Sep 12 2007

Heavenly Sword Arrives!

This week marks the release of Heavenly Sword – and after months of anticipation, weeks of “making-of” videos and the animated prequels, we’re fired up to see the game make its way to store shelves. Considered one of the most anticipated PS3 titles of the year, the buzz around Heavenly Sword continues to build as [...]

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Sep 05 2007

Heavenly Sword Prequel: Episode V – The Day Of The Warrior

+ Posted by Ben Hibon

Now that the mini-series is coming to an end and the game is finally about to be in the shops, I wanted to share a couple of the ideas and concepts that lead to the creation of the animations, and, of course, the final episode. From the outset it was clear to all of us [...]

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Aug 30 2007

Heavenly Sword Prequel: Episode IV – The Divine Birth

+ Posted by Mark Valledor

With the launch of Episode IV of the Heavenly Sword Animation Series on the PSN, we wanted to provide a nugget to those asking about the production of the series. Let us know your questions and we’ll return with answers from Ben Hibon, the Creative Director of the series. Also, check out the *early* storyboards [...]

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Aug 16 2007

Heavenly Sword Prequel: Part 2 – Guardians of the Sword

+ Posted by Mark Valledor

Week two of our Heavenly Sword video series for your enjoyment. We’re glad you guys enjoyed last week’s video and the feedback has spurred ideas to take these elsewhere (Blu-ray stocking stuffer, anyone?). We’re also glad that both the “making of” and animation series are starting to answer a lot of your storyline and production [...]

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Aug 09 2007

Heavenly Sword Prequel

+ Posted by Mark Valledor

Heavenly Sword marketing guy here. Usually I just watch this blog from the sidelines and let our production teams talk (because lets face it, you guys don’t want to hear our marketing mumbo-jumbo) … but our blog team asked me to elaborate on the recent Heavenly Sword videos we just released, so here it is. [...]

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Aug 06 2007

PlayStation @ X-Games 13

+ Posted by Jill Grabenkort

I’m back to give you the scoop on PlayStation’s presence at X Games 13, which was this past weekend in Los Angeles. As part of our sponsorship, we were on-site with the PlayStation Experience truck, where players were able to get up close and personal with our upcoming line-up for the PlayStation 3 including Ratchet [...]

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Jul 24 2007

Yes, The Heavenly Sword Demo is Coming …

+ Posted by Kyle Shubel

Hi, this is Kyle, I’m a producer here at SCEA’s Santa Monica Studios. One of the titles I am working on, and quite frankly playing most often, is Heavenly Sword. I’ve read a lot of your comments on this blog about this title and I’m happy to confirm the reports that we’ll have a downloadable [...]