are using the Playstation 3's SPE.

Whilst there may be more, the 16 games that are listed below have pretty much been confirmed to be using the PS3's SPE:

1. Resistance: Fall of Man
2. Ratchet and Clan...

That's right, a new Heavenly Sword video from GameSpot shows 1000 enemies actually on screen. Go to the source to check it out. The game is set to hit stores on Septemeber 12th for North America, Europe and Austrailia a few days later.

"When you think of Heavenly Sword, you probably think of beauty. From the outset Sony has ridden a tidal wave of goggle-eyed awe every time it's wheeled out its third-person action adventure to the gaping masses. For a long, long time, Heavenly Sword's been a poster child for the next generation of PlayStation gaming, with a virtually unparalleled aesthetic and attention to detail. It's only recently we've had chance to dig below that surface though and witness the game beneath that high-gloss..."

"Lepizig 2007 Content

* Leipzig PSN Trailer
* PlayStation Eye Trailer
* MGS4 Gameplay Trailer
* Heavenly Sword Trailer
* Snakeball Trailer"

"A developer from Ninja theory responds to the recent news about the developers using over 10GB of space for only Heavenly Sword audio.

The developers came very close to using a dual layer blu-ray disc because even with the size of the single layer blu-ray disc, they were having problems fitting all all of the game’s audio data onto a single layer blu- ray disc. According to the developer :

“We use a mixture of compressed and uncompressed, but lots were compressed for the reasons people ..."

"The second starter pack is scheduled for launch on September 19th 2007, retailing for EUR 599 (GBP 407)."

As before, both the European and North American PSN Stores are being updated with brand new content, some of which, that will make your mouth water:

North American Store

• DiRT Demo (free)
• NCAA Football 08 demo (free)
• Folklore "A tale of two strangers" trailer (free)
• Timeshift trailer (free)
• Heavenly Sword making-of video episode 2 (free)
• Heavenly Sword anime episode 2 (free)
• Bros Solomon movie trailer (free)
• Wall E movie trailer (free)
• Lives of Others movie trailer (free)

European Store...

"Today, the official released dates for upcoming playstation three games has been made official. The game are Lair, Heavenly Sword, Warhawk, Eye of Judgement, Folklore and have all been dated for Europe.

12/09/07 - Warhawk (Incl. Headset Bundle)
19/09/07 - Heavenly Sword
10/10/07 - Folklore
24/10/07 - Lair
24/10/07 - The Eye of Judgement
October - SingStar"

"Heavenly Sword is amazing to behold, seriously addictive, pleasingly original, in that it manages not to feel like any other game you’ve played, demonstrates incredible attention to detail and, in general, is everything we hoped we’d find in a PS3 game. You could say that it’s about time, too – but once you get hold of a copy, you’ll agree that it was worth the wait."

"In the build-up to Ninja Theory's much-anticipated Heavenly Sword, currently scheduled for release some time in September, Sony's whisked up six exquisite anime-esque mini-episodes, detailing the history of the titular blade.

Starting today, a new episode is set to hit the PlayStation Network every Thursday at 5pm BST, with the first relating the tale of the Heavenly Sword's descent from the hereafter.

We'll have the episodes over here on IGN in glorious move-o-vision every Thursday fro..."

"New Details
The latest edition of Playstation Magazine have an article on Heavenly Sword in which they give out more details to how the gameplay features are going to be like, the total number of missions and acts, and general gameplay details.

There will also a total of about six videos released on PSN, kinda like an Anime, which will tell the story of this Heavenly Sword story. No date was give as to when exactly but it might be anything from now on next weeks PS store update.

- The..."

"Admittedly, the relevance of this clip is negligible considering that Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 hit shelves at the close of 2006. However, GamerSquad thought it somewhat poignant considering the recent slamming of Heavenly Sword by Dead or Alive creator Itagaki Tomonobu, who recently labelled the eagerly anticipated PS3 exclusive as being "half-assed."

