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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron hitting Europe and US
UTV Ignition Entertainment’s Sawaki Takeyasu, co-founder of Clover Studios and Masato Kimura are releasing El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron outside of Japan. If those names sound familiar, they...
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Takeyasu Sawaki sticking with “Japanese conventions” on El Shaddai
Ignition Entertainment’s Takeyasu Sawaki has said he doesn’t want his latest game to be suited to a Western Audience, and is instead choosing to “embrace Japanese conventions” with El Shaddai:...
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El Shaddai gets April 28 Japanese release date
Ignition’s announced overnight that El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron will release on April 28 in Japan. The PS3 and 360 action game is inspired by the Old Testament and the Book of Enoch, with...
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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron demo inbound
Intriguing Japanese action game El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron will receive a demo months ahead of release. Siliconera reports Ignition plans to release a demo on April 14. It’s not yet clear...
View ArticleEl Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron was once called Angelic
It’s more familiar, but way less hardcore – El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron used to rejoice in the name of Angelic, according to this prototype video. The cutscene footage, which dates back to...
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El Shaddai screens are so dreamy
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron has been out for a while now in Japan, but we’re still waiting for a western version of the action game. To make things a little easier, we’ve got thirteen...
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Virtua Fighter crossover provides excuse to talk up El Shaddai
We can probably file this one under “unlikely to escape Japan”, but Sega and Ignition have announced a crossover of sorts between Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown and angelic beat-’em-up, El Shaddai:...
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Aesthetics were just as important as gameplay when developing El Shaddai,...
Ignition Entertainment’s Shane Bettenhausen has told Gamasutra, that the development team has a bit of fun basing El Shaddai on the biblical text of the Book of Enoch. According to Bettenhausen, the...
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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron hitting US in July, UK in September
UTV Ignition Games today announced its action-adventure title El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron will be available in the US on July 26 and in the UK and European territories on September 9. The...
View ArticlePSA: El Shaddai demo out now on console networks
Hit up the US PSN or Xbox Live today and you can grab a demo of Ignition’s stunningly beautiful action game, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. The game features badass angels beating things up...
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El Shaddai best on PlayStation 3
Ignition has said the PlayStation 3 is “by far” the lead platform for the Japanese-developed El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. “I always tell people that ‘by far, the lead SKU is PlayStation 3,’”...
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El Shaddai delay confirmed
Ignition has confirmed a delay to El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron’s planned July 26 release in the US. Ignition told Destructoid the delay is down to “unforeseen logical issues”. “Don’t worry....
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El Shaddai designer modelled character on himself
Sawaki Takeyasu, lead designer on El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, based charismatic angel Lucifel on himself. Sawaki, my dear, send pics. “A lot of people tell me Lucifel reminds them of me,”...
View ArticleLatest El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron video focuses on story
Ignition released a new El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron trailer Comic-Con, which highlights the game’s story and gorgeous graphics. It’s posted below, courtesy of Gematsu. El Shaddai is out in...
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Report – Disney offering to purchase UTV Software for $454 million
A report on Develop suggests Disney is poised to fill-out purchased UTV, the parent company of Ignition, for $454 million. Disney already owns 50.4 percent of the company, and should the bid be...
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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron reviews full of praise
Near universal acclaim has greeted Ignition’s biblical action games, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. With remarkably little dissent from reviewers, El Shaddai is currently holding a Metacritic...
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Konami gamescom assets megadump – MGS, Neverdead, PES 2012, more
Check out this phenomenal pile of screens and artwork from Konami’s gamescom showings – newly-announced Kinect title LeedMees; El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron; Neverdead; PES 2012; Metal Gear...
View ArticleEl Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron going 2D, coming to Android
El Shaddai’s taking its drop-dead gorgeous show on the road. Or at least, roads paved with Google’s ever-popular mobile OS. Famitsu (via Andriasang) revealed the bite-sized adaptation to be a 2D...
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Disney acquires majority stake in Ignition
The Walt Disney Company, parent company of Disney Interactive, now holds control over Indian firm UTV, the parent company of El Shaddai and Deadly Premonition publisher UTV Ignition. A BBC report...
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El Shaddai ‘New Project 2012′ teaser site opens
Ignition have opened a teaser website titled ‘El Shaddai New Project 2012′ – hinting at a new development in the series. The teaser site is pretty vague, showing some new artwork of five different...
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