{"id":14495,"date":"2011-07-30T09:43:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T23:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=14495"},"modified":"2011-07-30T09:43:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T23:43:22","slug":"el-shaddai-ascension-of-the-metatron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=14495","title":{"rendered":"El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>KONAMI to act as distribution partner for UTV Ignition Entertainment\u2019s Godly epic<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/shad01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>29 July 2011<\/strong>: Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced it will act as European distribution partner to UTV Ignition Entertainment for its forthcoming action title, <strong><em>El Shaddai: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Ascension of the Metatron<\/em><\/strong>, which will be released on 8 September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>El Shaddai:<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em><strong><em>Ascension of the Metatron<\/em><\/strong> is a breath-taking combat title for PlayStation\u00ae3 and the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. It tells the story of a lone warrior tasked with saving the human race. The game is set in a world in chaos, overseen by a number of angels named the Grigori. Originally the servants of God, these celestial beings once watched over mankind, but soon succumbed to temptation and abandoned Heaven to live amongst the people of earth. After witnessing the Grigori\u2019s negative influence on humanity and the construction of a blasphemous monument to their success, the Tower of Babel, the Heavenly Council pledged to cleanse the Earth with a great flood, thus eradicating both man and the errant angels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/shad02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>One voice stood up to these omnipotent beings: a human called Enoch, who was a lowly scribe in Heaven. Thus, a deal was struck wherein if Enoch could capture the renegade angels, Earth would not suffer \u2013 and <strong>El<\/strong> <strong>Shaddai<\/strong>\u2019s stunning 12-stage mission unfolds.<\/p>\n<p>The player is cast as Enoch, who enters its beautifully-realised environment totally unarmed. The world of <strong><em>El Shaddai: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Ascension of the Metatron<\/em><\/strong> is layered in dynamic, ever-changing visuals, creating a truly original aesthetic style that runs through the game. It also reveals an immersive 3D world, where the unarmed Enoch must locate the errant angels and defeat them in combat. Although initially unarmed, Enoch is a master of hand-to-hand combat capable of stringing together incredible combination attacks, and can also arm himself with those weapons dropped by his defeated foes. These can then be incorporated into his attacks, improving his effectiveness further.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/shad04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>All weapons in <strong><em>El Shaddai<\/em><\/strong><em>:<\/em><strong><em> Ascension of the Metatron<\/em><\/strong> are crystalline in structure and possessed of supernatural powers capable of defeating the angels. They range from swords to projectiles, but most coveted of all is the Arch \u2013 a holy blade that can slice through absolutely anything. The Arch is key to Enoch completing his mission, but the sword must be first liberated from his angelic owner, and then its blade must be purified before he can complete his task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We are very pleased to add such a strong action title to our portfolio, and to work with a team as obviously talented as UTV Ignition<\/em>,\u201d commented Kunio Neo President for Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH. \u201c<strong><em>El Shaddai<\/em><\/strong><em>: <\/em><strong><em>Ascension of the Metatron<\/em><\/strong><em> is a colourful and entertaining action title that will surprise and delight the player, and we are delighted to be distributing a title of its calibre<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>To have KONAMI on board as a distribution partner is very important to us<\/em>,\u201d commented Vip Patel, Sales Director, for UTV Ignition Entertainment. \u201c<em>They have an eye for good, original titles and <strong>El Shaddai<\/strong>: <\/em><strong><em>Ascension of the Metatron<\/em><\/strong><em> certainly falls into that category. We look forward to working towards the game\u2019s 8 September release, and impressing gamers with what is simply one of the most beautiful and immersive games around<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron<\/em><\/strong><strong> will be released for PlayStation\u00ae3 and Xbox 360 on September 8. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KONAMI to act as distribution partner for UTV Ignition Entertainment\u2019s Godly epic\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29 July 2011: Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced it will act as European distribution partner to UTV Ignition Entertainment for its forthcoming action title, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, which will be released on 8 September.\u00a0 El Shaddai: Ascension of the<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=14495\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14496,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14495\/revisions\/14496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}