Point being? Well, with predominantly poor critical reviews for Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (GameSpot – 59%, IGN – 64%), perhaps the Team Ninja bos..."

"Itagaki is at it again. Itagaki Tomonobu who is the lead graphics programmer of Tecmo, refers to Heavenly sword as half assed in the latest EGM magazine in which there’s a Heavenly Sword preview and a little article.

Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itakagi goes on the record as an outspoken critic of Sword’s Hero Sequences.
“I’ve never played a good game where the developers put a big icon of the button you’re supposed to press onscreen,” Itagaki says. “I look at Heavenly Sword and it seems..."

The delay that has made many fans upset and angry, has also been a saviour for some game developers that no longer have GTAIV to compete with for christmas. Which will obviously mean that they will have more reason to release it before then, and will most likely be getting more notice from you than if GTAIV had released.

The games ofcourse are:

1. Bioshock
2. Army of Two
3. Lair
4. Haze
5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
6. Assassin's Creed
7. Heavenly Sword

"According to EB Games, Lair has been delayed until September 4th from it’s previously scheduled August 12th release date. Gamefly has also changed it’s release date, but they’re showing September 6th (most likely to account for getting enough copies in to rent to customers). Screenshots taken in case they change it back (EB Games above, Gamefly after the jump).

We’ve previously heard the game has gold gold directly from Sony. What could be causing the delay? Either they pulled the game to ..."

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"By now, most of you PS3 owners out there have probably downloaded the disappointingly short Heavenly Sword demo, plowed through it in fewer than five minutes and wondered what all the fuss was about. That was our first reaction, too, when we played the same demo during E3 - until we sat down with the game's producer, Kyle Shubel, and he told us what we were doing wrong.

While you might never guess it from a quick play-through, the Heavenly Sword demo can be a sublime, endlessly replayable ..."

"I’m taking a guess that, if you’re reading this blog, chances are you’ve seen the episode of Heroes in which Niki Sanders (aka Jessica) and her son Micah start the show playing Heavenly Sword. Am I right?

Well now you can do what they were doing - or at least you can from Thursday July 26, anyway! That’s right: the demo of Heavenly Sword came flying out of Format Testing and is hitting Playstation Network tomorrow - but then you all already knew that, didn’t you?

But, if the internet is..."

"Sony have today confirmed that a Heavenly Sword demo will hit the Playstation Network this Thursday. Heavenly Sword is the first truly epic game to be released for the Playstation 3 and is scheduled to hit the stores very soon.

Heavenly Sword received a good reception at E3 and is therefore being billed as a game every Playstation owner must have, whether this turns out to be true we will have to see, however the demo should give us a good taste of what to expect."

"Get ready to make a date with blade-wielding, red-headed warrior Nariko this week as Ninja Theory's long-awaited Heavenly Sword demo is set to arrive for download via PlayStation Network on Thursday, July 26.

According to Sony, the demo is the same as that shown during Sony's Gamer Day earlier this year. So, expect to guide Nariko across some dangerously high ropes in a QTE-style manner before diving into a series of vicious scraps atop a crumbling precipice and elsewhere. The demo should ..."

"Heavenly Sword will be getting online multiplayer in November 2007. It will be a downloadable add-on via the PlayStation Store. It will be free of charge. There will be several modes available in online play. You will create your own custom warrior to fight online, with a varitey of customization options. You can also download accessories and many other items for your warrior on the PlayStation Store. Currently the modes available are:

Free Online Mahjong

• Deathmatch (Maximum of 8 players...

"

"AMN had the opportunity to speak with Tam Antoniades, co-founder and chief design ninja of Ninja Theory, about their much-anticipated PS3 title Heaven
AMN was able to talk with co-founder and chief design ninja Tam Antoniades of Ninja Theory regarding Heavenly Sword, one of the most anticipated PS3 titles coming later this year.

Antoniades discusses the origin of Heavenly Sword, design innovations, and comparisons to some of today's slightly similar action-adventure titles.

The full ..."

