Just over 24 hours ago a rumour surfaced that Heavenly Sword would be getting muiltiplayer, but this rumour has offically been debunked by the Chief Design Ninja Developer.

Heavenly Sword will be getting online multiplayer in November 2007. It will be a downloadable add-on via the PlayStation Store. It will be free of charge. There will be several modes available in online play. You will create your own custom warrior to fight online, with a varitey of customization options. You can also download accessories and many other items for your warrior on the PlayStation Store. Currently the modes available are:

Free Online Mahjong

• Deathmatch (Maximum of 8 players per game)
• PVP (1 vs. 1)
• Capture the Flag (16 players)
• Control (Capture all the Zones on the map to win, 16 players)
• 2 modes that have yet to be revealed

The download will also bring splitscreen offline and splitscreen online (similar to Warhawk) to the game. Online seems to be a must this generation and Ninja Theory will be bringing it to Heavenly Sword. Hopefully it isn’t just tacked on, I wouldn’t mind them even delaying the game to make sure that online is available on the day of release.

However, the Chief Design Ninja developer at the official Ninja theory working on the game has officially debunked this rumor . He writes :

This is a fake. There is not a shred of truth in this. Sorry guys!

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