Ninja Theory announced today that it has entered the full production development phase for Hellblade. As the team pointed out, it has retired Hellblade’s vertical slice and moved on into full production.
Retiring a vertical slice and moving on into full production is good news. It is not starting again, it is moving forward as expected.
— NinjaTheory (@NinjaTheory) September 10, 2015
Naturally, a lot of fans wondered whether this means that the team is starting the game’s development from the start. Ninja Theory clarified, saying that this is not the case.
1.Concept
2. Design
3. Prototyping
4. Vertical Slice
5. Production <—- we are here!
6. Polish & Balance
7.Release— NinjaTheory (@NinjaTheory) September 10, 2015
@PS4Germany We are not starting the game development again. Production is a phase of dev that we are just moving into. Now we build the game
— NinjaTheory (@NinjaTheory) September 10, 2015
Hellblade is a new third-person action game that is coming on both PC and PS4, and Ninja Theory plans to offer mod tools for it on the PC.
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