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Hellblade Features 'Groundbreaking' Tech Not Even Star Wars or Avatar Have

For the developers at Ninja Theory, they are in possession of groundbreaking tech used to create Hellblade, tech not even James Cameron can boast about.

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thekhurg2495d ago

They've always had interesting tech. Heavenly Sword back in the day was ahead of its time for her hair.

FITSniper2495d ago

I actually played that and found it quite good.

bouzebbal2495d ago

Apart from enslaved, all their games are decent

Trilithon2495d ago

way ahead of its time. the boss fight at the end was epic. that game was awesome

leahcim2495d ago

now that you mention it they are magicians for final boss fights. ENSLAVED final boss fight was awesome

yeahokwhatever2495d ago

It was ahead of its time for everything. I wish we could get a nice, smooth, 1080p supersampled version for PS4/Pro.

C-H-E-F2495d ago

Heavenly Sword was a spectacular game, however due to PS3 getting out of the gate slow, the game didn't sell well on release. I'm still waiting for this to become a PS Now game with trophy support :) lOl.

IRetrouk2495d ago

It sold over a million copies though, it was the dev that said he wasnt happy with the performance, which is a shame cause i think a sequel would have been epic.

C-H-E-F2495d ago

@iRetrouk it sold a million after it's first year and here we are 10 years later and the game sold only 1.68, i'm sure they didn't make much money in profit off of that game, seeing that it was a initial PS3 game, using the cell processor and such, development had to have cost atleast 10 million, then they entered into a deal with sony so sony probably took about 10 million and then they had to advertise that cost about 10 million++, amongst other costs and paying of shareholders they couldn't even break even.

Here's an article as well backing my claims, of the financial side to it, I don't think many people look at development as parts it costs alot of money to make games especially ps3 games in its inception.

http://www.playstationlifes...

"Speaking during an interview with CVG, co-founder of Ninja Theory, Tameem Antoniades, stated the company did not even break even for Heavenly Sword:

It’s difficult. Heavenly Sword came out pretty early on the PS3, and we sold, I think, a million and a half copies, and that’s still not enough as an independent studio to break even."

abstractel2495d ago

Wish they had a shot at Heavenly Sword 2. I am sure it'd play way better with their experience. I enjoyed the first one it wasn't without its fault.

Timesplitter142495d ago (Edited 2495d ago )

except that tech is available to everyone. In fact, I have it right now installed on my computer. It's part of Unreal Engine 4, which is free and publicly available.

Avatar didn't have that because it was in 2009. But Star Wars Rogue One used that tech for their robot character

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/wat...
https://youtu.be/K6tRt7c2el...

UKmilitia2495d ago

loved that game,was the game i got with my ps3

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Eidolon2495d ago

Wasn't looking into this game much, until you mentioned this, holy hell it's going to be here in a week, $30, and is looking great!

phoenixwing2495d ago

will be buying. I saw some of their tech in action where they were able to render a scene in real time using actors and weird headset contraption to capture the face. It was on a video some time ago. The result was very good.

GamesMaster19822495d ago (Edited 2495d ago )

Bring on the Reviews so i know if its lived up to the hype then its either a day one buy from me, or a never buy.

nucky642495d ago

if you base purchases on reviews (i.e. someone elses opinion), you could be missing out on some great gaming.

Nacho_Z2495d ago

Could be, it also helps save time and money by not buying crap. Reviews plural can help you decide.

thekhurg2495d ago

Terrible response. Opinions matter to many people. Ignorant gamers that just buy EVERYTHING are the fools in the industry that publishers love.

madforaday2495d ago

Hype is a made up thing that people make inside their heads, based on what they see and/or hear. Of course, you can have games like No Man Sky which the developers lied about game play features to hype it up. The most part, what you see is what you get. Hype comes from within. When you read a review make sure you know that person and what he/she likes before judging. A review can be a great way to figure something out but if you have someone you really dislikes 3rd person shooters and is reviewing one. He may have a different angle that he is coming with.

RememberThe3572495d ago

Screw all these other guys, gaming is expensive, use whatever source you have to narrow down your options.

Ashunderfire862495d ago

Why not look at twitch stream to see how the game plays in action. That is the best review ever!

Yui_Suzumiya2490d ago (Edited 2490d ago )

If I listened to reviews I would've been bored to death by something like GTA and would've missed out on something fun like Duke Nukem Forever, The Order: 1886 or Mirror's Edge: Catalyst.

GamesMaster19822490d ago (Edited 2490d ago )

I don't base all my decision on a Review it just gives me an example of if the game is decent or not. For example i would buy any Silent Hill or Metal Gear without looking at a review as they are 2 of my favourite series.

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff218320h ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan5h ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin3h ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

_SilverHawk_2h ago

It's so tragic what happened to days gone. It is such an amazing game but bandwagoners trashed it and it underperformed in it's launch year. Days gone is the best open world zombie game released in the past five years. I was recently playing it on pc and I'm still amazed by it.

Games are very expensive to make and it seems like it's normal for a AAA game to cost over a quarter billion to make so if a quality game like days gone greatly underperforms then people shouldn't be upset when they see a lot of GAAS. I still remember a lot of bandwagoners calling days gone trash but years later it's now amazing when it's considered a failure by sony.

If a game isn't the best thing seen since hats with pockets then a lot of gamers who haven't played it automatically calls it rubbish and whoever made it should be incarcerated

Cacabunga1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Co CEO prefers gamers to boycott.. so be it. I’ll never buy a gaas.
Just imagine buying a game you cannot replay in some years.. this shit must stop.

Days Gone did zombies in a very original way. The story was also so engaging. You actually only meet Zombie hordes later in the game. There are many more enemy groups to deal with.

-Foxtrot20h ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink12h ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

Grilla5h ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl5234h ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin3h ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

Redemption-642h ago

Maybe encourage people to buy the game at full price and not when it's heavily discounted or go on plus. If this game had sold well when it was full priced a sequel would have been in the works. They made a single-player game that most people didn't support until they dropped the price.

Cacabunga1h ago

The guy’s just a moron.. he should have stayed within game development. His choices will have a terrible impact on the brand in the long run.

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excaliburps6h ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla5h ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

P_Bomb6h ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing695h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

rippermcrip2h ago

Well consider they know the sales... they do know what the consumer wants.

It sold shit.

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Greetings from the newly minted CEO - Shams Jorjani

Operating under the username BigKahuna_AGS, Jorjani created a lengthy thread on the Helldivers subreddit to introduce himself to the community following his appointment as CEO in early May.

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Frostpunk 2 Dev Talks Creative Risks, Supply and Demand, and More

Game Rant speaks with Frostpunk 2 co-game director and design director Jakub Stokalski about everything 11 bit poured into the sequel.

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