video game industry founded march 2000 as just add monsters headquarters cambridge england uk key people mike ball chief technology nina kristensen chief development tameemi antoniades chief design jez san products heavenly sword kung fu chaos enslaved odyssey to the west dmc devil may cry hellblade website http www.ninjatheory.com ninja theory ltd. is an independent video game developer based in cambridge england . originally founded as just add monsters in march 2000 the company was purchased by former argonaut games ceo jez san in november 2004 . 1 at gamescom 2014 the company announced a new ip hellblade . the game will make its console debut on playstation 4 . contents 1 history 2 games developed 2.1 as just add monsters 2.2 as ninja theory 3 references 4 external links history the team developed its first game kung fu chaos in 2003 exclusively for the xbox which was published by microsoft game studios . in may 2005 ninja theory were on the verge of becoming defunct due to the collapse of the gaming studio argonaut games ; however soon after the announcement was made the bbc reported that sony computer entertainment had signed them up to make an exclusive video game for the upcoming playstation 3 . 2 ninja theory s second game heavenly sword for the sony playstation 3 was released in september 2007 and features a free style combat action system . 3 the developer was nominated for five develop industry excellence awards for the game including best new ip visual arts audio accomplishment technical innovation and best independent developer . 4 the teased heavenly sword 2 was cancelled 5 for the time being . in june 2010 ninja theory expressed their interest in making another title and commented that they would have made a sequel had heavenly sword performed better in sales . 6 in june 2008 the company licensed naturalmotion s morpheme animation system . 7 ninja theory s third game titled enslaved odyssey to the west was released for both the playstation 3 and xbox 360 and was published by namco bandai games . previously enslaved was believed to be a sequel to heavenly sword until ninja theory confirmed otherwise ; stating that such a game is extremely unlikely . 8 before the multi platform release of enslaved odyssey to the west ; there were rumours claiming that the quality of the ps3 version was poor compared to the xbox 360 version ninja theory addressed these concerns by stating all formats are developed simultaneously so it wouldn t be possible for one format to be cared for more than the other . 9 in its technical analysis of the final release eurogamer s digital foundry team noted none of the disadvantages of either version are real game breakers and overall either version is recommended but if you own both consoles and have the choice of which version to buy the xbox 360 release is the one to get . 10 at the capcom tokyo games show conference on september 15 2010 it was announced that ninja theory were developing a reboot of the devil may cry franchise under the name of dmc devil may cry . 11 the game was released on january 15 2013 on the xbox 360 and playstation 3 . it was announced that ninja theory is collaborating with chillingo and electronic arts on their first mobile game fightback released in summer 2013 . 12 games developed as just add monsters year game platform s 2003 kung fu chaos xbox as ninja theory year game platform s 2007 heavenly sword playstation 3 2010 enslaved odyssey to the west playstation 3 xbox 360 windows 13 2013 dmc devil may cry playstation 3 xbox 360 windows 2013 fightback ios 2014 disney infinity marvel super heroes ios playstation 3 playstation 4 playstation vita wii u microsoft windows xbox 360 xbox one 2015 dmc devil may cry definitive edition playstation 4 xbox one 2015 disney infinity 3.0 ios android playstation 3 playstation 4 wii u microsoft windows xbox 360 xbox one 2016 hellblade senua s sacrifice 14 playstation 4 windows references wilson andrew 2004 11 15 . just add monsters morphs into ninja theory . gamasutra . retrieved 2008 09 10 . british game makers saved by sony . e3 heavenly sword ps3 exclusive . retrieved 2012 09 20 . develop industry excellence awards 2008 finalists . xbox live nation . 2008 06 07 . retrieved 2012 09 20 . heavenly sword 2 axed ninja theory moving . ninja theory wants heavenly sword 2 . ninja theory licenses naturalmotion s morpheme animation system . gamespy . 2008 06 17 . retrieved 2008 09 10 . steen patrick . heavenly sword sequel extremely unlikely . retrieved 2008 09 10 . ninja theory addresses screen tearing concerns with ps3 enslaved . face off enslaved odyssey to the west . grant christopher . interview katushiro harada talks tekken tag tournament 2 . chillingo and ninja theory reveals fightback . retrieved june 9 2013 . grayson nathan 11 october 2013 . enslaved odyssey to the west journeying to pc . rock paper shotgun . retrieved 29 march 2015 . cook dave 9 july 2013 . ninja theory hiring for new aaa game unreal engine 4 suggested . vg247 . retrieved 29 march 2015 . external links ninja theory official site v t e ninja theory as just add monsters kung fu chaos 2003 as ninja theory heavenly sword 2007 enslaved odyssey to the west 2010 dmc devil may cry 2013 disney infinity marvel super heroes 2014 hellblade senua s sacrifice 2016 related argonaut games sony computer entertainment alex garland jez san retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ninja theory & oldid 741602921 categories companies based in cambridgevideo game companies established in 2004video game companies of the united kingdomvideo game development companieshidden categories wikipedia indefinitely semi protected pages navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read view source view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa ol fran aisitalianopolskiportugu s svenska edit links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 14 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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