"Heavenly Sword will be getting online multiplayer in November 2007. It will be a downloadable add-on via the PlayStation Store. It will be free of charge. There will be several modes available in online play. You will create yourآ own custom warrior to fight online, with a varitey of customization options. You can also download accessories and many other items for your warrior on the PlayStation Store.آ Currently the modes available are:
Deathmatch (Maximum of 8 players per game)
PVP (1 vs...."

"The Ninja team is now in the closing stage of development. We are quite literally fixing bugs and then it's done. In fact today is Saturday and a large proportion of the team are all in the office fixing those bugs (thanks guys and gals!).

When it's done the Ninjas are all gonna enjoy some sunshine and then think about what comes next.. Have a good summer everybody. Not long to go now!"

Tired of looking at the numerous articles for screenshots and minor updates about a game your interested in? Well if that game is being published by Sony on one of their consoles, then the chances are that they have released new information and screenshots for them. You don't have to go far to look for the information either, as it is indexed below, by platform. These are the images and details about the games coming straight from Sony for E3 2007, so take a look at be sure to discuss the ima...

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The Special that you were waiting for. With the recent Heavenly Sword special that was aired in the UK yesterday (07/07/07) and once again today, we are bringing you not just the actual special but a breakdown of the facts that were mentioned in the show.

But firstly, I must give everyone a big warning...



The first details you should note from the video is that there are two playa...

"he UK Show Bravo featured Heavenly Sword, and with it some new unseen exclusive footage, which has yet to hit the web. However, what we do have are impressions and screens (some showing Nariko with a bazooka against a large army).

Kai is playable and is very different to Nariko, using a crossbow, and you can guide the projectiles with the sixaxis or the

The stances (distance, speed and power I think) have a big part to play and pressing triangle at the right time whilst blocking launche..."

"Ninja Theory encourages gamers to mix all three combat styles. Nariko bounces around the environment, expertly swinging her arms and killing anything unfortunate enough to get in her way. The game degenerates into a mindless button masher that yields great results depending on the amount of mayhem caused. Gamers don't need to memorize combos. L1, R1, X and Circle do most of the work.

To achieve the game's lifelike animations, Ninja Theory hired Andy Serkis, the actor who played Gollum in ..."

This weekend an exclusive edition of Gamer TV dedicated to the forthcoming PlayStation 3 title Heavenly Sword airs on UK satellite and cable channel Bravo.

This half-hour programme takes an in-depth look at the making of the game, as well as revealing never before seen levels, characters and story elements.

Exclusive interviews with the cast, including Andy ‘Gollum’ Serkis, and unseen footage from the performance capture sessions at Weta Digital reveal how the game’s impressive cinemati...

"As Ninja Theory polishes towards its Fall release date for Heavenly Sword, gamers are anxious for something more than editor impressions and gameplay videos. Instead, Ninja Theory's promising they'll be delivering a playable demo for their action adventure and it's coming in the "very near future."
Speaking on their newly launched IGN blog (via N4G), Ninja Theory teased what's coming:

"I can confirm that we are, of course, going to be releasing a demo for Heavenly Sword...and soon! This ..."

Could this game get any better. Well yes it can with these new images that just shows off how amazing this game looks visually. Click the link for some more images.

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"8 new heavenly sword screens have been released today. Heavenly Sword features a deep, diverse combat experience made possible only on PS3.Continue to view screens"

"Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has told Eurogamer that a multiplayer mode for Heavenly Sword could pop up sooner than we thought.

It won't feature at launch, he clarified, but his team has its sights firmly set on it.
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"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," Antoniades told Eurogamer. "We did, however, develop the combat syst..."

Sony's Heavenly Sword turns balletic swordplay into fine art. Read on for more details concerning Nariko's story, art direction, and graphics!

Nariko must fight the poisonous effects of the Heavenly Sword in order to crush the King. All three weapon styles detailed!

Gamepro had a special for heavenly sword and they got insider detail and new never before seen images.

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